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September 15th, 2008

Can Thinking Too Much Make You fat?

Sounds like a strange question but, in a nutshell,  that’s what a group of Canadian researchers wanted to know. So they recruited 14 women and put their brains (and their stomachs) to work.
After performing one of the three different tasks for 45 minutes - relaxing in a sitting position, reading and summarizing a text, or […]

By Liz -- 3 comments

September 13th, 2008

Sexbolt Saturday: Good Stuff from Around the Web

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It’s rainy here in my parts today - how ’bout you? And rainy days, as you know, are great days to stay in and, well, dance the horizontal mambo.
If you need a little inspiration, check out these articles to get your motor running…
* First off, get an idea for the kind […]

By Liberty -- 0 comments

September 12th, 2008

This Guy Sure is Whacked for Big Macs

Since I know a few people who suffer from OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), you’ll never catch me making fun of anyone who has it. But I do have to say, this fella has one strange obsession: Big Macs.
Now, I love a burger as much as the next gal, but to have consumed 23,000 of them […]

By Liberty -- 0 comments

September 12th, 2008

Two Food Matters DVD Winners Missing…

Two of the Food Matters DVD giveaway seem to be missing.

We have heard and got the addresses of …
Humairah Irfan
Greg
Mubina
Still need to hear and get addresses from…
Tina O
CanCan
Please email me your mailing address ASAP, otherwise I might have to draw another name out of the hat!!!
As for everyone who didn’t win a copy, do think about buying your […]

By Liz -- 4 comments

September 8th, 2008

Winners of the Five Food Matters DVDs.

Thanks everyone for entering the Food Matters DVD giveaway.
The five winners are…
Humairah Irfan
Mubina
Tina O
CanCan
Greg
Please email me your mailing address by Friday 12th September. If I don’t hear from you by then, will draw another name out of the hat!!!
As for everyone who didn’t win a copy, do think about buying your own copy of the […]

By Liz -- 6 comments

September 7th, 2008

It’s Healthbolt Carnival Time.

It’s Healthbolt Carnival time again and it looks like a carnival mostly about nutrition and diet, with a few extras thrown in…. 

The Writer’s Coin tells us he recently registered for his first race in I Am Running an Urbanathlon, saying, ” It’s a ten-mile race with an obstacle course thrown in. Now I’m motivated to get in […]

By Liz -- 0 comments

September 4th, 2008

A Little Marijuana for Your MRSA?

Ready for yet another possible medicinal use for marijuana? How about fighting MRSA, the staph infection resistant to most antibiotics.
Indeed, researchers in Italy and the UK tested five of marijuana’s major chemicals (called cannabinoids) on different strains of MRSA, and all five proved to be germ destroyers in lab tests. In addition, some synthetic cannabinoids […]

By Liberty -- 0 comments

September 4th, 2008

Why Food Matters? A Review of Food Matters Documentary.

Food matters. We all know that.
But do we really know how much food matters to our health and wellbeing?
That seems to be the central question that Food Matters, a fascinating and riveting documentary, asks. This 80 minute documentary brings together the thoughts and opinions of some of the world’s leaders in nutrition and natural healing.
It argues that we live […]

By Liz -- 0 comments

September 3rd, 2008

Who Got More Waxed at Their National Conventions? Democrats or Republicans?

Ah, national conventions. Those magical times where smarmy politicians down their vodka and tonics and fantasize about what Sarah Palin looks like spread out on one of her bear-skin rugs.
C’mon, people, you know there is some serious partying going on at these things.
But who’s having the most fun? At one time, conventional wisdom might have […]

By Liberty -- 0 comments

September 2nd, 2008

No Time for Cooking? Take a Look at the 125 Top Packaged Foods!

After the weekend I just had (see the post below for a sampling of my horrific menu!) I figured it was time to get back to good, you know? But, of course, this being the first day of Back-to-School (can I get a hallelujah?!?), there is now little to no time to cook as ideally […]

By Liberty -- 0 comments