Archive for September, 2006

Eating healthy- on accident?

Saturday, September 16th, 2006

Good news- if you’re like most people chances are you’ve been making healthier choices than you realized. It seems several foods that are commonly thought of as “bad” have been wrongly black listed, and can actually be good for you. Coffee, for example, doesn’t just make you a jumpy monkey. ...

This Is For All The Super Heroes Out There

Saturday, September 16th, 2006

Greetings, Today’s article is about turning despair into something positive. I attribute the inspiration to this topic to one of my favorite writers, Stephen King. I’m reading the last book of the “Dark Tower” series and in it, the hero Roland has suffered yet another loss. The wagon that he’s pulling ...

How Our Taste Buds Change Over The Years

Saturday, September 16th, 2006

I was thinking about this yesterday as I pulled some tomato soup out of the cupboard to make a light lunch. I hate tomato soup. Or at least I used to. If you were to have asked me 15 years ago what my least favorite soup was, it would have ...

It was in the genes for George

Friday, September 15th, 2006

A man named George Johnson recently passed away of pneumonia in California at the ripe old age of 112 years old. What’s really amazing is that the autopsy results on the 5’7” 140 pound supercentenerian showed his organs to be astoundingly youthful and healthy. Dr. L. Stephen Coles, ...

How Meditation Helps Us to Reduce Stress

Friday, September 15th, 2006

Stress plays a major role in weight gain as well as a host of other problems. It can cause insomnia, which can lead to a weakening of the body due to a lack of rest. This can lead to other illnesses, because our bodies aren’t strong enough to fight back ...

Low Fat Diet

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

Low fat diets never completely go out of style, and for good reason. Lowering your intake of fat is one of the best and most reliable ways to prevent the risks of heart disease. For years, the medical community has railed against the effects of too much fat ...

Big study reveals: green tea helps prevent stroke! (kinda…sorta…maybe)

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

The findings of a Japanese study are finally out- and I say finally because the study has been going on since 1994 and had more than 40,000 participants. That’s a big study. What were they studying? Green tea. What did they find? Green tea may prolong your ...

Featherish Weight Loss Success Stories

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

The Featherish Weight Loss Success forum has been getting some great reports lately with pounds lost from all over the world! I think that these successes deserve a special mention in our blog because of the hard work and dedication these members have had. HDales, just reported that she has ...

Men, This One’s for You

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

Greetings- This article is a continuation of the series on self pampering. Admittedly, when I started to write it, I was going to talk about facials, bubble baths and getting your hair done. I suddenly realized that no one ever tells men how to pamper themselves. I doubt that many would ...

Unlike a tan, you can’t fake a good diet

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

You can’t pretend your way through eating healthy food- cheating will catch up with you eventually by showing up in your thighs, on your bum, even in the way your skin looks. But that being said, MSNBC gives us some hints on how to incorporate healthy vegetables into our ...