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Monday, October 16th, 2006
Disney is making big changes to the foods that they offer at their theme parks.
They have set a number of guidelines for the food that they'll be offering to guests and all trans-fats will be eliminated by the end of next year.
Disney worked with doctors to develop ...
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Thursday, October 5th, 2006
Cold and Flu season is just around the corner and it's time to start planning for a flu shot.
Many communities schedule flu shot clinincs at drugstores and grocery stores. Some employers may offer these shots to their employees at reduced rates. It only takes a minute, but you might ...
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Monday, October 2nd, 2006
I was giving this question some thought earlier today because food is a basic human need.
From a physiological standpoint, food is just energy needed to keep our bodies running, which seems like a very simple premise. You eat when you're hungry and don't eat when you're not.
From an ...
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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 ...
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Friday, September 8th, 2006
If you have fresh mushrooms that look like the ones pictured above, don't eat them until you've confirmed that they haven't been recalled for possible listeria.
Monterey Mushrooms of Watsonville, Calif., said the mushrooms were distributed from its plant in Temple, Pa., to Pennsylvania and six other Eastern states. ...
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Thursday, September 7th, 2006
Rutgers has found a new way to treat stroke victims by using modified video games.
Engineers at the University have modified a home video game system to assist stroke patients with hand exercises and "virtual" treatment by combining computer-generated interactive visual environments in which users control actions in a ...
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Tuesday, August 29th, 2006
According to a study that was recently conducted the number of people considered to be obese continues to rise. This survey was conducted by Trust for Americans Health and the results are judged against results from previous surveys they did in previous years.
Mississippi is a heavyweight state with 29.5% ...
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Monday, August 28th, 2006
Believe it or not negative thinking is a surefire way to impede progress and might be the root of some of your problems.
You might be thinking.. "How can this be? I'm just thinking 'realistically?" and that might even be a valid thought. For every negative thought you have about ...
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Thursday, August 24th, 2006
It's easy to get in a rut, especially if we tend towards repetitive actions. Most people are creatures of habit, so it's simple to bog down in uncreative thinking. How can we shock our own senses a bit, and maybe look at life through new eyes? Here ...
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Monday, August 21st, 2006
I have a true story of an acquaintance of mine who breast feeds her kid while she drinks and smokes pot. The custom didn't just start one day and end quickly. Instead, it's gone on for years! No matter how much you might try and reason with ...
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