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Focus, Accountability and Commitment are Critical to Fulfilling New Year’s Resolutionsnew

It’s a new year, bright with the promise of new beginnings. If you’re like most, you’re so busy with day-to-day life that you push aside the little nagging voice inside telling you that your life could be better. You vow “I’ll quit smoking, hit the gym, eat a healthier diet.”
Pasadena Weekly  |  Patti Carmalt-Vener  |  01-11-2010  |  Advice

Calorie Restriction Advocates Continue to Gain Tractionnew

Given that the average American consumes more than 3,700 calories per day, and that much of it comes from junk food, some calorie restriction would probably be a good thing for many of us. But if you’re not fat, does it make sense to starve yourself from thin to bony?
San Antonio Current  |  Ari LeVaux  |  08-26-2009  |  Food+Drink

Vegan Tuesday: Going Animal-Product-Free, One Day at a Timenew

When I decided earlier this year to attempt to become a vegan, I started out with realistic goals. Rather than set myself up for failure by overhauling my kitchen completely, I decided to designate one day a week as a meatless, dairy-free day.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Steve Gdula  |  11-25-2008  |  Food+Drink

Alt.Health: Snooze Season Revivalnew

Weather winter doziness with light therapy and ginseng.
NOW Magazine  |  Elizabeth Bromstein  |  11-10-2008  |  Advice

The Eat Like a Bushman Diet: Hoodia Gordoniinew

As a spokesperson for a major brand of Hoodia-containing diet pills, ersatz socialite and reality show deep thinker Anna Nicole Smith is a natural; she never met a drug she didn't like.
Boise Weekly  |  Dr. Ed Rabin  |  10-20-2005  |  Science

Naturopath Advocates Cleansing Through Fastingnew

Hans Frischeisen, trained as a naturopath in Germany, describes the ways he believes people can build their immune system and avoid illness.
Reno News & Review  |  Kris Vagner  |  01-05-2005  |  Science

Work-Life Discord Goes Off the Scalesnew

Despite the apparently enlightened corporate speak of the 1990s about the value of contented employees to the bottom line, escalating numbers of Canadians are struggling to juggle job, family, and social lives. To protect their health, employees have to learn to say no.
The Georgia Straight  |  Helena Bryan  |  11-02-2004  |  Science

Out of Stocknew

A dieter’s worst nightmare: Hearing the word "discontinued"
Tucson Weekly  |  Tom Danehy  |  09-16-2004  |  Commentary

Editor Slims Down on Atkins Dietnew

Editor Bingo Barnes joined the eating revolution that has overtaken America and lost 31 pounds on the low-carb Atkins diet in nearly three months.
Boise Weekly  |  Bingo Barnes  |  08-07-2004  |  Science

Effects of Stress Can Be Painful

Stress is easy to have, hard to diagnose, and often treated with holistic methods.
Monday Magazine  |  Adrienne Mercer  |  05-19-2004  |  Science

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