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Jun
03
2010

11 Hints to Why You Should Be Drinking More Water

Want skin like Halle? Drink more water.

As the official spokesperson for the Revlon Walk for Women, Halle Berry chose a suitable beverage to keep her energized throughout the race. Hint Water is refreshing, unsweetened and has zero calories–it’s one of our favorites. No really, we’re addicted. With her enviably smooth skin and fit frame–if she’s drinking it, we want in. And we bet you do too.

Here, 11 hints to why you should be drinking more water, whether it’s Hint Water or straight from the tap.

1. Lose weight: Drinking water helps you lose weight because it flushes down the by-products of fat breakdown. Drinking water reduces hunger; it’s an effective appetite suppressant so you’ll eat less. Plus, gotta love that water has zero calories.

2. It’s a Natural Remedy for Headache: Helps to relieve headache and back pain due to dehydration.

3. Look Younger with Healthier Skin: Drinking water does all sorts of wonders for your skin. It helps to replenish skin tissues, moisturizes and increases skin elasticity.

4. Be More Productive at Work: Your brain is mostly made up of water, thus drinking water helps you think better and be more alert.

5. Strengthen Your Workout: Drinking water regulates your body temperature. You’ll feel more energetic when doing exercises and water helps to fuel your muscle.

6. Support Your Digestion: Drinking water raises your metabolism because it helps in digestion. Fiber and water go hand in hand to help you have your daily bowel movement.

7. Get Fewer Cramps and Sprains: Proper hydration helps keep your joints and muscles lubricated, so you’re less likely get cramps and sprains.

8. Be Less Likely to Get Sick: Drinking plenty of water helps fight against flu and other ailments like kidney stones and heart attack. Drinking water can improve your immune system.

9. Relieve Fatigue: Water is used by the body to help flush toxins and waste products from the body. If your body lacks water, your heart has to work harder to pump out the oxygenated blood to all cells and so will the rest of the vital organs. Your organs will be exhausted and so will you.

10. Reduce the Risk of Cancer: Related to the digestive system, some studies show that drinking a healthy amount of water may reduce the risks of bladder cancer and colon cancer. Water dilutes the concentration of cancer-causing agents in the urine and shortens the time in which they are in contact with bladder lining.

11. Boost your mood and feel happier! Plain and simple, water makes your body feel good, bringing on a brighter attitude.

Now go have a glass… or 8.

Source: Mango Steen Natural Remedies and Skeptic.com

Image Courtesy of Examiner New York


Jun
02
2010

5 Healthy Snack Options

There are so many healthy food options out there. How do you know which brands are the best? You can shop what we’re eating today. Click each picture to buy what we are snacking on in our office right now.

Kashi Tlc All Natural Crunchy Granola Bars Roasted Almond Crunch

True North Pecan Almond Peanut Clusters

Thinkfruit On-the-Go Dried Fruit Snack, Cinnamon Apple Slices

Back to Nature Honey Graham Sticks

BALANCE Bar Gold Triple Layer Energy Bar, Chocolate Peanut Butter

May
27
2010

Potty Talk: The Urine Facial

We thought we’d seen it all when the Bird Poop Facial hit the scene, but human pee on the face?

The panel on CBS’s The Doctors, known for helping their audience cure their strangest ailments, demonstrate the benefits of urine. One doctor drank urine because it’s supposedly good for you. Another tried a urine facial claiming the urea creatinine is beneficial for your skin. Gross, maybe, but if we tested it and found out it works like magic, would you try it? The price of beauty: a bottle of water, a paper cup and a whole lot of courage.

Watch the video demo below.

Video Courtesy of AOL TV Squad

May
27
2010

America’s Best Green Markets

Fresh off our Green Market Honey high, when Michelle found success in a jar of local honey to cure her allergies; we wanted to share the benefits of shopping Green Markets nationwide by telling you exactly where to go. Unusually late on what was once a fad, Green Markets are becoming more and more popular each year. In the quest for better health, people are slowly shunning grocery store bought foods in exchange for farmers’ fresh fruits veggies and grass-fed goodness.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that these outpost of urban farmers have grown in numbers from 2,863 in 2000 to 5,274 in 2009. So much so that the 2004 Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year was locavores, or a group of citizens committed to eating locally produced food 100 miles away from they live.

Here, 32 of the best places around America to shop local, according to our own sources and our readers’ favorites:

New York, New York

1. Union Square Greenmarket (Suggested by Nicole Tyson-Reuben on Facebook)
162 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10003-2521
(212) 780-0263‎

2. New Amsterdam Market (Suggested by @Pravassa on Twitter)
South Street
between Beekman St & Peck Slip
New York, NY 10038

3. Fulton Stall Market (Suggested by @Pravassa on Twitter)
South Street b/w Beekman & Fulton Street at the old Fulton Fish Market

Boulder, Colorado

4. Boulder County Farmers’ Market
13th street between Arapahoe and Canyon, Boulder, CO‎
(303) 910-2236‎

Portland, Oregon

5. Portland Farmer’s Market
240 N Broadway St # 129, Portland, OR‎
(503) 241-0032‎

New Orleans, LA

6. Crescent City Farmers Market
7214 Saint Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA‎
(504) 861-5898‎

Salt Lake City, UT

7. Salt Lake City Downtown Farmers Market‎
300 West Broadway, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
(801) 359-5118‎

