Want the secret for beautiful, radiant skin? According to author Kimberly Snyder, C.N., all is revealed in her book, The Beauty Detox Solution: Eat Your Way to Radiant Skin, Renewed Energy and the Body You’ve Always Wanted. The book’s main premise is simple: diet affects our skin and overall health; follow the detox and you [...]
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Did you know that drinking diet soda can actually make you gain weight? I’m not making this stuff up – I read it on the internet (WebMD to be specific) so it must be true. Heh. Seriously, the theory is that the sweet taste of diet soda stimulates the appetite and you know what that [...]
By now you’ve likely encountered the super-sized portion of diet cookbooks to grace the shelves at your local bookstore. And if you’re like us, in the midst of carousing the new releases, thoughts of Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha with extra whip are beckoning from the cafe. America is hungry for healthy weight loss tips. But [...]
Move over acacia and pomegranate juice. There’s a new health drink in town. Dubbed the “Holy Fruit of the Himalayas,” seabuckthorn is the latest in antioxidant-rich fruits to hit the health food shelves in bottled form. According to Sibu, a company that churns this Himalayan-grown orange berry into a nutritional supplement, seabuckthorn contains nearly 200 [...]
Ever wondered exactly what’s in that “health” drink you’re sipping on? I certainly have. I recently ended my long love affair with a certain vitamin-fortified water when I realized that I was drinking rather than eating most of my daily calories. But it’s not just the calories that are scary. The ingredients are another story. [...]
At the media unveiling of the new FireSky Resort & Spa in Scottsdale (formerly the Caleo Resort, which was formerly the Sunburst) last Thursday evening, I was privy to the bonus goodie bag at the end of the exquisite event. Digging through it the next day, buried under the media kits, brochures and trinkets was [...]
