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Headaches Aren’t Only Caused By Hangovers And Dehydration–Some Surprising Headache-Causing Foods

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Headaches Aren’t Only Caused By Hangovers And Dehydration–Some Surprising Headache-Causing Foods
That Headache Might Not Be Because Of Your Boss: Six Surprising Foods That Can Cause Headaches We all get the occasional headache from time to time–we usually attribute it to hours of staring at a computer screen, forgetting to drink enough water, having one too many adult beverages the night before. And these are indeed all legitimate causes of headaches. However, there are also some surprising foods that contain ingredients that have been known to trigger headaches–and some of them may surprise you • Aged cheeses – Who doesn’t love a good quality cheese on occasion?… Read the rest

Captain Buzzkill In The Pantry: How Certain Foods Drive Down Your Mood And Energy

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Captain Buzzkill In The Pantry: How Certain Foods Drive Down Your Mood And Energy
Killing Us Softly: These Foods Can Be Mood-Killers Eating makes us happy. We are biologically wired this way, and it makes sense that we would have evolved like this: in order to live a hardscrabble life on the savannah hundreds of thousands of years ago, our ancestors would need every scrap of nutrient we could find. We register our bodies consuming the food we need to survive by activating pleasure centers in our brains, and this drives us to seek more of the same.… Read the rest

Boomers Not Zooming: A New CDC Report Says A Quarter Of Over-50s Get No Exercise At All

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Boomers Not Zooming: A New CDC Report Says A Quarter Of Over-50s Get No Exercise At All
Over 50s Getting Soft: CDC Report Shows Nearly A Quarter Of People Over 50 Get No Exercise At All The more we learn about how diet and exercise can benefit us, the more troubling and mind-boggling it is to see people make the unhealthy choice. For instance, when you are in line behind someone at the grocery story who has bottle after two-liter bottle of soda stacked in their cart.… Read the rest

Banning Anti-Bacterials: FDA Finally Bans Dangerous Chemicals From So-Called Anti-Bacterial Soap

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Banning Anti-Bacterials: FDA Finally Bans Dangerous Chemicals From So-Called Anti-Bacterial Soap
FDA Bans Anti-Bacterial Soap Chemicals, Says They Are Useless And Possibly A Danger When you’re shopping for liquid soap, scanning the row upon row of jolly, bubbly colors and bright labels, what do you look for? For most people, picking up something that says anti-bacterial on the label is fairly standard practice–after all, who wants bacteria on their hands or body?… Read the rest

A Chemical Dust Storm In Your Home: Dozens Of Dangerous Chemicals Lurk In Common Household Dust

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A Chemical Dust Storm In Your Home: Dozens Of Dangerous Chemicals Lurk In Common Household Dust
The Dangers Of Dust: How Chemicals In Common Household Dust Could Be Killing Us Dust is ubiquitous; just ask anyone who has scrambled to clean the house in anticipation of a visit from the in-laws. We even have cutesy names for when it accumulates under the bed or sofa: who could get angry at a “dust bunny?” And don’t believe that urban legend that says that most dust is made up of human skin–unless you’re molting like a snake, the percentage of dust in your house made up of you is very low.… Read the rest

How One 12-Year-Old Is Doing More To Save Threatened Bee Colonies Than Most States

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How One 12-Year-Old Is Doing More To Save Threatened Bee Colonies Than Most States
Saving The Honeybees In Order To Save His Own Future: How On 12-Year-Old Is Fighting To Save Bees Remember summers when you were 12? Depending on what era you grew up and where, it was likely a time of riding bikes, Little League, video games, family vacations and trips to the pool. Nice work if you can get it. But for one 12-year-old Boston-area boy, summers mean work, but it’s a work he loves and is passionate about: saving bees.… Read the rest

Feed Your Head: Here Are Some Great Foods That Will Help Activate Your Brai

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Feed Your Head: Here Are Some Great Foods That Will Help Activate Your Brai
Total Recall: Here Are Some Awesome Brain Foods That Will Get You Firing On All Cylinders Have you ever had one of those heavy lunches in the middle of the work day where, upon returning to the office you just never were able to get your head working right again? You felt logy, not in the best mood, and mentally dragged down–in sports terms you were a half step behind.… Read the rest

Sleep Is Hard Enough To Come By–Don’t Make The Mistake Of Eating These Foods Before Bed

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Sleep Is Hard Enough To Come By–Don’t Make The Mistake Of Eating These Foods Before Bed
‘Don’t Eat That Now–You’ll Have Bad Dreams…’ The Same Applies To Adults: Foods To Avoid Before Bed We’ve all been there: you eat some late-night, strange Chinese take-out or indulge in some mini-candy bars around Halloween and you have trouble sleeping. Maybe you wake up with stomach pains, or you toss and turn, or you have bizarre dreams and wake up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night.… Read the rest

Don’t Skimp On Sleep: You Are Harming Yourself And Potentially Others Around You. Here’s How

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Don’t Skimp On Sleep: You Are Harming Yourself And Potentially Others Around You. Here’s How
Why You Need Your Sleep: It’s Not Only Healthier, It’s Downright Dangerous To Skimp On Sleep We’ve all had those foggy mornings when we’ve not gotten quite enough sleep the night before. Worse still are the dreary, endless afternoons, the smell of the fifth pot of coffee of the day burning down to black tar, the warm afternoon sunlight making your cubicle feel like you’re moving in amber.… Read the rest

Big Money, No Soda: How Big Sugar Plans To Donate Big Money To Fight The Soda Tax In Boulder, Colorado

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Big Money, No Soda: How Big Sugar Plans To Donate Big Money To Fight The Soda Tax In Boulder, Colorado
More Soda Taxes On The Way But Big Soda Isn’t Going Away Quietly: Boulder Colorado Next Battleground There’s a slightly obscene old aphorism that goes something like this: “If you run into an asshole in the morning, then you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day long, then you may in fact be the asshole.” It’s starting to look like something along these lines applies in the case of big soda.… Read the rest