Quitting smoking is one of the hardest things you will ever do. But every minute of life you live without smoking will be worth this effort, because of your improved health, your better lifestyle with your family, and your finances, to name just a few good reasons. Over 30 million Americans are currently smokers; that’s
Right in the middle of the silliest season of the year, and the last thing you are probably thinking about is doing something for yourself. But with the horrible weather, late nights, running around and overindulging, the silly season might be taking its toll on your body right now. If you are feeling a bit
Got a splitting headache? You’re not alone. Sometimes we reach too quickly for the over-the-counter pain relief when our headache could actually be trying to tell us something worth listening to. All headaches are not created the same, and likewise not all of them need the same remedy. There are a number of types of
You didn’t know a rainbow could get better did you? Well it just has! Your favorite local health food shoppe has put on a new bit of spit and polish, and come up looking an absolute treat. The only old thing you’ll find here now is the wonderful old-fashioned service from our expert staff. Everywhere
In a lot of ways men have leapt forward into the new millennium with open arms and minds. In a lot of ways, they are still a bit 20th Century. And in some few ways, some of them might still act like cavemen. For some reason it is much easier and more socially acceptable for
The idea for this salad comes from the endlessly energetic Kristen Bell, who calls it the Garbage Disposal salad. I think Kristen calls it this because it uses up all of the bits and pieces in her vegetable crisper (or maybe because she feels like the garbage disposal when she eats it!) That name does
People like to pretend that the topic repulses them, but in truth I think we’re all a little bit fascinated by what ends up in our toilet. Who here hasn’t had a great bowel movement and then just wanted to tell someone about it? On the other hand, if you find your digestive system is
Can you feel the cold weather settling in? That crispness in the morning, that bite of the wind once the sun has gone in the afternoon? Time to get warm, right? No! Time to get gorgeous! Actually this article isn’t so much about how to get gorgeous (because we’re sure you are gorgeous anyway), but
Why do we always love the ones that hurt us the most? No, I’m not talking about that gorgeous lothario you dated in high school, but a bad boy that you flirted with a little more recently; sugar. You’ll be happy to know that sugar is a lot easier to cut from your life than
What is chia? Chia seeds are little black or white seeds, about the size of poppy seeds. There’s not really much taste to them, a little nuttiness perhaps. They are a distant cousin of the mint, and come from a desert plant called Salvia hispanica. Originally used by the Aztecs, chia is not at all