Posted March 06, 2012 in Charities, Home
As the sky glowered black and Stephanie Decker felt the monster tornado begin to suck her house into its vortex, she knew it would not hold and she had no choice but to shield her two young kids with her own body. She lost her legs in the process. “I knew my leg was barely […]
Read MorePosted March 05, 2012 in Home, Rescue Dogs
Encourage pet lovers to spay or neuter their pets by wearing this humorous tee with a pooch, kitty, and bunny—all wearing rabbit ears. What a perfect way to heighten awareness that spaying or neutering our pets is the most effective way to reduce the vast numbers of animals who are born only to die prematurely […]
Read MorePosted February 23, 2012 in Home, Rescue Dogs
These three puppies and another not in the below picture are 10 weeks old and need immediate rescue. Their mom is a black lab mix and the father is unknown. The mommy was rescued off the street and she ended up having puppies. The mommy has a home but these four puppies still need a […]
Read MorePosted February 22, 2012 in Home
If you knew exactly how long it would take to sweat off that blueberry muffin on the elliptical, would you eat it? How about that thousand-calorie slice of cheesecake? Researchers have found ‘exercise labels’—posting how much exercise it takes to burn off the amount of calories in a food item—beat out calorie counts in steering […]
Read MorePosted February 22, 2012 in Home
Where’s the salt? Oh, it’s hidden in your food. If you’re not careful, it could be overflowing out of every bite of salt water-injected leftover turkey—probably a fact many wouldn’t realize unless they were studying the fine print of the packaging with reading glasses. It’s a fact. Americans eat too much sodium and are suffering […]
Read MorePosted February 22, 2012 in Beauty Tips, Home
We’ve been taught that fat is a foe since what feels like birth…or maybe in reality since we cared about fitting into tight jeans or being able to run a mile. Fat is the enemy—we, and your heart, can all agree. And as we get older, with our metabolism slowing to an oh-so-frustrating rate, fat […]
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