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Vegan Diet Books: PETA's Top Summer Weight-Loss Reads

With summer just around the corner, many people are worrying about fitting into that teeny bikini or going shirtless in swim trunks. According to a 2010 CDC study, over one-third of U.S. adults are obese. Continue reading

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Revving Up Metabolism, Dr. Oz Offers Diet and Exercise Advice

Recognizing that midlife weight gain is partially due to a slowing metabolism, Dr. Mehmet Oz today offered simple diet and exercise advice for kicking… Continue reading

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Prominent health care critics headline events today, tomorrow in …

Two well-known physician critics of the U.S. health care system, Marcia Angell and Arnold Relman, will speak today and tomorrow in Portland, arranged by single-payer advocates hoping for a ruling against federal health … Continue reading

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The Beauty of Silverstream Priory – Vultus Christi

The monastery and property are destined to become a place of beauty , silence, healing, and peace, not only for the monastic community, but especially for the priests from near and far who will make their way here in search of … Continue reading

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Bodybuilding.com – Brooke Erickson Fitness 360: Nutrition

When hard times and trials confront us, we adapt and overcome. Brooke Erickson uses nutrition to ward off her greatest enemy: anorexia Continue reading

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Health Care Costs Rise Nearly 6 Percent Nationwide: Report

Health care costs are rising at an ever-increasing pace, according to a new report. Health insurance companies and Medicare paid 5.8 percent more per capita for health care services in the past year, according to Standard .. Continue reading

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K-E Diet: Does It Work?

Since it was featured in a New York Times article last week, the K-E Diet (short for Ketogenic Enteral Nutrition) has been a source of curiosity. Do some people (most notably, brides) really use a nasogastric tube — more … Continue reading

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Can Managed Care benefit from the Paleo Diet?

The Paleo Solution book and podcast | Paleo diet , Paleolithic nutrition, intermittent fasting, and fitness. Continue reading

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For some people with diabetes, could weight loss surgery really be …

Two recent studies have found that weight – loss (bariatric) surgery worked much better than the standard medical treatment of Type 2 diabetes in obese and overweight people whose blood sugar was uncontrolled. … Continue reading

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Jealousy, Beauty, and Trolls | Psychology Today

An Invitation to Take a Survey about Women and Jealousy By Pamela Haag, Ph.D…. Continue reading

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