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4 Incredibly Potent Stress Relievers You Can Do Today
Stress is a major problem in many lives. While some stress is good — it keeps you motivated and on your toes — too much stress can cause a range of serious illnesses, including heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and stroke. It's also a major factor for substance use disorders, and it can lead to anxiety and depression, [...]
Age Appropriate Food Serving Sizes
In America, The Land of Gigantic Portions, it's really hard to know what an appropriate serving size is. Just think back to the 12-ounce sirloin steak you had for dinner last night. That big hunk of meat is four times the 3-ounce serving size recommended by the American Cancer Society. As childhood obesity continues to climb at an astonishing [...]
6 Easy Ways to Keep Your Inbox Under Control
Real-life junk mail has long been a scourge on humanity, but at least it's easy to keep it under control: When it arrives, you just toss it in the recycling bin, unopened, never to think about it again. But junk mail is somehow different when it comes to your email inbox. It has a way of adding up and [...]
The Three Best Homemade Vegan Condiments Ever
A vegan diet doesn't have to be dull, especially if you get creative with condiments. Since it can be tough to decipher the ingredients of most store-bought condiments, we like to make our own from scratch. Not only can we guarantee there are no animal products or by-products in our condiments, but we can also go easy on the [...]
5 Natural Cures for Canker Sores
Canker sores are a miserable drag, taking the joy out of eating and making you wonder how something so very tiny can be so very painful. While it's not known what exactly causes canker sores, stress, genetics, and a malfunctioning immune system may contribute to their development, and people who have braces may be more susceptible to getting them. Happily, there [...]
Our Top Three Sugar-Free Organic Sauces and Salad Dressings
Sugar is the devil. We all know it, even if we don't know it know it. Mom's been telling us since we were kids that eating candy makes us fat, and sugar rots our teeth. Nowadays, it's hard to throw a rock at a medical journal and not hit yet another study about the negative effects of eating too [...]
Excellent Exercises to Ease Lower Back Pain
Lower back pain is a very common complaint, and it can strike anyone of any age. Pain in your lower back has a number of causes, including irritated nerves, strained muscles, damaged bones, ligaments, or joints, and degenerative or herniated discs. While medical attention is required in some cases of lower back pain, many other cases can be effectively [...]
3 Super-Tasty Natural Crock-Pot Dishes For Dinner & Delicious Leftovers
All hail the slow cooker, that time-saving, savory dinner-making wonder of the modern world. It's like having a live-in cook, only a whole lot less expensive. If you plan your week around Crock-Pot meals and prep everything ahead of time, you'll have the most painless dinners ever, and if you take the leftovers for lunch, you'll improve your health while [...]
5 Top-Rated Natural Beauty Items to Try Today
Beauty is a billion-dollar industry that's expected to reach $265 billion in revenue in 2017. Products on the market range from the ultra-cheap budget items that you really should put anywhere close to your skin to the super-expensive specialty stuff that can cost as much as a month's worth of groceries.The good news is that you can be beautiful [...]
4 Great Ways to Use Simple Girl's All-Natural, Sugar-Free Spices
Whether you're cutting down on added sugar or want to be sure your spices are filler- and chemical-free, Simple Girl's got you covered on the seasoning front. Our line of all-natural seasonings is sugar-, gluten-, oil-, and preservative-free, 100% vegan, diabetic friendly, and fiendishly flavorful.Seasonings can really spice up an otherwise bland diet if your choices are restricted, and ours [...]