Archive for May, 2009

5 Ways to Enjoy Tomatoes

This fruit, yes fruit is red and delicious and often mistaken for a vegetable.  It is sweet and loaded with antioxidants.  
Below I will share 5 ways to enjoy this lovely little fruit.
Of course there are many more but I will only share 5..feel free to share more in the comments section.
1.  Tomato Salsa – This [...]

Friendship With Other Women – Healthy Benefits

A study performed at the University of California in Los Angeles revealed that women have a larger behavioral repertoire than men when faced with stress.
The hormone ‘oxytocin’ is released as part of the stress response in a woman, which in turn buffers the ‘flight or flight’ response and encourages her to tend to her children [...]

Simple Ways to Fight Fatigue

We all suffer from fatigue some time in our lives and if you are a parent, then you probably suffer from fatigue a bit more often.
Here are some simple ways you can fight fatigue:

Start Moving – You’re probably thinking, how can I possible move if I am fatigued? Did you know that a simple [...]

Plants Have Healing Powers

How do you feel when you receive flowers? If you are like most, your entire attitude changes.
A recent study that was published in Hort Technology, showed that patients recovered quicker from their surgeries when flowers or potted plants were in their hospital rooms. Strange but true.
Everyone knows how sterile and uncomfortable hospitals can be, [...]

The Benefits of Massage

When you hear the word ‘massage’, what do you think of?  Relaxing, expensive, time consuming?  Massage does not have to be any of those and actually can be a stress and pain reliever.  Massage can actually reduce stress in many individuals and promote health and healing.  There are simple techniques that can be used to [...]

The Key is Focus

The Key is Focus

It is not easy staying focused, especially with the stimuli that comes to us from all different directions.  There is a way to stay focused even when the kids are screaming, the phone ringing, the dogs barking, and the television in the background – sounds like the Calgon commercial.  Remember that one? Calgon! Take me [...]

GF Meals – Gluten Free Meals – A Review

There are many individuals that are unable to eat certain types of foods because of the ingredients that are used.  Gluten seems to be a big culprit in meals that will enhance gastric issues in a large group of people.
There was also a time that the meals had to be prepared at home and finding [...]

Enlyten Antioxidant Strips – A Review

By now everyone has heard the ever trendy word – ‘antioxidants’.  We have also heard all the benefits that antioxidants have.  Mainly antioxidants combat the free radicals that deteriorate our bodies.
Antioxidants are essential to build the immune system which is the main system in our body that fights disease.  You will find antioxidants in the [...]

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