Chlorine is widely used to disinfect water. You find it not just in swimming pool water, but also in the water that comes from your tap. Since chlorine evaporates out of water at relatively low temperatures, a steamy morning shower can expose you to up to 100 times the amount of chlorine than is contained…

When we are dieting to lose weight, we are actually trying to lose body fat while maintaining or improving our lean muscle strength.  Consuming foods that help us lose fat and/or prevent fat gain is an important part leading a healthier lifestyle. New research results suggest that mangos might be one of the best foods…

Most of us at one point or another have looked for secrets to losing weight and looking beautiful, particularly if those secrets to losing weight and looking beautiful involve short cuts to our goals.  Unfortunately, there aren’t very many, if any, healthy short cuts to losing unwanted pounds and maintaining a youthful appearance. Despite this,…

While we don’t often think about eating foods to burn calories, many foods contain phytonutrients that have been reported to do just that.  We generally think of exercise when we think about burning calories and rightly so since exercise is clearly the best way to burn calories.  However, research has suggested that we can also…

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