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When I tell people that I work at home, they often react by asking if I take a nap every day. This makes me laugh. I guess I could take a nap. But my reality is quite…

The truth about food allergies and nutrition tips for how to deal

By Holly Crawford

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You eat one of your favorite foods, as usual. You feel funny after 20 minutes. Not usual. One look in the mirror reveals that your lips are swollen beyond Angelina’s…

Have you ever had the urge to stand underneath a milkshake machine, mouth agape? Or maybe it's a sharp cheese dip that you just can't quit, a spicy potato chip that has you forsaking…

More trans fats are disappearing from our food products. Which ones are the latest to rid themselves of these dangerous fats? FatFighterTV has a look at this story and other diet and fitness headlines making news this week.

Some scary stats: A recent survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that, because of cost

• 35 percent of people polled were relying on home remedies or taking over-the-counter meds instead of visiting the doctor
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• 23 percent skipped a recommended treatment or test, and
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• 21 percent didn’t fill a prescription

I have health insurance through Rory’s work, but because we have to pay a $2,000 deductible (meaning, we pay full-price for everything health-care related right now), I’m spending around $250 on every doctor’s appointment and more than $150 on some prescriptions. I definitely thought twice about every allergy pill I took this summer, and have probably waited a little longer between office visits than usual. ($250 is a lot of money!)

But forgoing the insurance (like 13 million young Americans are right now!) isn’t worth the extra money in Rory’s paycheck: People who don’t have health insurance are paying those prices (and more), plus, if they need emergency care (for, say, a broken bone) or develop chronic a illness (like diabetes) they could rack up tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills in a matter of months.

I am in awe of Olympic athletes. And not just Shawn Johnson and Dara Torres and Michelle Kwan and Michael Phelps. I am astounded by the athletes with names we may never know, marching in the opening ceremonies in their crazy uniforms and filing toward the starting line without the same recognition or Bob Costas (sigh...love) human interest piece featuring their life story leading up to that moment.

Repeat recall offenders that deserve cautionary ingestion

By Emily Hebert

Reaching for a glass of milk or fresh produce may seem like a healthy choice. But before you pat yourself on the back, take heed: These and other food pyramid mainstays can turn harmful at the drop of a recall. Read on to see if your favorite snack or drink has made serial appearances on the Food and Drug Administration’s Most Unwanted list

Much of the exercise advice you hear in locker rooms is sound, but some is bogus — or downright…

How often do you make excuses for not going to the gym? Sure we all need the occasional off-day, but would…

There are lots of things to say about the women's exercise product, Shake Weight, but hey, this is a family blog, so we'll just let the commercial speak for itself. Just one question: Do no one who made this thing think what we thought?

by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (Make Mine A Double)

On May 22nd I made the humbling and, hopefully, permanent decision to give up the hooch. Up until fairly recently, I really liked to drink. Scratch that – loved to drink. My favorite sound? The cork popping out of a bottle of chilled pinot grigio signaling my day coming to a close. But like a junior high school BFF, alcohol turned on me and we became bitter frenemies forcing me to avoid it at parties and not return its phone calls. I didn’t want it to end that way, but alcohol was negatively affecting my overall happiness and standing in the way of my ability to parent my children and be the best wife I could be.

By Anthony Tedesco

1. Treat Each Meal As an Adventure

One of the best ways to prevent compulsive overeating is to savor each meal and make its preparation a treat. The more time you put into choosing and…