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- Beauty -
A Good Long Look
By Kim EricksonTake a moment to scrutinize your bath and beauty products. Their ingredient labels may reveal some ugly truths.
- Nutrition -
Excitotoxins
By Matthew SolanThey’re supposed to enhance flavor and excite your tastebuds, but could these common food additives also be overexciting your cells — and doing damage to your nervous system?
- Weight Loss -
False Fat
By Elson HaasAllergy-like food sensitivities may be the blame for at least part of your pudge. Lay off your problem foods and you could lose unwanted pounds and inches — fast.
- Travel -
Language Barriers
By Alex SingletonYou’re talking to yourself again. But what are you saying? Here’s how to translate your food thoughts into healthier actions.
- Environmental Health -
Talking Trash
By Elizabeth LarsenWhat does our garbage say about us — and the way we live.
- Couples -
Love in the Time of Toxicity
By Cat ThompsonIs your troubled relationship toxic, or are you just coming face-to-face with the darker side of your own beliefs?
- Stress Relief -
Getting Past Go
By Experience Life TeamIn our rush to make our pain and problems go away, few of us ever explore the potential of acceptance. Who knew it could be such a powerful force for change?
- Travel -
Beyond the Beach
By Laurel KallenbachDreaming of sun and sand Mexico’s hidden Pacific and Caribbean beaches lure visitors – but it’s the adventure and nature wonders that hook you.
- Success Stories -
All Together Now!
By Berit ThorkelsonWhen Dennis Nelson’s doctor told him he was headed for a heart attack, he knew he needed to find an exercise regimen he could stick to. Group fitness was the answer.
Pause . . . and Effect
By Fernando Pages RuizHow losing your momentum can help you gain new muscle.
- Personal Development -
Permission Granted
By Pilar GerasimoIn the game of Scrabble, there’s a very handy rule that allows you to exchange some (or even all) of your letter tiles for brand new ones. In my experience, this rule is chronically underemployed. People often forget about it altogether – until they find themselves looking at the board and their available letters, and discovering that about all they can spell is plfhxt.
- Nutrition -
Looking for More Information
By Matthew SolanAdditional Resources: BOOKSExcitotoxins: The Taste that Kills by Russell L. Blaylock, MD (Health Press, 1996) In Bad Taste: The MSG Syndrome by George R. Schwartz, MD (Health Press, 1999) The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children by Carol Simontacchi (J.P. Tarcher, 2001) A Consumer’s Dictionary of Food… Read more »
Ratatouille
By Andrew ZimmernThis is delicious served cold or hot, as a side vegetable, omelet stuffing, pasta sauce or sturdy pillar for grilled lamb.
- Nutrition -
Suggested Resources
By Andrew ZimmernBooks for Vegetable Lovers Seduction of Rice: A Cookbook by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid (Artisan, 1998) Mario Batali Simple Italian Food: Recipes From My Two Villages by Mario Batali (Clarkson N. Potter, 1998) Rick Bayless’s Mexican Kitchen: Recipes and Techniques of a World Class Cuisine by Rick Bayless (Scribner, 1996) Cooking With Daniel Boulud… Read more »