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Hangover Cures: Top 5 Ways to Ease a Hangover

Were you partying it up yesterday till the wee hours of the night? Maybe attending a mixology class in NYC or even spending the spring break week in the Caribbean? No worries, we’ve all been there. Perhaps you were out celebrating a special occasion like a birthday or a friend’s engagement.  Chances are, you may have […]

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Healthy Breakfast Recipes

We’ve all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. As well as providing the energy we need to get through the day, a healthy breakfast is also said to contribute to weight loss. Below you will find a few healthy breakfast recipes, that are quick and easy to make, to help […]

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Hair Loss: How Likely Are You To Lose Your Hair

Hair loss is a big headache. According to the American Hair Loss Association, 40% of the female population experiences hair loss. In comparison, about 67% of men have experienced hair loss by age 35. So, regardless of sex, both men and women have a relatively high chance of experiencing standard hair loss. With a very […]

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Band Aid: What’s So Great About It?

In every doctor’s office is a good supply of adhesive bandages, like Band Aid, to succor children after their shots. A themed Band Aid is a grand reward for going through immunizations; and away from the hospital, these bandages are now part of every family’s first aid kit. It’s hard to imagine a world without […]

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Can Alkaline Water Help In Losing Weight?

What dictates a successful diet? Is it nutrition or exercise, or is it really a mix of both? Much of an unhealthy lifestyle boils down to poor nutrition, and lack of exercise. Losing weight is simply a matter of taking in fewer calories than you use. Of course your body needs a certain amount of […]

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The Best Diets for Healthy Skin

Healthy skin is often the reflection of  overall good health. While some people resort to surgical treatments and “miracle creams,” nature offers a flavorful range of foods that can help you improve your skin complexion and your overall health. Water It is estimated that more than 75 percent of the population in America is chronically […]

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Why Should You Recycle

Recycling products prevents them from becoming a danger to the environment. If you throw something away it either gets incinerated or put into landfill which harms the environment greatly, as it is either polluting the air or using up the Earth’s valuable space. If you recycle the same product however, it can be used to […]

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Top 10 Halloween Candies That Are Bad For Your Kids

Children love Halloween because of all the candy treats they can get. Hoarding all of these is what makes this holiday fun. And while we all know candies can be bad for teeth, indulging in this tradition  once a year should be harmless. Except when the kids receive the following types of candies. Here are the […]

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Ingredient Substitutions 101

Cooking is all about you – what you like, what you want to eat, how you like it prepared. However, many of us turn to cook books and recipes. And, while recipes are great for the not so experience cook, they often require a trip to the store or a number of changes to adhere […]

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How to Be Green

The mantra of “reduce, reuse, recycle” has become more and more commonplace over the last ten years, but while that’s a great improvement,  we sometimes wonder how many of us really do the first two things? Many of us simply stick to the last bit “recycle” and forget about all of the other green things […]

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