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Archive for December, 2007

Free e-book on healthy eating tips for your holidays.

December 26, 2007

They don’t even ask for any registration. Just go to this site and download for free. The 14 page article has some really easy to follow tips to keep of the fat, and help you stay fit through and after your holidays.

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Healthy Holiday Eating

December 26, 2007

Some tips for real people on how to survive the holidays without gaining all those extra pounds.

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Holiday Survival Guide: Eating Healthy Amid the Festivities

December 26, 2007

As exciting as the holiday season is, there are many factors that can cause stress for those hoping to lose weight or maintain healthy eating habits. Here are 6 Tips to Eating Healthy This Holiday Season.

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How To Avoid Holiday Weight Gain

December 26, 2007

Holiday Seasons like Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years are rapidly approaching. Now is time to start preparing for delicious food temptations. To avoid weight gain and keep your holiday season healthy, fun and guilt free, just follow these recommendations.

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Healthy Christmas snacks

December 26, 2007

If you don’t want to bombard your body with the standard festive foods laden with sodium, saturated fat and sugar, you might like to try some of these healthy organic options. Very nice – and practical too!

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Healthize your Christmas : 10 Healthy Holiday Foods

December 26, 2007

A traditional Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner can have more than 2,000 calories ( on average). We often put our focus on what not to eat, but there are still many nutritional goodies in our traditional dinner that we should not ignore.

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Tips For Healthy Holiday Eating

December 26, 2007

When the holidays arrive, many people forget all about their diets and healthy eating. Weight gains of 7 – 10 pounds are common between Halloween and Christmas. To make the holidays easier, these tips will help you with healthy
eating through the season and not gaining weight.

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Humor, Laughter and Health

December 23, 2007

BRINGING MORE HUMOR AND LAUGHTER INTO OUR LIVES

The sound of roaring laughter is far more contagious than any cough, sniffle, or sneeze. Humor and laughter can cause a domino effect of joy and amusement, as well as set off a number of positive physical effects. Humor and laughter strengthen our immune systems and help us recover from illness, as well as bring joy into our lives. The question is, how do we gain access to this priceless medicine?

 

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Health benefits of humor and laughter

Laughter activates the chemistry of the will to live and increases our capacity to fight disease. Laughing relaxes the body and reduces problems associated with high blood pressure, strokes, arthritis, and ulcers. Some research suggests that laughter may also reduce the risk of heart disease. Historically, research has shown that distressing emotions (depression, anger, anxiety, and stress) are all related to heart disease. A study done at the University of Maryland Medical Center suggests that a good sense of humor and the ability to laugh at stressful situations helps mitigate the damaging physical effects of distressing emotions.

Medicine From Henny Youngman:

“Doctor I have a ringing in my ears.” “Don’t answer!”

The Doctor says “You’ll live to be 60!” “I AM 60!” “See, what did I tell you?”

From Steven Wright:

“If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.”

“Smoking cures weight problems, eventually”.

“If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.”

A good hearty laugh can help:

  • reduce stress
  • lower blood pressure
  • elevate mood
  • boost immune system
  • improve brain functioning
  • protect the heart
  • connect you to others
  • foster instant relaxation
  • make you feel good.

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Eight Ways to Fight Memory Loss

December 23, 2007

“Memory loss can occur for a variety of reasons. Some loss of memory with aging is natural – it is normal to experience short-term forgetfulness, such as the inability to remember a person’s name you met recently. Memory loss that is not a normal part of aging is called dementia. The most common form is Alzheimer’s disease…”

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Are your sleep habits making you fat, nasty and dumb?

December 23, 2007

Your stress-inducing job, French-cruller breakfast-smoothies and increasingly sedentary lifestyle might not be entirely to blame. A good chunk of your weight gain, moodiness and brain-fog may be due to your sleep habits.

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