Wednesday, July 7, 2004
Best Cure for a Cough
Now, this is way too easy. Hmm... how to capitalize on this: A glass of water will do as much to relieve a child's cough as an expensive, over-the-counter cough syrup, a new study suggests. The research, published in the medical journal Pediatrics, concludes that parents who treat a child's...
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Sunday, July 4, 2004
Allergy Cure
Wouldn't it be nice to have a cure for allergies. I'd save thousands of dollars, hours, trees, and brain cells. ALLERGIC responses, including the classic sneezing fits that many allergy sufferers experience every spring, could one day be a thing of the past. Most of the blame for an allergy attack...
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Saturday, July 3, 2004
Another Use for Pig Fat (or Don't Eat the Dirt)
VailAlive.com actually offers two slightly off-topic article that I found interesting. The first deals with using pig fat to keep down road dust, and the second is on the dangers of eating dirt. Both articles are short and won't take you away from your blogging long enough for you to miss it.
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Friday, July 2, 2004
Stress Eating
Have you noticed your eating habits change based on your stress level? Many people do. I am one of those many, which is really bad today because I have a four layer chocolate cake, a gallon of moose track ice cream, and a half loaf of banana nut bread in the kitchen calling my name. This article on...
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Thursday, July 1, 2004
Burn Fat By Eating First
Maximizing your workout by eating first: If I have the energy, is there any reason not to exercise on an empty stomach? Al Douex Jr., an athletic trainer at Union Memorial Hospital, says that in general a short workout on an empty stomach is OK. However, if your goal is to tone muscle or burn fat,...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Obesity and Sleep
The National Sleep Foundation has this to say about obesity and sleep: Someone who is overweight and suffering from sleep apnea may not be as motivated to exercise or diet. When sleep apnea leads to daytime sleepiness, it may be much harder to begin or sustain an exercise program, which has been...
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Monday, June 28, 2004
Myths Busters
Have you ever heard the following: Your personality is formed and unchangeable by age 5 or 6. Time heals all wounds. The first cut is the deepest. In Big Fat Lies Deserve to Die, Jeff Herring explains why each of these, which have been accepted as fact by many, prove to be false.
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Sunday, June 27, 2004
Is it Really Baby Blues?
For most new mothers, the first days after giving birth can be like an emotional see-saw. The lack of sleep, new responsibilities and general anxiety about whether you'll measure up to the daunting parenting task that lies ahead can take a psychic toll. So most women can feel elated one minute and...
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Friday, June 25, 2004
Mary-Kate Olsen Anorexic
All is not gold in the Olsen empire: The news teen idol Mary-Kate Olsen has anorexia is being labelled more of the same by an eating disorder group. The star was due in New Zealand next month with her twin sister Ashley to promote their new film. More form XtraMSN Which led me to a blog entry on...
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Thursday, June 24, 2004
What Hubby is Reading
I have to thank my loving husband for the following: The moment the little boy was born, the hospital staff knew there was something unusual about him. His muscles looked nothing like the soft baby muscles of the other infants in the nursery. They were bulging and well defined, especially in his...
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