Who Knew Lip-Smackin’ Was Good For You?
March 24, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under Children, Diets and Dieting, Easy Health Tips, Junk Food That Isn't, Prevention, WOO hoo!, Weight Loss, Your Body
picApp_publisherId = 473;picApp_imageId = 8330;picApp_imageWidth = 357;picApp_imageHeight = 249;picApp_configUrl = “http://pis.picapp.com/IamProd/FlashSite/GetConfig.aspx”;picApp_Picview=”http://pis.picapp.com/IamProd/FlashSite/en/picviewerv1_1.swf”;picapp_numberOfLine=1;ImageServe();
More good news on the nasty habit/I-thought-this-was-junk front. Turns out all the gum-smackers of the world (myself included) have got a good thing going. Jeez, between this and the news from last week, could life get any better?!?
Here, a few reasons why sugarless (operative word) gum is great for you:
* Alert! Alert! Yes, chewing gum can help boost alertness. In fact, one study showed that students and shift workers who chewed gum during the wee hours felt less tired than those in the same situation who didn’t chew gum. The …read more
Annie Lennox Sings Out Against HIV/AIDS.
March 10, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Announcements, Event, Health, Misc., Prevention, Video
Have you heard the song ‘Sing‘?
It’s the latest from the Scottish musician and HIV/AIDS awareness campaigner Annie Lennox. It’s a song that was over a year in the making and features not only Annie Lennox’s powerful voice but also the voices of 23 other well known singers. Singers such as Madonna, Gladys Knight, Sarah McLachlan, Anastacia, and more…
The result is amazing. Powerful. And moving.
All proceeds from the sale of ‘Sing’ will go to Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), a grass-roots organization founded in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1998, the TAC campaigns have resulted in the development of antiretroviral …read more
Today is National Wear Red Day.
February 1, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Event, Health, Heart Health, Medicine, Misc., Prevention
February 1st is National Wear Red Day throughout America. Forget your usual working suit and dig out that red dress, shirt or tie and put it on. Wear red to indicate your awareness that heart disease is the number one killer of women. And I’m not talking broken heart here. Believe it or not, you can recover from a broken heart (How to Get Over a Broken Heart).
I’m talking about coronary heart disease which usually develops over many years causing narrowing and blocking of the arteries. If undetected and untreated it can easily result in heart attack and death.
Here’s some scary …read more
