October 2008 - 23 posts found << < 1 2 > >>
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An "Extra" Hour of Sleep Means More Laziness! |
| 10/30/2008 7:58:47 AM |
For most of the nation it is time to push back the clocks one hour this Sunday morning. It is the end of Day Light Savings Time, and most Americans seem to be happy about that. While there are still 24 hours in the day, it shifts the time you see that day light, based on your normal routine.
What is the point?
I know when it was first introduced, it was to aid the farmers... Read More |
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The Holiday Pounds Start With Halloween - Beware! |
| 10/27/2008 10:42:47 PM |
We all think of the "Holiday Season" beginning right after Thanksgiving and traditionally that is probably true...but when it comes to talking about the average 15 pounds people gain over the holidays - it starts this week with Halloween!
Think about it: your kids bring home dozens upon dozens of candy bars, sugar sticks, and taffy just waiting for consumption.... Read More |
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Catechins and Epicatechins in Dark Chocolate |
| 10/27/2008 5:16:30 PM |
 According to Dr. Daisy Sutherland from Florida, catechins and epicatechins are found in a variety of plant sources. The largest source of catechins in the human diet are found in chocolates,wine, teas and vegetables.
Catechins also demonstrate antioxidant activities. Remember antioxidants are needed to remove the toxins from our bodies, but our... Read More |
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Weight Loss and Artificial Sweetners |
| 10/24/2008 7:28:17 PM |
| In my business, I help people (actually coach people) everyday to reach their goal weight through safe weight loss. I can't tell you how many times I have heard someone tell me, "Oh, it's ok...it's not sugar. It has no calories. I won't gain weight with it." This is a myth. This mentality does hinder weight loss. People do gain weight drinking diet drinks... Read More |
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Cocoa Study Shows Dark Chocolate Is Healthy: Comparison to Vitamins |
| 10/21/2008 1:15:49 PM |
 Science Daily reports on a study on a compound found in cocoa called epicatechin's that are found to be so strikingly healthy that a professor at Harvard Medical school said that it should be considered a vitamin. The Doctor spent years studying the benefits of cocoa drinking on the Kuna people in Panama. He found that the risk of 4 of the 5 most... Read More |
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Add Years To Your Life. |
| 10/20/2008 4:50:58 PM |
This week on our radio show we discuss things that will add years to your life. It ranges in topic, from eating more grapes to having a higher education. But when you really break it all down, adding quality years to your life comes down to a short list:
Eat well. Exercise regularly.
All of the fun little topics of discussion are great for radio, and conversation... Read More |
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What is an online medical dictionary good for? |
| 10/16/2008 1:38:58 AM |
What do you need an online medical dictionary for?
Well, for starters - a good online medical dictionary can keep all of that information nicely organized without any pages to sift through or painful lifting of books covering it. Also, it is always good to have an online medical dictionary bookmarked - you never know when you will need to get some quick education on a... Read More |
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Healthy Dark Chocolate Shake Recipe |
| 10/12/2008 6:39:25 PM |
Nutrition, vitamins and supplements don’t have to be all fruits and vegetables or protein shakes. Dr.Agatston, author of The South Beach Diet agrees that healthy dark chocolate is a delicious source of free radical–fighting antioxidants; it has been shown to decrease blood pressure and lower the risk of diabetes in healthy individuals. Lose weight... Read More |
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Chocolate Quotes and Chocolate Sayings |
| 10/12/2008 5:25:09 PM |
 So, you think you're a chocoholic? You're not the only one. From the fifteenth century to the modern day, the rich and famous have expounded the virtues of the cocoa bean.
Now there is a way to eat chocolate without the guilt. Healthy chocolate. Really. It's a fruit. A superfood. If only it wasn't heated, alkalinized, dutched and paired with so much... Read More |
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Chocolate as food - chocolate as medicine in History |
| 10/8/2008 1:05:26 PM |
 From the 16th through early 19th century, numerous European travel accounts and medical texts documented the presumed merits and medicinal value of chocolate. Using library holdings of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, the British Museum, and the University of California,as well as translations of original hand-written documents located at... Read More |
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Dark chocolate sales soar thanks to healthy image |
| 10/8/2008 12:41:47 PM |
 By Richard Alleyne, Telegraph, UK Once the poor relation of the confectionary world, sales of dark chocolate have almost doubled in two years, growing 96 per cent to £85 million. Sales of luxury chocolate brands have... Read More |
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Good Chocolate vs Bad Chocolate |
| 10/7/2008 10:35:08 AM |
 Over the centuries, chocolate has come full circle. Most of the modern world currently views chocolate as a tasty but quite unhealthy indulgence meant for only occasional consumption. But health-conscious consumers are now learning that dark chocolate, devoid of some of the unhealthful ingredients usually paired with it in confectionary products,... Read More |
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Dark Chocolate Feast |
| 10/5/2008 10:20:48 PM |
 Is there such a thing as healthy dark chocolate or a diet on a cruise ship? Probably depends on who you talk to. On the first night at sea on a 5 day cruise, I sampled a dark chocolate lava cake and fell in love and so did my husband. We didn’t just eat the dark chocolate lava cake once, we ordered it every night. Calorie wise it may not have been... Read More
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Boosting Brain Power - With Dark Chocolate |
| 10/5/2008 12:22:07 AM |
 Boosting Brain Power - With Dark Chocolate
Science Daily (Feb. 22, 2007) — Eating chocolate as part of a regular diet could help to sharpen up the mind and give a short-term boost to cognitive skills, a University of Nottingham expert has found.
A study led by Professor Ian Macdonald found that consumption of a cocoa drink rich in flavanols — a key... Read More |
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Chocolate more exciting than kissing |
| 10/3/2008 11:41:56 PM |
Chocolate more exciting than kissing  Eating chocolate is more stimulating to the heart and the head than kissing, according to new research.Romantically attached couples were asked to wear heart monitors and had electrodes attached to their scalps by scientists, so their heart rate and brain activity could be measured. After they were asked to taste... Read More |
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October 2008 - 23 posts found << < 1 2 > >>
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