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04 October 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Ask Away Vlog: Why Doing Tons Of Stomach Exercises Hasn’t Given You A Flat Belly

How’s your day going? Mine is moving right along. Finally, I am happy to announce that my calves are lose enough to walk without going on tippy toes! Relieve at last. I know I didn’t do my typical “Ask Away Wednesday” yesterday, it wasn’t because I forgot it was because I wanted to get real […]

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04 October 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Ask Away Vlog: Why Doing Tons Of Stomach Exercises Hasn’t Given You A Flat Belly

How’s your day going? Mine is moving right along. Finally, I am happy to announce that my calves are lose enough to walk without going on tippy toes! Relieve at last. I know I didn’t do my typical “Ask Away Wednesday” yesterday, it wasn’t because I forgot it was because I wanted to get real […]

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Will Going Vegan Turn You Into a Jerk?

Recently, Bieber fever officially gave way to Bieber fury. But this time, the catalyst wasn’t his crazy fan base–it was his vegan diet. According to RadarOnline.com, Justin Bieber tried to go vegan to placate his mentor Usher, who promised the teen heartthrob that a diet refresh would boost his energy while on tour. (Good man! […]

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04 October 2012 ~ 0 Comments

The Danger Lurking in Your Medicine Cabinet

Sounds like a cruel joke: A pain treatment that can actually cause you more pain. According to the FDA, OTC pain-relieving skin creams such as IcyHot, Bengay, Capzasin, Flexall, and Mentholatum can cause chemical burns. While rare, the FDA issued a recent warning that the risk is real. “In many cases, burns where the product […]

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04 October 2012 ~ 0 Comments

The Danger Lurking in Your Medicine Cabinet

Sounds like a cruel joke: A pain treatment that can actually cause you more pain. According to the FDA, OTC pain-relieving skin creams such as IcyHot, Bengay, Capzasin, Flexall, and Mentholatum can cause chemical burns. While rare, the FDA issued a recent warning that the risk is real. “In many cases, burns where the product […]

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Skin-Care Art Films: Weird or Wonderful?

If, as Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, the creation of beauty is art, then skin care has common ground with … Whip Six Feed

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Top 10 Thursday: 10 Fall Apple Recipes You Can’t Deny

Happy Thursday (Thursday already??)! Thanks to everyone who commented, tweeted and facebooked me which shoes I should sacrifice up for the mud run. I’m taking your advice and giving up the blue Pumas. It will be a sad day, and perhaps a few words will be said as I toss them into the donation pile […]

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How Beer Can Keep You Buff

  Beer bellies, be damned. A new Japanese study found that an ingredient in beer contains compounds that can keep your muscles strong. To the dismay of many, though, the secret ingredient has nothing to do with alcohol—it’s the hops, the ingredient in beer that gives the brew its flavor, aroma, and taste, from dry […]

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Got Period Pain? Put a Pin In It

A new review of 25 studies—and more than 3,000 women—published in Complementary Therapies in Medicine has found that acupoint stimulation provides short-term relief of excessive menstrual pain, also known as dysmenorrhea. (Is your period normal? Find out here.) How It Works Acupoint therapy, which has its roots in ancient Chinese medicine, posits that qi, or […]

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04 October 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Watching TV Can Ruin Your Relationship

Are you and your boyfriend a Jim and Pam, or more like a Barney and Robin? Either way, comparing your real relationship to a TV couple could lead to a lousy love life. A new study in Mass Communication and Society surveyed 392 people who had been married for an average of 19 years. As […]

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