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Drinks could be making your kids fat

Think you’re serving a healthy snack to your child when you grab something that says “juice”, think again, and read the labels.  Check out this article for more information. http://shine.yahoo.com/team-mom/popular-kids-drinks-avoid-140000153.html

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Tips from Food Network star and best-selling cookbook author Giada De Laurentiis

Giada says that planning ahead and eating a little of everything and not a lot of one thing helps to keep her slim. Read more slim-cooking secrets from Giada: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/04/18/giada-de-laurentiis-slim-cooking-secrets/#ixzz1st62u0ql

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Make your intention bigger than the bag of chips!

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Think You Want a Snack? Walk it Off!

Walk Off a Snack Attack (Article From Fitness Magazine, April 2012. Photo from CookingLight.com) Going for a quick jaunt could curb your sweet tooth.  When office workers hit the treadmill for 15 minutes before working at their desks, they nibbled … Continue reading

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The Sleeping Trick That Soothes Indigestion

Next time a late meal triggers sleep-stealing heartburn, lie on your left side. This positions the esophagus higher than the stomach, making it difficult for food and digestive acid to reflux back into the throat. The result: you can drift … Continue reading

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Fit Families are Happy Families

This is a great article with great tips on how to get fit as a family.   http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10785220  

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Support Children’s Physical Education Program

I have just been informed that, due to budget cuts and the lack of parent support of the school’s foundation, students at Acacia Elementary School in Fullerton, California, will not have a structured physical education program next year. This saddens … Continue reading

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Eat Breakfast

It may sound like a good idea, you wake up, you’re not hungry, or you fill up on coffee and head out on your day, and are so proud at all those calories you saved. Great way to lose weight … Continue reading

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Heart Healthy Foods

In the January 2012 issue of The Oprah Magazine, Dr. Oz recommends these foods for healthy veins and arteries, promoting blood flow throughout your body; Wild Salmon, Tomatoes, Garlic and Lima Beans. On www.doctoroz.com there is a recipe that includes … Continue reading

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Dark Chocolate

Dark chocolate is good for your health! But hold on, don’t go out and buy a bunch of dark snicker bars, they do not actually contain any dark chocolate! You want to make sure you are buying pure dark chocolate … Continue reading

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