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August 2006

Namaste

by Karen on August 29, 2006

Namaste-The Spirit in me bows to the Spirit in you.
If you have taken any yoga classes, you are likely familiar with the word. At the end of almost every yoga class participants place their hands together at the heart chakra, close the eyes and bow the head. Namaste.
Yoga offers many different [...]

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Eating in Season

by Karen on August 22, 2006

I bought some apples at the store yesterday. They looked pretty. Shiny red (I suppose that could have been that wax stuff), but still big, pretty, red apples with no blemishes. They looked good!
But after cutting them open I could see that there were brown spots inside, bruises, and the flesh was mushy.
I [...]

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No Exercise Required

by Karen on August 16, 2006

No exercise required. Is that really an ad for a diet plan? Yes, it is.
In this sedentary life that we live who wants to move? You know just because we may need to go up the stairs on our own someday and not get out of breath,or maybe carry our [...]

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Swimming for Weight Loss

by Karen on August 16, 2006

So there is this debate as to whether or not swimming is a good exercise for weight loss. Some study from back whenever claimed that swimming was not good for weight loss. But later studies debunked that by stating that they studied swimmers who were swimming in cold water and that most people [...]

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Twin Telepathy

by Karen on August 10, 2006

In my part of the country, the news has been about the 4 year old conjoined twins that were surgically separated this week.
It took 26 hours of surgery for the separation and the news around here followed every second. It really was fascinating and those girls are just beautiful. It makes [...]

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DASH Diet

by Karen on August 10, 2006

As if you didn’t have enough “diet plans, information, books, strategies, etc, etc etc. Here’s another one to add to your list–The DASH diet.
This is actually health-focused rather than weight loss focused (what a concept!). DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. Well that’s important as Hypertension is one [...]

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Pasta Alternative

by Kar on August 4, 2006

I’ve come up with a wonderful pasta alternative. I know pasta is not all bad! In fact it’s good, very good…and that is the problem. I eat way too much of it when my family has spaghetti. I even thought that getting whole grain or multigrain pasta made it better. [...]

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