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Water may not aid weight loss after all

March 18, 2014

Drinking water is often advised as a way to quicken the weight loss process. However, a nutrition expert from the University of Alabama in Birmingham says water isn’t the “magic bullet” for losing weight. “There is very little evidence that […]

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Top 6 natural remedies to keep your liver healthy

March 18, 2014

The liver is one of our body’s busiest organs, with a role to play in most of the biochemical processes that sustain life. It produces bile that is vital to digestion, produces plasma proteins, stores iron, regulates the clotting of […]

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Vitamin D may lower cholesterol

March 18, 2014

Many observational studies have suggested that vitamin D may have benefits for heart health. Now a randomized trial has found that vitamin D appears to reduce levels of LDL, or “bad” cholesterol. Researchers randomly assigned 576 postmenopausal women to either […]

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Have trouble getting your baby to sleep well? Here are 8 expert tips that work!

March 17, 2014

Full term newborn babies sleep up to 16 to 20 hours a day and cannot seem to differentiate between day and night. A premature baby on the other hand would sleep anywhere between 20 to 22 hours. But the flip […]

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5 ways sleep works wonders for your beauty

March 15, 2014

Who doesn’t like a good night’s sleep? But with deadlines, work overload and stress, sleep is the last thing on our minds these days and sooner or later, sleep deprivation starts showing its effects on our health and overall well-being, […]

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6 ways to get a better night’s rest

March 14, 2014

1. Make your bedroom “right” for sleeping The ideal bedroom should be like a tomb: dark, quiet and cool. They emphasized on the importance of computer-free environment as blue-spectrum light from the computer screen limits the production of melatonin. Suggested […]

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Top 5 headache-healing foods

March 12, 2014

Stress, tension, or migraine—headaches are a part of life, but you don’t have to spend your days chained to a bottle of aspirin. Nature has you covered. When researching Eat It to Beat It!, I found are plenty of anti-headache […]

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7 foods you should eat for breakfast

March 11, 2014

According to an article by Business Insider, there are certain foods we should avoid for breakfast. Bacon, sausages, hash browns, processed cheese, biscuits with gravy, and granola bars are foods that contain a lot of saturated fat or are high […]

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Face yoga tutorials to keep wrinkles away

March 11, 2014

We join a gym or work out to keep our bodies toned. But what about our face? The skin is much more delicate and it is imperative we do something about it to keep signs of ageing at bay. You […]

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4 fat-burning snacks

March 11, 2014

If you’re like me, you want to get the most out of your workout. (I’m a new mom and I have minimal time when I get to finally exercise.) What you eat before a workout can help you burn more […]

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