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• Declutter Your Home & Mind: The Story of Stuff

  By WE on April 2, 2012 • ( 1 )

  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9153550196656656736 Throughout the year, you’ve probably acquired a few things, and spring is the season to sort through your belongings, organize, clean, and rejuvenate your home.  Enter: Spring Cleaning! My strategy for sorting through my ever-increasing piles of accumulated “stuff” is the standard… Read More ›

• Could Small Businesses Improve Your Health?

  By WE on February 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  A new study published in the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society has found communities which rely on small businesses — not large companies — have fewer problems, and their residents have fewer health problems. Why? Sociologists theorize that given their… Read More ›

• Should Politicians Regulate Our Sugar Habit?

  By WE on February 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Florida Republican State Senator Ronda Storms is no stranger to controversial legislation.  She’s the mind behind the 2004 sterilize-a-pedophile bill.  In the case of regulating sugar for those on food stamps (who also happen to be the unhealthiest among us),… Read More ›

• Workplace Wellness: Are You Happy On The Job?

  By WE on February 15, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Happier people are healthier people — and job satisfaction has a signficant impact on happiness.  Among other traits, the happiest among us are those who own their own businesses, according to the Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index.  Simply put, toss your boss… Read More ›

• The History of Red Velvet Cake & A Retro Velvet Cake Recipe

  By WE on February 13, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  Happy (almost) Valentine’s Day! I have always loved the concept of Valentine’s Day, and whether you’re single or partnered, I hope you do, too. Valentine’s Day doesn’t need to be commercial, it doesn’t need to be expensive, and it doesn’t… Read More ›

• NonProfit Spotlight: The Fresh Air Fund

  By WE on February 10, 2012 • ( 0 )

  The single most important predictor of a child’s overall health is his or her economic situation. What if we could offer children living in disadvantaged neighborhoods a vacation from their tough lives? Through The Fresh Air Fund, you can. The Fresh… Read More ›

• Mindful Eating: Why Should You Eat Slowly?

  By WE on February 8, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  We all know the story of the tortoise and the hare.  In Aesop’s famous fable, a hare ridicules a slow-paced tortoise, who challenges him to a race.  The hare soon tires and decides to nap mid-race.  When he awakens, the tortoise… Read More ›

• What’s In Your Fitness Supplement?

  By WE on February 4, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  In today’s New York Times article, “Army Studies Workout Supplements After Deaths,” Peter Lattman and Natasha Singer write about the Defense Department’s inquiry into the safety of dimethylamylamine (also known as DMAA), a common ingredient in workout and fitness supplements… Read More ›

• Update: What’s In Your Orange Juice?

  By WE on January 25, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  UPDATE: Trader Joe’s has confirmed that their orange juice is not sourced from Brazil. I first wrote about the presence of carbendazim in shipments of orange juice to the United States earlier this month, and recommended that consumers purchase only… Read More ›

• Buying Seasonal Produce: A Guide

  By WE on January 20, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Yesterday, following my own advice, I picked up two fruits that I don’t routinely buy.  The first was a bag of bright orange, organic Minneolas.  My second purchase was an Asian pear, an apple-shaped, light brown fruit. Minneolas are a cross between grapefruits… Read More ›