How to Curb Cravings in an Unhealthy Office Atmosphere

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Throughout the work day, there are many temptations – including candy, cookies, soda, and of course the regularly scheduled employee birthday cake! With all of these goodies within reach, how can you stop yourself from “grazing” throughout the day, and increasing your waist size before the end of the next fiscal year? The good news [...]

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Health Benefits of Commuting

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Instead of fuming and fidgeting while stuck in the latest traffic jam, why not leave the car at home and commute by bicycle? According to Stanford School of Medicine, biking to work carries with it health benefits that more than offset any risks. To guard against those risks, it is wise to protect yourself and [...]

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Why Electronic Cigarette Companies are Receiving Celebrity Endorsement

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Big name celebs including Charlie Sheen, Katherine Heigl and Trace Cyrus have all been endorsing ecigarettes. Why? Simple enough surely! The electronic cigarette lets you smoke without any of the bad effects. No horrendous pollutants in the smoke. No burned lungs. No cancer. No nothing except the nicotine hit, which is already in your life [...]

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Fingernails: What Are They Made Of and Why Do we have them?

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What Are Fingernails Made Of? If you don’t really bother to think much about your nails, like me, then perhaps you might be wondering how you get to grow them longer, avoid getting them chipped, or whether they’d look good when painted a pink or muted claret color. But, you might not have given a [...]

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Don’t Waste Your Money on Supplements for Peeling Fingernails

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PEELING FINGERNAILS Working in the nail industry, it never fails to amaze me how a lot of people still believe the old wives’ tale that eating gelatin will help improve their fingernails. It’s not really a surprise because almost every self-help website on the net gives advice on taking vitamin E or gelatin. I am [...]

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How To Get Rid of Ridged Fingernails

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Ridged Fingernails Ridged fingernails can commonly appear on both men and women. They often indicate a health risk or are just plain annoying to look at. Nail ridges can spread from the cuticle towards the tip of your fingernails or they could run across your nails in a horizontal manner. If you notice that you [...]

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Reducing Lines in Fingernails

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Lines in Fingernails Look at your fingernails. Take a good look at it. Do you see the lines that run right from the bottom directly to the top? Do you notice it? This is a natural line of the nail. But, oftentimes, when your nails become dry, these lines in fingernails can form into ridges [...]

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What Fingernails Ridges Say about Your Health

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Fingernails Ridges You do not need to be too concerned about fingernails ridges if they appear to be in vertical position. These fingernail ridges begin under the cuticle and run the whole length of the fingernail. It is pretty common to find vertical ridges on the nails. Researchers even say that this has something to [...]

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