I enjoy making these recipes with my children.  The recipes are straightforward, easy enough for even young children to make with a little help from mom (or dad).

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Here are 2 really fast weight loss exercises to lose weight in just a few days. You can forget about jogging and all that other typical cardio nonsense, these exercise are WAY BETTER.

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For many people weight loss is a chronic endeavor. All too often the shedding of pounds is a temporary event followed by a steady regain of lost weight. Most popular diets are unsuccessful in the long run because they fail to address the multi-faceted nature of what successful, permanent weight loss entails.

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Carrot is one of my favorite juice ingredients.  It not only tastes good, it has so many health benefits and is highly cleansing.

I know many who are against juicing carrots because of its “high content of sugar”.  But even if you have diabetes, carrot juice is a good blood sugar regulator. Two or three large carrots daily would not cause any adverse effect (but diabetics should keep to just one carrot a day).
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Fresh herbs add a wonderful flavor to home-cooked food, and are so much more delicious than the dried alternative. But buying fresh herbs from the grocery store gets expensive, and the leaves soon lose their flavor. Growing an herb garden in pots, either inside or out, is an easy and cheap way to have a constant supply of great-tasting fresh herbs. In most areas, indoor herbs will grow all year round. Here are some simple tips for homegrown herbs and delicious food and herb pairings.
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University of Oxford researchers have just released the findings of a comparative study involving almost a million people. The research team used body mass index (BMI) as a means of measuring one’s health and it seems the more pounds one weighs, the shorter the life expectancy.

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1200 calories per day is about the lowest a woman should go when aiming for fat loss. For men this figure is around the 1500-1700 calorie mark. See more about this on the Daily Calorie Needs Calculator.

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