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Sara Schwartz
What the heck is a yumberry?
- If you’d rather get vitamins from a juice and not a pill bottle, Frutzzo’s new Yumberry line may be up your alley. Yumberry, a subtropic fruit loaded with Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins (those brilliant antioxidants you hear about but can’t pronounce).
Clorox wipes now come in a more relaxing scent
- According to Clorox, studies have shown that lavender has a relaxing effect on people. So, to take a little stress out of the cleaning process, and try the new wipes that promise to be stronger and thicker.
Popchips adds two more to the family
- The future of healthy snacking keeps getting better, and consumers are reaping the benefits. Popchips, that fantastic company that launched in 2007 with seven varieties, has added two flavors to its growing family — sea salt & vinegar and salt & pepper.
French women don’t get what? How?
- When the book “French Women Don’t Get Fat” arrived on the scene at the end of 2004, I was intrigued by the premise: “Don’t diet. Eat chocolate. Drink wine. Take long walks. Enjoy life. Stay slim the French way.”
- When the book “French Women Don’t Get Fat” arrived on the scene at the end of 2004, I was intrigued by the premise: “Don’t diet. Eat chocolate. Drink wine. Take long walks. Enjoy life. Stay slim the French way.”
Caffe Pronto offers low-caffeine cup of joe
- If you’re looking to cut the caffeine without sacrificing the taste of a caffeinated coffee, look no further than Caffe Pronto’s Opus 1 Exotic coffee, grown by Daterra Coffee in Brazil.
Lubriderm launches lotion aimed to sooth, comfort
- It’s spring, but most of us are still shedding our winter skin, and that means the usual process of exfoliating and moisturizing.
Freerice.com offers two good deeds
- If you’re looking to do some good for the world while mastering new vocabulary, look no further than freerice.com. The Web site claims that for each word you get correct, it will donate 20 grains of rice through the U.N. World Food Program to “help end hunger.”
Get Real’s natural soaps
- Looking to slough off that winter skin? Try Get Real’s natural soaps — in mint and lemon. They’re made with essential oil and no added colors.
Heart-healthy book dares: Try these 40 savory foods
- Too often, it takes a severe diagnosis to get people to change their eating and living habits. For Dr. Suzanne Banfield, it came in the form of a triple coronary bypass and carotid artery surgery after a routine physical found a major blockage in her left carotid.
DRY Soda: Classically clear
- Sharelle Klaus, mother of four, created DRY Soda, a nonalcoholic alternative to soda and bottled water that expectant mothers — or anyone abstaining from alcohol — could enjoy in upscale restaurants or at home.
Keep an eye on cholesterol levels
- In the middle of all the holiday-planning hustle and bustle, take note that November is American Diabetes Month, and according to diabetes.org, nearly 21 million children and adults in the United States are living with diabetes, and another 54 million people are at risk. So how can one protect him or herself and learn more?
- In the middle of all the holiday-planning hustle and bustle, take note that November is American Diabetes Month, and according to diabetes.org, nearly 21 million children and adults in the United States are living with diabetes, and another 54 million people are at risk. So how can one protect him or herself and learn more?
Babies, it’s cold(er) outside
- Now that the weather has that familiar fall chill in the air and the kids are gearing up for winter, it’s time to supplement that back-to-school wardrobe with warmer items that will thrill parents and have the kiddies in stitches because they can read the animal name on his or her T-shirt because it’s upside-down.
- Now that the weather has that familiar fall chill in the air and the kids are gearing up for winter, it’s time to supplement that back-to-school wardrobe with warmer items that will thrill parents and have the kiddies in stitches because they can read the animal name on his or her T-shirt because it’s upside-down.
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