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7 Ways To Impress Your College Professor: "This is a guest post by Liz Cutten, who helps run FindCollegeCards, a college student blog that helps students learn about everything college.All college professors are different, but what you’re going to find out is that all of them are human, and many of them are going to be impressed by the same things. I went to college over 6 years, and what I had

10 Health Benefits of Apples: "Cancer: Apples can possibly help in the fight against cancer, at least by helping to lower your own risks of cancer. How? Apples contain quercetin, an anti-oxidant, that helps to prevent cell damage in the body that can lead to cancer. So having an apple a day can’t hurt.Asthma: A couple of studies provide evidence that apples help to combat asthma and its symptoms.

The Health Risks of Energy Shot Drinks: "They’re one of the fastest growing beverages in the drink market. Energy drink shots are a way to get a blast of caffeine in a quick, concentrated form. College kids are using them to get extra energy to stay up late cramming for exams. More disturbingly, some students are chugging them down with alcohol to offset the sleepiness that comes with drinking. There’s

The Nutritional Horrors of Eating Cheesecake Factory Carrot Cake: "There are unhealthy desserts - and then there are REALLY unhealthy desserts. Some of the worst offenders pack in enough calories to fuel a body for an entire day. Such is the case with the ultimate indulgence - Cheesecake Factory carrot cake. Find out why you’ll want to skip this dessert - or settle for a cappuccino - the next time

College Students and Fast Food: How Bad is The Problem?: "When you send your older children off to college, you hope they’ll make good grades and have healthy eating habits. Unfortunately, this may not be the case - at least as far as the eating habits go. According to a new study carried out at the University of Leicester, college student college student food choices may leave much to be desired

Warning! Avoid These Unhealthy Salad Ingredients: "A salad can be a tasty and healthy addition to a meal, especially when it’s loaded with antioxidant rich greens and colorful vegetables of all shapes and sizes. A salad can also be deceptively decadent when too many unhealthy toppings and a high calorie dressing is placed on top. If you’re eating a salad for health reasons, here are five unhealthy

Top Weight Loss Foods for 2010: "Add these 9 foods for weight loss and watch as the pounds melt away."(Via Eat This, Not That.)

100 Diet, Safety, and Exercise Tips for a Healthy Life: "Wash your hands after using the toilet and before eating. Cover the mouth when coughing, and teach your children how to keep from spreading germs while coughing.When a cold is coming on, go to bed and get a good night’s sleep, take echinacea and Vitamin C.Steam away sniffles.If you have a cold, drink hot fluids (chicken soup, lentil soup, hot

Weight Loss: Quit Eating Rabbit Food!: "Snack ideas"(Via Healthy Eating, Diets, and Weight Loss Ideas - Dietriffic.com.)

Four Reasons Why You Should Eat an Apple a Day: "Have you heard the old saying about an apple a day keeping the doctor away?' According to recent research, there may be a great deal of truth to this statement. The unassuming apple often gets overlooked for more exotic produce, but it has some pretty powerful health benefits in its own right. Here are four good reasons why you should eat an apple a

'Two Thumbs Down' for Movie Theater Popcorn: "New Lab Tests of Movie Theater Popcorn Show It's Still the Godzilla of SnacksWASHINGTON—It's hard to picture someone mindlessly ingesting three McDonald's Quarter Pounders with 12 pats of butter while watching a movie. But according to new laboratory analyses commissioned by the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest, that food is nutritionally

5 Things You Can Start Doing Today to Change Your Life: "‘Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do.’Denis Waitley‘If you wait to do everything until you’re sure it’s right, you’ll probably never do much of anything.’Win BordenPerhaps the most important thing you can do to improve your life is simply to do things. To take action and learn along the

What are The Two Best Diets for Longevity?: "What’s the best way to eat to live longer and be healthier? For the best longevity diet plan, one need only look at cultures who have the longest life spans and who suffer from fewer of the chronic, lifestyle diseases such as heart disease and diabetes that are so common in the United States. There’s no doubt that some cultures have a genetic advantage

