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Food prices are climbing, and some might be looking to fast foods and packaged foods for their cheap bites. But low cost doesn’t have to mean low quality. In fact, some of the most inexpensive things you can buy are the best things for you. At the grocery store, getting the most nutrition for the least amount of money means hanging ...

By Marc and Angel Hack Life | Divine Caroline Staying awake is easy … five shots of espresso and a can of red bull is all you need. You’ll certainly be wide awake and wired, but you may also die from a heart attack a few hours later. In all seriousness, conquering drowsiness before it overwhelms your mind can be quite ...

Whether we travel across the planet or just around the corner for vacation, visits or business, there are a few good safety tips to keep in mind. Several new ones have become necessary since we began spending much of our time communicating with people via social media. Here are just a few of the important ones: 1. Keep travel dates to ...

No matter where you do your shopping, you’ve probably noticed all sorts of health related claims on food packaging. At a northeast supermarket chain called Stop & Shop they’ve even started an in-store program called Healthy Ideas to make shopping for your family, well…brainless. But I tend to think if it were that easy we probably wouldn’t have a nationwide obesity ...

While women are securing greater power in the workplace, they are also growing less satisfied with their lives as they age Kathy Caprino's life seemed the stuff of glossy-magazine perfection. The big deal marketing job, complete with roomy office, upbeat assistant, and lunchtime indulgences in retail therapy. The cool contemporary spread in Connecticut. The emotionally aware jazz percussionist husband frolicking with ...

I read this story and I am totally disgusted that an Institute like the World Health Organization would possibly even acknowledge such research. Yes, I am for putting all info out there, the more the better. But I feel that maybe this whole Global Warming thing is going a little too far. That the International community would host such ideas as ...

In the spirit of those annoying, addictive, you-know-you're-reading-them-even-though-you-wish-you-weren't Facebook notes popping up everywhere, Health.com presents its list of 25 random things you might not know about the human body, nutrition and exercise, sex, sickness, and health. Go ahead: Pass it on to your friends.

Even though I’m not headed back to school, the end of summer always makes me itch for new clothes and freshly sharpened pencils. What about you? Could you use a fresh start? Maybe a little detox from summer BBQs and vacation food? The change of season is a perfect time! So, what does it mean to “detox” exactly? What are these ...

Have you ever wondered why someone perceives things so much differently than you do? Or why someone seems to be victimized when others are not? Or why another person might handle a situation completely differently than you would have? Maybe you've wondered why some people always seem to make lemonade out of lemons while others get depressed when life hands them ...

Our local farmer's market at the Ferry Terminal Market. Most of us have grown (or were born) accustomed to going to the grocery store. It's just what you do, right? Grocery stores like Safeway, Trader Joe's, and especially Target and Super-Walmart, have all your needs in one place, all year round, and tend to be open pretty late, if not ...

Four months ago, twenty-two year old San Diego resident "Natalie Dylan" went on the Howard Stern show to put her virginity up for bids, intending to use the final proceeds to pay for her master’s degree in marriage and family therapy. Update from Natalie Dylan: On January 23rd, "Natalie" published her version of her own story on The Daily Beast. Why ...

Are you tired of that certain friend dumping her toxic emotional waste on you? Do you ever notice how happy she is once she gets it all out and how lousy you feel afterward? She's usually ready to go have fun in a few minutes while you feel like a you just got hit by a truck. Do you realize attackers ...

Some of us are night owls. Others, early birds. Apparently, based on your chronotype, you will be more naturally alert earlier or later in the day. And your type may dictate when and for how long you sleep. But while a natural variance in sleep patterns is natural, it appears that the early bird is indeed the more coveted of ...

During the few weeks prior to launching my latest website, my developer’s apathetic attitude began to seriously test my highly cultivated sense of patience. As the launch date drew nearer, each missed deadline reminded me why the ability to quickly calm the demons inside yourself is sometimes the only thing standing between you and emergency open heart surgery. We all have ...

One late night while working Boston’s needle exchange van, I realized the early stages of drug addiction is no different than the sugar or coffee cycle many of us succumb to in our daily lives. This particular evening a young man walked into the van, and we talked about his drug use and life in the gay community. He had just ...

I started writing about food because I was tired of vegetarians and vegans telling me I should stop eating meat all together as my carnivorous consumption was inhumane and contrary to humanities’ evolution as a species. I eat meat. I will continue to eat meat. And I think you should too. One of my quickest responses to the vegetarian/vegan anti-meat rhetoric ...

The case against Raymond Clark III, so far. 

Cakes. Candy. Ice Cream. Or my favorite — cookies. Isn’t it amazing how sometimes we just get a hankering for something sweet? Something chocolatey or creamy but definitely something sugary? In addition to midday cravings, my special time of day was always at night after dinner. Growing up, this was the time that my mom and I would talk, drink tea ...

I remember my first conscious exposure to artificial sweeteners. A friend in college baked an entire batch of cookies with a calorie-free sugar substitute and offered me one. My reaction: I can eat ten cookies and not consume any sugar? Bring ’em on! A few years later, I shifted to the other extreme—avoiding artificial sweeteners at all costs—after a nutritionist told ...