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Four Loko At It Again
Caffeinated alcoholic drinks have created quite the stir and definitely not the good kind. Teens are now ending up in the emergency room from drinking too many of these types of drinks.
Deadly Sweets
How much sugar in your diet is too much? There has always been a disagreement because there hasn't been definitive evidence to link high-sugar diets with heart disease, until now.
Weight is a Weighty Topic
Current approaches for weight loss focus on controlling cravings, but resisting can be difficult when there’s a variety of available food. There may be a better way to lose weight.
Colon Cleansing Clogged
Commitment to regular bowel movements can sometimes lead one to take extreme measures. Many herbal products offer quick fixes to get the system to speed up.
Junk Food Filled Teens
Keeping kids from eating junk food can be difficult at times. It’s even more difficult these days with all the fast food restaurants popping up everywhere.
Thinking Your Way to Healthier Choices
What are you eating for dinner tonight? It’s not life-threatening, but it’s still hard to decide. With so many choices, and so many factors to consider around health, what can you do?
Happy Comfort Food
What do you do when you’re in the dumps? Some turn to buckets of ice cream for comfort. It just seems to take all troubles away. Maybe it really does!
Smurf Berries
Who doesn’t like blueberries? From the color to the texture to the taste, blueberries are not only awesome, they provide a ton of health benefits.
Can You Hear Me Now?
Heart health is important for a number of reasons. One of the more unusual may be that it can aid with processing what we hear, particularly as the aging process begins.
McDonald's Joins the Fight Against Obesity
Is McDonald's one of your favorite fast food joints? Well thanks to some changes, not only will you get tasty food, you get the same food with fewer calories and fat.