Herbs and Menopause

Women by the millions are headed for a change-THE CHANGE, rather-that not-so-magical moment of a woman's life when her ovaries decide to call it quits. Doctors call it "menopause"; women have other names for the dreaded phenomenon they experience, usually...

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Garlic The Great

Many uses over many yearsOur knowledge of garlic's health benefits dates as far back as ancient Indian and Eastern medicine. Throughout history, garlic has been used as everything from an antibiotic to a tasty cooking ingredient. While many of the people...

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Healthy Foods for a Healthy Lifestyle 2

Healthy Foods When Eating OutIt is difficult to maintain good health if you eat out a lot. Those salads might not be as appealing as a greasy cheeseburger and fries. Restaurants frequently serve huge portions of food too, much more than you need. If...

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Healthy Foods for a Healthy Lifestyle 1

There are several fad diets that will lead to successful weight loss if you follow them exactly as they are designed. That doesn't mean every food that fits into a diet is a healthy food, but it does mean you have to change your eating patterns to fit...

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Chocolate As A Health Food

Nothing beats a good piece of chocolate. It’s rich, smooth, creamy and makes us feel good, until the guilt sets in. Chocolate’s mood-enhancing qualities are an obvious reason why it is so strongly associated with Valentine’s Day, as a gift for lovers...

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Cutting the empty calories in your baking. Includes a sugar-free muffin recipe (HealthyLiving)

Take everything you hear about sugar with a grain of salt.It's probably not as bad as a lot of people think, but it might be more damaging than most people realize.Those of us who blithely munch on muffins at breakfast and Pop-Tarts at lunch don't seem...

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Mysterious Mushrooms

As summer nights lengthen into autumn, the forests of the Catskill mountains in upstate New York fill with magical, mystical, medicinal, and edible wild mushrooms. "Toadstool" is a quaint name for the many mushrooms that spring forth between rains, while...

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