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Embrace, Release, Heal Book Review
After a short break to announce the winners of our latest contest, we continue Live Lighter’s Holistic Spring Cleaning Series with a review on a book about healing. we covered some practical tips and info for cleansing our bodies with food, now let’s look at cleansing our minds, hearts and spirits. Leigh Fortson was “doing [...]
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Seven Healthy Snack Foods
More than 72 million adults in the United States are obese; according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And experts blame the increased consumption of junk food for the obesity epidemic, but not all snack foods are created equal, some can be good for you. Here are seven easy to find “healthier” [...]
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Too Many Livestock Farms Spread Disease
Increased livestock farming worldwide, specifically cows and pigs, may spawn more animal disease epidemics, similar to SARS and H1N1 swine flu; warns the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Developing countries are at the highest risk; 700 million people rely on animals to generate up to 40% of household income. According to the U.S. Department of [...]
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Trans-Fats Increase Risk of Depression
Eating foods high in trans-fat may increase your risk of developing depression; new research claims. Trans fat comes from adding hydrogen to vegetable oil through a process called hydrogenation. They are used to prolong shelf-life of processed foods, like cookies, snack cakes, and potato chips. Trans-fats have been linked to heart disease, diabetes, and obesity; [...]
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Questioning The Grapefruit Diet
In “Black Swan”, the Academy Award nominated film, there’s a scene where a ballet dancer, played by Natalie Portman, sits in front of a half grapefruit for breakfast. that grapefruit is a reminder of how dietary trends tend to stick around in one incarnation or another. in the 1970′s, the Grapefruit Diet was one of [...]
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African Veggie Chickpea Stew
Are you looking for a warm, tasty, protein-packed, healthy (and vegetarian) meal to warm you during these chilly January days? Well, you’re in luck because today I’m sharing with you one of my favourite winter recipes! Seven years ago I came across this African Chicken Stew recipe made with peanut butter. Although I had tried [...]
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Canada’s New Activity Guidelines Suck!
Two weeks ago Canada revised their physical activity guidelines. Great new, right? not so much considering they actually lowered their minimum daily requirements. And it’s got a few healthy folks spitting hellfire, like Dr. Ali Zentner, obesity expert on CBCs Village on a Diet. The same day mainstream media announced Canada’s new activity guidelines (which [...]
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The Spiral of Successful Habits
Post written by Leo Babauta. Many people have so many things they want to change about their lives they don’t know where to start. It’s overwhelming: you might smoke and eat junk food and need to exercise and want to be more productive and eliminate debt and start doing work you love and simplify your [...]
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