Sleep Easy: Foods High in Vitamin Zzz: "There’s an old wives tale that warm milk is the perfect trick to getting some shut eye. But has anybody found this to be true? And who the heck wants to drink warm milk?!'Researchers have found several foods that help you fall asleep, not because mom said so… but because science says so.'Popcorn (nonfat)OatmealPretzelsBananasWine'Okay, so here’s the

How Italian People Stay Slim: "When I was a kid I thought most Italians resembled Tony Soprano or his friends - brown hair, brown eyes, overweight or obese with thick gold chains around their necks. To my relief, my first trip to Italy proved me very wrong and made me realize that the Italians in America picked up their love of thick gold chains here and they are overweight or obese for one reason:

Can Eating Broccoli Lower The Risk of a Heart Attack?: "Is there enough green on your dinner plate? If not, you may want to consider eating more broccoli - particularly if you have diabetes or are at high risk for heart disease. According to two recent studies, eating more broccoli may help to protect the heart and blood vessels against damage. With heart disease being the number one cause of death

Worst Habit for Your Health? Lack of Physical Activity.: "According to one of the foremost experts on physical activity, Steven Blair, PhD, our nation's collective lack of physical activity is 'the biggest public health problem of the 21st century.' Now of course Dr. Blair is going to say this - physical activity is his profession, he is a professor of exercise science and epidemiology at the University

Your Health: Not eating your veggies? It's no joke: "Is it time to give up on selling broccoli to reluctant grown-ups like Jay Leno and just focus on kids? No, nutrition and public ..."(Via USATODAY.com Health - Top Stories.)

How to Lift the Stress Out of Your Morning: 7 Quick Tips: "Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfgangstaudt/ / CC BY 2.0‘Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely…’Ralph Waldo EmersonAnother morning. Another day begins.You get

Personal Best: Is the Exercise Cool-Down Really Necessary?: "Personal Best: Is the Exercise Cool-Down Really Necessary?"(Via NYT > Health.)

Get More Fruits and Vegetables Into Your Diet: "Start with a SaladIf you begin every meal with a salad, then you won’t have much room for the other stuff. Filling up on greenery first is a good thing, since vegetables and healthy carbs are supposed to be the bulk of the human diet. The other great thing about salads, besides their healthiness is their versatility. You can put almost anything in a

New Sugar Guidelines: Not-So-Sweet News for Your Heart: "In a shocking surprise to most of us dietitians, the American Heart Association (AHA) stood up to the food industry earlier this month and essentially made eating and drinking a lot of items in the supermarket off-limits. "(Via Healthy Eating.)

How to Reduce Your Sugar Consumption: " sxc.hu: Jana_KollAccording to the AHA, Americans are gulping down a crazy 22 teaspoons of sugar each day.And, I’m sure you can imagine just where it’s all coming from too-soft drinks and candy-no surprise there then!Clearly the advice to consume sugar in moderation needs to be clarified further for people to fully grasp it.22 teaspoons of sugar is the

Domino's Fat-on-Carb-on-Carb Food Porn: BreadBowl Pastas: "WASHINGTON—Most people wouldn't consider eating an entire medium hand-tossed cheese pizza from Domino's in one sitting. And these days, most folks are carb-concious enough not to order pizza as a side order to pasta, or vice-versa. So why is Domino's trying to turn back the nutritional clock with its 1,300- to 1,500-calorie BreadBowl Pastas—white-flour

How to Prevent The Deadly Swine Flu in Schools: "With the H1N1 Swine Flu hitting elementary, middle, and high schools especially hard and claiming lives, taking these appropriate steps now could mean the difference between life and death.Be Aware of Everything you Touch and BreatheThroughout the day, we touch so many different things that we do not even realize it. Now is the time to begin conditioning