Personal Finance and Lifestyle Guide
Here you will find the latest guides to healthy living, health advice, and tips to help you and those you care about live longer.
Your kitchen could be making you overweight. Seriously, it’s not something we’re making up. Your kitchen could actually make you gain weight and it’s not even your own fault – well, mostly. The trick to getting thin and staying healthy is to have a skinny kitchen. No, we’re not talking a one-person galley, we’re talking […] More
Anyone with kids has been to the pediatrician’s office at least once (a month, it seems). Having been there, you know what to expect. If you have an appointment, you probably wait a while. If you call in with a sick kid and ask to be fit in to see the pediatrician, you have to […] More
Snack substitutions can save the day when you are craving something salty or sweet or a nice warm beverage. They can keep you from blowing your diet and still allow you to indulge in a little treat now and then. If you are craving something salty, don’t go for the bag of chips. Try some […] More
When you’re in a hurry and you haven’t time to actually cook dinner for your family in that very Paula Deen professional manner, you need a go-to recipe that’s both healthy and delicious. The entire family needs to love what you have to serve them on nights you have kids with practice, meetings or whatever. […] More
Do any of you remember the movie Office Space? Well the guy in that movie who absolutely hates his job who eventually becomes rich because he gets into an accident just appeared in this new Pepcid AC commercial! We just had to share it (probably because I was watching Office Space last night). How weird is […] More
Looking in the mirror or at supermodels on runways can make even the fittest, healthiest woman feel less than great about her body. Body image is something that women have a hard time with, no matter how good they really look. When you look in the mirror, chances are good that what you see is […] More
Winter weight gain can creep up on us during the fall and winter months. A combination of all of the tempting foods of the holidays and the comfort foods that we all love so much make this an easy accomplishment. However, it is not something that any of us want to happen, so what can […] More
Getting Braces Treatment as an adult is something that many people decide to do and it is a good decision. A lot of times they may have even been through braces with their own children and after watching the process, decide to do it for themselves. They may have just got to a place where […] More
Braces is not a term that makes parents or their kids happy. While parents are thinking about all of the dollar signs they are going to have come up with, kids are thinking how they are going to survive the next two years wearing braces. They worry about this for several different reasons. Kids worry […] More
Being sick and pregnant is a horrible combination. Anyone who has ever been pregnant knows that you’re not advised to take anything for illness, and that’s a bummer. A simple head cold that would ordinarily have you reaching for the Sudafed or other OTC medications suddenly has you bedridden. What’s a pregnant woman to do […] More
Over eating is something many of us are guilty of from time to time. Even if you don’t have a problem with your weight, you might have a problem with occasionally over eating, which can cause you to feel gross when you’re finished and have an exceptionally negative effect on your overall self-esteem. There are […] More
Morning sickness; it’s not just for mornings. A more apt name for this rather unfortunate pregnancy affliction would be something along the lines of, “Completely miserable vomiting all the time morning, noon or night as well as tired and shaky sickness.” I don’t know what it feels like to suffer from the laughably named morning […] More