We all know that eating certain foods and lack of exercise can increase our risk of having a stroke or heart attack but can the very air we breathe increase our risk? I bet most of us did not know that. Several studies have shown that air pollution can increase our risk of having a heart attack or stroke after even a few hours of exposure.
Scientists have found that people exposed to high
Walgreens and Allison Sweeney teamed up with Celebrity Apprentice to promote their Walk with Walgreens program . Register and log your walks for a chance to win a trip for two to New York City for the season finale of the show. Your chances of winning are much higher then the Lotto since the numbers of entries are smaller.
Everyone who registers is a winner
You get a free drawstring atheletic bag and pedometer just for signing up. If you
When someone refers to streets paved with “gold” you generally think gold bullion. Here in Atlanta we think pollen.
Everything is covered in a thick coating of gold pollen. If you sit down outside you have to wipe the pollen off your bottom before you go inside. Set a glass of tea down outside and you will find a yellow ring around the rim of your glass and pollen floating in your drink.
Although
Unfortunately it came as no surprised to most Americans that Paula Deen has diabetes.
As a southerner, Paula Deen’s cooking brings us back to our roots of Sunday pot lucks, cakes, cornbread, fried chicken, barbeque, sweet tea and fatback in overcooked greens. Growing up in a southern beach retirement area, I know this cooking well.
My first day in elementary school was a total freakout because all my friends were Paula Deen’s age or
I was a huge fan of the TV show “Lost”
I loved the mystery, the not knowing, the not completely understanding what was happening experience that was “Lost”.
I loved talking about it with other fans and reading about it on blogs. Yes, I was a total “Lost Nerd”. And I have missed “Lost” since it went off the air a few years ago.
Now my new obsession is “The Walking Dead”
Okay, so
When we think of compliance to laws and healthy behavior changes, fun is not the word that comes to mind.
Authorities seem to take pleasure in barraging us with negative messages to scare us into compliance. Law enforcement threatens us with penalties. Drill sergeants delight in berating us. Doctors warn us of horrible health consequences. Teachers give us dentition. Moms nag. Gloom and doom fills our television air waves.
Move over wet blankets.
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