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Ha! Another study just proved my theory was right.  You can have greater success on your healthy eating plan by making it easier on yourself. In an article appearing in American Journal of Preventive Medicine, a team of Massachusetts General Hospital  researchers did a study to find out what influenced the workers to opt for…

We talk a lot about doing healthy things that will give us a longer, more active life.  Why?  Unless you have a reason for living, there isn’t much incentive in stretching it out. That’s why it’s important that you have a focus in your life — a reason to live.  I don’t know about you,…

We’re always looking for it — that magic pill that will make the fat melt off our bodies.  A new study shows surprising evidence that the magic pill might have appeared.  A study published in Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity journal recently show impressive evidence that green coffee bean extract will cause weight loss, even…

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.  Philippians 4:5 Moderation.  Some of us have lots of problems with that character quality!  I wonder how many of my readers share my inclination to go overboard on everything I do?  That’s not always bad. We plunge headlong into good things as…

Blackberries — they are some of the most anti-oxidant rich foods around. And, even better, if you live in the south where they grow wild, they are free for the picking. (Well, it will cost you some in scratches and bug bites, but it’s not a perfect world!) My attempts at a healthy blackberry cobbler…

They grow like weeds in the brushy, wooded areas here in Oklahoma. You’ll see them along the fences and in the underbrush, loaded with sweet, wild fruit.  Blackberries grow wild and are free for the picking.  If you aren’t in an area where blackberries grow wild, or if you don’t want to brave the heat,…

How can you get more exercise in your life when you are too busy to go work out? We’ve looked at lots of ways to do that — from doing squats to pick up the laundry to interval housework. Today we’re going to look at the easiest way — and the way you can be…

Your body is the baggage you must carry through life. The more excess the baggage, the shorter the trip.  Arnold H. Glasgow Well, our bodies are more than baggage.  They are the place we will live until we die.  There is a truth in this quote, though.  You have to haul around all the extra…

Would you enjoy a relationship with someone who was always talking, never listening?  How about if that someone was always asking something from you and never telling you “thanks” when you came through for him?  Now let’s suppose that your conversations degenerated into a mere recitation of demands?   If  you loved that person enough,…

“As long as we keep eating, we don’t have to wash the dishes.” My Grandma used to quote that old saying. It probably referred to more in life than eating, but it applies to those of us who are moving to a state of health and vitality beyond gorgeous. Have you ever prolonged a meal…
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