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Tag Archives: health
Careful With That Cookie Dough: Holiday Food Advice
credit With the season of baking in full swing, we need to be reminded of a few proper food handling techniques that can make a healthier holiday season and less trips to the urgent-care for tummy troubles. There are also … Continue reading
Posted in food safety, Nutrition / Fitness / Weight, recipes
Tagged family traditions, food, Get Clean, health
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A Historical Look At The Ideal Body
How did the ideal body image for women go from sexy, voluptuous figures to stick-thin, boyish looking creatures? The last time any women idealized a full figure was during the Renaissance. Compare Leonardo’s famous Mona Lisa to a picture of … Continue reading
Narrowing The Information Divide: Seniors And Health Information
Recently while visiting my mother, a Type-II diabetic, I noticed several things about her health and dietary behavior. But, what started out as casual observations about her health issues became a real interest in learning about other areas of life … Continue reading
Weighing in on useful bathroom scales
Weight and mass. Pounds and kilograms. The most important thing is that your bathroom scale is useful for you as an individual user. From my clicking around online, l have found various digital and analog and combination scales which are … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition / Fitness / Weight
Tagged fitness, health, New Year's, nutrition, nutritionist, resolution, scale, Weight loss
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Cold and Flu Season: Tai Chi "The Natural Flu Shot"
How many people do you know who got a flu shot and immediately came down with the flu? It’s one of the potential side effects of the flu vaccine. How would you like to boost your immune system naturally and … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition / Fitness / Weight
Tagged Complementary medicine, fitness, flu, health, influenza, Science, tai chi
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Welcome to the new Health Patio
Thanks to some very talented and hip friends, we who are Health Patio welcome you heartily to our nice, new, healthy patio location. We have needed to grow, expand, and take a deep breath. Now, we did it and this … Continue reading
We've switched to hot air popped popcorn
Is corn a healthy vegetable? Obviously it’s a major ingredient – I used corn meal today in a recipe in fact- and its derivatives fuel an uncountable number of people, animals and machines. Original to the Americas, corn is a … Continue reading
The Dirty Diaper Dilemma
The great societal debate about cloth versus disposable diapers isn’t as simple as it might seem. Concerned parents should consider the process of production as well as the disposal of the diaper, and keep in mind that the most environmentally … Continue reading
Posted in Climate / Human habitat
Tagged ABC, babies, children, cloth diapers, diapers, disposable diapers, environment, health, potty training
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How to: Offset your carbon footprint
As seen on LifeGoggles, Joel Williams ramps us up on the first R of environmental responsibility: reduce. Of course the whole article is a must-read, so check it out. The jist of the post brings us tools to evaluate how … Continue reading
Grilling season begins
The 19th Annual Weber GrillWatch Survey says 31 percent of American grill owners are grilling meat more than they were a year ago because they are “trying to eat healthier.” Nearly 40 percent said they are grilling leaner meats, more … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition / Fitness / Weight
Tagged food, grill, health, men, outdoors, survey, vegetarian, women
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