The Best Way To Use Beans

The Best Way To Use Beans

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Beans — also known as legumes — are healthy and inexpensive. They are high in fiber and protein and low in fat. Legumes are also rich in folic acid, copper, iron and magnesium. They even help lessen your appetite. Because beans have a low glycemic index, they provide energy over…

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Have a Green Workout

Have a Green Workout

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Exercise is healthy for your body, but is your workout healthy for the environment? If you’re leaving behind a bunch of plastic water bottles, worn-out spandex or polyester clothing, or dead batteries in your wake, then it’s time to start thinking green. Start from the ground up by taking a…

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Pack the Perfect Picnic

Pack the Perfect Picnic

Food & Recipes / Healthy Bytes

The warm, balmy days of summer are perfect for getting outside, engaging in your favorite activities and having a picnic in a nice shady spot. A picnic is a classic summertime outing, but the art of packing a great picnic seems to be getting lost in the shuffle of today’s…

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Teacher Children Well

Teacher Children Well

Moms / Mom Tips

When it comes to their education, you want to know that your children are in good hands. That means having an open line of communication with his or her teacher that goes beyond the annual parent-teacher conference. We’re not saying you should assume the role of a helicopter parent, hovering…

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Sugar Busters

Sugar Busters

Diet Reviews / Glycemic Index

This is not to say you have to cut out all sugar when following Sugar Busters. Instead dieters follow an eating program that works to lower insulin levels by mainly eating low-glycemic foods. A diet rich in high-fiber vegetables, lean protein, whole grains, and some dairy helps keep insulin levels…

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Safety Tips for Online Dating

Safety Tips for Online Dating

Love / Love Tips

Finding someone special online has gone from underground to mainstream, with more than 3 million people signing up on some of the top sites. So with that many people to choose from, it should be easy enough to keep yourself safe, right? Not necessarily. When you’re picking from the online…

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Super Summer Hairstyles

Super Summer Hairstyles

Style & Beauty / Beauty

For many, summer means sun, fun and…frizz? How do you handle the heat with all of that hair? There are many easy-to-manage options for hot summer hairstyles, from short pixie cuts to easy, breezy updos. Don’t forget to take extra care of your hair so it doesn’t end up dried…

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Drinking and Dieting: How Much is Too Much?

Drinking and Dieting: How Much is Too Much?

Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating

When you’re committed to losing weight and getting healthy, refraining from drinking alcohol may be one of your long-term goals. Drinking alcohol can sabotage your diet because most forms of alcohol contain high amounts of sugar and calories; drinking can also make you vulnerable for overeating when you aren’t making…

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Low-Calorie Cocktails

Low-Calorie Cocktails

Food & Recipes / Healthy Bytes

When bellying up to the bar, pay attention to what goes into your mouth, and you might shed some of the unwanted bulk. Make the wise and attentive choice of drinks and accompanying snacks an ally in your battle of the bulge. Most importantly, alcohol makes you hungry. It lessens…

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Beck Diet Solution

Beck Diet Solution

Diet Reviews / Other

Beck’s 6-week solution will help you avoid cheating, deal with hunger, cope with stress and negative emotions without eating too much, get motivated to exercise and eliminate overeating, bingeing and resorting to old habits that often die hard. Through an arsenal of psychological resources that include hunger monitoring scales, daily…

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