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Holiday Sugar… and Not Eating it All

This is a super busy stressful time of year, and it should be a time of rest and rejuvenation. Even when you are excited and happy it’s stressful for your body, just because you are doing so many things out of the norm, more planning, more shopping, more cooking, etc. Stress produces hormones called cortisol

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Fruit Christmas Tree

I saw this and had to share! An adorable, edible tree that would make a great centerpiece! Material: 1 styrofoam cone (small or medium size) Toothpicks Cookie cutters with various shapes (I used a gingerbread-man shaped and a star shaped cutter) Assorted fruits – I used green and black grapes, strawberries, kiwis, dried cranberries and

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A Recipe For Fat Flush Water (It Literally Flushes Fat)

This drink was featured on The Biggest Loser along with other weight loss tips. You should drink at least three 8 oz glasses per day, they say the longer it sits, the better it tastes. You can eat them as well but they are intended as flavoring and still work, so that is a personal

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Exercise Your Brain!

A study by Rush University Medical Center and Illinois Institute of Technology presented their findings at the 98th Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago that shows a positive correlation between brain health and simple mental activities like reading, writing, playing games, and doing puzzles. This study was headed by Associate Professor in the

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Patch Adams

Hunter Doherty “Patch” Adams was born in the spring of 1945, in 1971 he founded the Gesundheit Institute (Gesundheit means “good health”) and changed the face of medicine forever, literally. He encourages the use of clown noses, humor, empathy, and compassion for starters. The Institute is free and open to those who need services, he

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Beauty Tips Using Vaseline

Vaseline is a lot like baking soda; it’s cheap, plentiful, and has a variety of uses! Here are just a handful of the beauty benefits Vaseline can provide.   ·                     Helps remove eyelash glue, make-up, and hair-removal wax from skin – use a Q-tip for spot-removal ·                     Lubricates the skin to help make plucking and

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A Short Life, Well Lived

This is a story about a girl as beautiful inside as she was outside, 21 year old Katie Kirkpatrick passed away five days after her wedding in January 2005. She married her high school sweetheart, Nick Goodwin, in a beautiful church ceremony January 15, 2005, and passed away January 20, 2005. Katie was diagnosed with

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