Healthy Food Find: 100 Calorie Cupcake Recipe by Chef Curtis Stone

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On October 12th 2010, Chef Curtis Stone showed the“Biggest Loser” contestants how to make 100-calorie cupcakes.  By using ingredients such as egg whites, Greek yogurt and whole wheat flour he was able to create a guilt free version of one of our favorite dessert treats! Below are also two types of frostings that the chef uses [...]

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Self Improvement Quote of the Day

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“The successful always has a number of projects planned, to which he looks forward. Anyone of them could change the course of his life overnight.”  by Mark Caine

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Bodyhacker Weekly Summary for 9/27/2010 – 10/3/2010

Eating and Diet Bill Clinton Adopts Healthy Eating to Fight Clogged Arteries Mind and Brain Expert Advice and Scientific Studies: When to Listen and When to Ignore, review of “Wrong” by David Freedman Horses Become Nervous When Riders are Nervous, Study Finds Self Improvement Quotes Self Improvement Quote of the Day

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Bill Clinton Adopts Healthy Eating to Fight Clogged Arteries

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Former President Bill Clinton is suffering from a life of high stress and unhealthy eating and has undergone bypasses. Still struggling with clogged arteries, he’s taken things into his own hands lately, adopting a near vegetarian diet based on the research of “The China Study,” Cleveland Clinic’s Caldwell Esselstyn, and Dean Ornish. He’s found that [...]

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Expert Advice and Scientific Studies: When to Listen and When to Ignore, review of “Wrong” by David Freedman

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The Book “Wrong” by David Freedman examines the inherent flawed conclusions of a large number of research studies and the danger of putting complete faith in the advice of experts. His focus is primarily on medical studies and doctors, but does go into errant conclusions done by Nobel Laureates in businesses as well. Inherent problems [...]

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Horses Become Nervous When Riders are Nervous, Study Finds

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An increase in a human’s heart rate affects the heart rate of the horse they are leading or riding, researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences recently reported. Linda Keeling, Ph.D., and colleagues tested horses and riders to see if humans inadvertently communicate fear and anxiety to horses. Using heart rate as a fear [...]

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Self Improvement Quote of the Day

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“Every artist was first an amateur.” By Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Bodyhacker Weekly Summary for 9/19/2010 – 9/25/2010

Eating and Diet Beware your Smoothie might be Destroying your Diet Product Reviews Zeo Sleep Tracker Review

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Beware your Smoothie might be Destroying your Diet

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Even though smoothies can be very healthy one has to beware what is really inside your drink.   Did you know that some smoothies can be made from fruit concentrates and not real fruit, sugar and ice cream?  All of these additions can really pack on the calories.  Therefore if you are planning to purchase your drink [...]

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Creating a Checklist Based On Benjamin Franklin’s 13 Virtues

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“Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things.” “Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the [...]

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