MENOPAUSE Recent research shows that women who are at least five years past menopause receive great benefit from maintaining their intake of calcium. Researchers point out that just getting the RDA of calcium—800 to 1,200 milligrams— significantly reduces the the risk of bone loss. After menopause, a woman’s protection against most bone loss—her natural hormones—ends [...]
Secret To Prevent Mold In Food Nothing ruins the appetite quite like pulling mold-covered food, such as cottage cheese and yogurt, out of the refrigerator at mealtime. And mold can be rather pervasive. Tiny mold spores get onto the surfaces of food when you open and close containers. With oxygen and enough time to grow, [...]
Hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis are becoming increasingly popular methods of treatment for many stress-or fear-related conditions, such as eating disorders, insomnia and agoraphobia. Hypnosis has also been used to help people stop or modify unwanted habits such as smoking and excessive drinking. It has also been used to treat a wide range of physical ailments, including [...]
1) Self-Motivation— your intentions may be good, but if you don’t take the time to motivate yourself, you are not apt to have much success losing weight and keeping it off. In order to motivate yourself, you need to have a clear idea of why you want to lose weight. Health is certainly a primary [...]
1) Cereal— dry cereal, topped with skim milk and fruit, is both nutritious and easy to fix. 2) Bagels— while bagels contain 160 to 180 calories, they have almost no fat. 3) Pizza— as long as you get very little cheese and lots of peppers, onions, and mushrooms, pizza can be either a nutritious snack [...]