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January 2010

Do You Know What Hunger Feels Like?

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Understanding and feeling hunger can be a huge step towards helping you to lose weight. Knowing when you are really hungry and when you feel full will also help you to maintain that weight loss. We often eat to manage our emotions, a surefire way to lose the battle of the bulge.

To Soy or Not to Soy?

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The jury is still out on whether or not soy foods can actually provide the panacea of health benefits that some experts suggest. It is a good food to turn to as a source of protein, it’s low in saturated fat, it has fiber and it contains some phytochemicals, which are active compounds believed to promote health.

I Am the Gullible Shopper When It Comes to Anti-Aging Creams

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I am the gullible shopper when it comes to anti-aging creams lotions and potions. I love to believe that the promises made in the ads will come true. I love the fragrances and the packaging.

The Ingredients You Use to Create Your Meals

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The ingredients you use to create your meals can go a long way to promote weight loss and better health. Here’s a breakdown of some groups of ingredients with your best bets:

Got Calcium?

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Your bones grow until about age 30 so it’s especially important to get lots of calcium now. Good sources include low or non-fat milk, yogurt, and cheese as well as fortified cereals, spinach, salmon, and almonds.

Since We All Want to Embrace Health Goals in 2010

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Since we all want to embrace health goals in 2010 here’s a quick list of the best ways to reduce your risk of cancer.

Dos:
Breastfeeding
Exercise
Fiber-rich foods
Garlic
Getting your daily dose of color – fruits and vegetables and especially a wide variety
Fat free milk and calcium supplements

Fixing Those Skincare Problems

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Along with losing weight, most of us want to look good on the outside too, so banishing skin saboteurs can go a long way to bolstering your self-esteem. Here’s a run down of skin issues and “the fix.’

Using Online Food Trackers

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Using online food trackers, calorie counters, recipes and other sources of information can help to keep you on target to lose weight. Some great new sites:

Stilltasty.com – it will tell you the shelf life of that unopened box in your pantry

Here Are Two Diet Tips to Help You Reach Your Slim Down Goal

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Choosing the right pre-exercise meal can go a long way to helping you reach your slim down goal. A study in the Journal of Nutrition found that women who consume muesli, yogurt and fruit before an hour long workout burned 50% more calories than women who ate corn flakes, white toast with jam and milk.

You, too, Can Shoot Like the Pros

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Join a recreational basketball team on campus, in your gym or neighborhood park and pick up the moves of local hoopsters. It’s all net – and great exercise.