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Men’s Health: weight loss for men

Men’s health often involve issues of cardiovascular disease, gout arthritis and prostate cancer because men smoke and drink more than women. Men’s health and men’s weigh loss is managed differently

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Study: Bisphenol A in Food Packaging Linked to Heart Disease

What is Bisphenol A? Dpends on who you ask. Bisphenol A is a chemical found in plastics and studies are linking it to heart disease

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Move over coffee Teeccino is taking over

I’m sitting in my favorite nook with the sun shining and writing today’s blog. Normally this nook is reserved for a morning ritual of a great cup of coffee, the welcomed sunshine and the newspaper; it is how I love to start my day. For a while now my ritual has been torn apart with [...]

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Signs of a heart attack and symptoms of a heart attack reduced with chocolate?

Signs of a heart attack and symptoms of a heart attack are very different for men and women. Heart disease in women and chocolate? Is there such a thing? Maybe….

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Top 10 Aphrodisiacs for Valentine's Day

Words of romance on Valentine’s Day include aphrodisiacs for women and aphrodisiac for men. Natural aphrodisiac is more than just chocolate it includes what is in your fridge like celery aphrodisiac, garlic aphrodisiac….really!

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Pomegranate Juice Lowers Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Don’t you just love the pomegrante? A recent study showed patients on hemodialysis consuming a moderate amount of pomegranate juice for a year saw a continuous, cumulative, beneficial effect on their lipid profile, their blood pressure, and the number of antihypertensive medications they required. It really comes down to pomegranate nutrition! Batya Kristal, MD, MHA, from [...]

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Drink Up In the Name of Health

We bathe in it, swim in it, get some of our food from it and, most importantly, we drink it. Our beautiful planet is comprised of 70% of water.  We literately cannot live without it and, in fact, we cannot live more than one week without it. Water, our most primal and restorative commodity is [...]

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Does an apple a day keep the doctor away?

Scientific evidence claim that eating apples can reduce blood cholesterol, improve bowel function, aid in weight loss and reduce risk of stroke, prostate cancer, Type II diabetes and asthma, due to its

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Office Workout~No Excuses

Exercise is so important for a healthy lifestyle. A body in motion, stays in motion. In fact a good work out involving weights burns calories long after the work out has finished. Combine that with a healthy diet and you are on your way to maintaing a healthy weight and a happy and healthy lifestyle.

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Hydrogenated Fats…Avoid Like The Plague!

Hydrogenation is the process that turns polyunsaturates, normally liquid at room temperature, into fats that are solid at room temperature…margarine and shortening! To produce them, manufacturers begin with the

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