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      • Exercise has nothing to do with why I go to the gym
        12/31/08


        Many Americans will be joining or re-joining their neighborhood gym on January 2nd to fill one of their New Year’s resolutions; i.e. to get fit. New athletic shoes will be bought or removed from under the bed, workout clothes will be retrieved from the bottom of the laundry basket and

      • Stone Soup for Supper
        12/26/08


        There is a wonderful story about a soldier who traveled through Europe during a time of great famine. He would come to a village and announce that he was making soup from a stone. After placing his “magic” stone in a cauldron and filling it with water, he would wait until the water b

      • A tasty way to clog your arteries
        12/20/08


        The departure area in the Boston airport has been updated and as my husband and I walked around waiting to board our plane, we glanced at some of the new restaurants that had just opened. My husband called me over to check out a pub-like area advertising Pub Breakfasts. “If I ate anyth

      • Why Are You So Tired?
        12/16/08


        After worry about the economy, tiredness seems to be our second ailment. A friend of mine expressed it best when she told me, “I am always tired, but these days I am even more tired than usual.”

        Tiredness, or lack of energy, used to represent the way our bodies felt after

      • Is there such a thing as a low calorie Christmas?
        12/06/08


        Entertaining during the Christmas holidays is always associated with excess. Even this year of self-imposed frugality will not eliminate the inevitable batter-dipped appetizers, cheese platters, meat carving stations and fat-laden dips at “important” parties and platters of homemade

      • Is your weight loss diet making you fat?
        12/01/08


        Last week a friend and I were strolling around a local book fair. As we stopped to look at cookbooks, my friend told me that she had just gained a pound after a week on a new diet. “My doctor gave me this new diet to follow,” she told me. “The first day I ate 2 tablespoons of cotta

      • Darkness at Noon
        12/01/08


        Barrow, Alaska, saw the last of the sun a few days ago. It won’t return until January 23rd. When I read that in the newspaper, I tried to imagine what it would be like to go through the entire day in darkness, day after day. It was depressing simply to contemplate the possibility. And

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