Sante Fe, New Mexico

8. Santa Fe Farmers Market
1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501-3739
(505) 983-7726‎

Austin, Texas

9. Sunset Valley Farmers Market
Barton Creek Square Mall
2901 S Capital Of Texas Hwy
Austin, TX 78745
(512) 280-1976

Chicago, Illinois

10. Green City Market
1750 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614
(773) 880-1266‎

St. Louis, Missouri

11. Soulard Farmers Market
730 Carroll Street
St Louis, MO 63104-3808
(314) 622-4180

Miami, Florida

12. Coconut Grove Organic Farmers Market
3300 Grand Avenue, Miami, FL 33133
(305) 238-7747‎

Seattle, Washington

13. Pike Place Market
85 Pike St
Seattle, Washington 98101
(206) 682-7453

San Francisco, California

14. Marin Farmers Market (Near San Francisco)
76 San Pablo Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94903-4169
(415) 472-6100‎

Santa Monica, California

15. Santa Monica Market
200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA 90401-3126
(310) 458-8712‎

St. Paul, Minnesota

16. St. Paul’s Farmers Market (Suggested by Maggie Melin on Facebook)
290 5th St E
St Paul, MN 55101-1609
(651) 227-6856

New Haven, CT

17. City Farmers Market Wooster Square
817 Grand Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511-4970
(203) 773-3736

Totowa, New Jersey

18. 46 Farmer’s Market Co (Suggested by Rachelle M Odom on Facebook)
430 U.S. 46
Totowa, NJ 07511
(973) 256-9592

Washington, D.C.

19. DC Eastern Market (Suggested by Melissa Whiteford StClair on Facebook)
225 7th Street Southeast
Washington, DC 20003
(202) 698-5253

San Antonio, Texas

20. Pearl Farmers Market (Suggested by Carol Lee Icke on Facebook)
200 East Grayson Street
San Antonio, TX 78215
(210) 212-7260

Detroit, Michigan

21. Detroit Eastern Market (Suggested by Tiffany Stano on Facebook)
2934 Russell Street
Detroit, MI 48207
PH: 313.833.9300

McKinney, Texas

22. Chestnut Square Historic Village (Suggested by Spa Esoteric on Facebook)
315 S. Chestnut St.
McKinney, TX 75069

Hollywood, California

23. Hollywood Farmers Market ( Suggested by Courteny L. Thomas on Facebook)
1600 Ivar Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(323) 463-3171

Ocean City, New Jersey

24. Ocean City NJ Farmers Market (Suggested by Jennifer Freeman on Facebook)
Tabernacle Grounds between 5th & 6th Streets along Asbury Avenue
Ocean City, NJ 08226

Virginia Beach, Virginia

25. Old Beach Farmers Market (Suggested by Valeries Jones on Facebook)
620 19th Street (In the parking lot of Croc’s 19th Street Bistro)
Virginia Beach, VA 23451

Dale City, Virginia

26. Dale City Farmers Market (Suggested by Melissa Whiteford StClair on Facebook)
Dale Blvd. next to Center Plaza Shopping Center
Dale City, VA 22193
(703) 670-7115

Manassas, Virginia

27. Manassas Farmers Market (Suggested by Melissa Whiteford StClair on Facebook)
9431 West St.
Manassas, VA 20110
703-361-6599

Mesa, Arizona

28. Superstition Ranch Market‎ (Suggested by Lisa Lamphere on Facebook)
4755 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ 85205-7907
(480) 832-3421‎

Takoma Park, Maryland

29. Takoma Park Farmers Market ( Suggested by Felicia Lindsey Genet on Facebook)
At Carroll Avenue and Laurel Avenue in Takoma Park, Maryland

Jacksonville, North Carolina

30. Onslow County Farmers Market (Suggested by Melissa Whiteford StClair on Facebook)
4024 Hwy US 258 (also known as Richland Hwy)
Jacksonville, NC 28542
(910)455-5873 office

Lexington, Massachusetts

31. Wilson Farm (Suggested by @jayneseward on Twitter)
10 Pleasant Street
Lexington, MA 02421
(781) 862- 3900

Oakland, California

32. Jack London Square Farmers Market (Suggested by @lotusmoon on Twitter)
Water Street, between Franklin and Harrison Street
1-800-949-FARM

May
26
2010

Celebrity Spa Arrest: 50 Cent


Celebrity Suspect: 50 Cent

Case: Once upon a time rapper-turned-actor 50 Cent’s fame and notoriety stemmed from his music and buff body covered in tattoos. The talent announced via scary photo to the left that he has since shed them both for his upcoming movie, Things Fall Apart. The normally beefy 214 pound Fifty now stands at a frail 160 pounds. Yikes! We later learned that in the movie, 50 plays a football player stricken with cancer. He also expressed that he lost a friend who died of cancer and that his role in the film will be performed in his honor.

Spa Treatment Sentencing: He bravely dropped all the weight on liquid diet and three-hour-a-day treadmill walks for nine weeks.  Now he’s back on tour and says, “I’ve been eating. I’ll be back in shape in no time!” You can’t deny his dedication and how serious he is about his craft. We’re sure 50 wants to get back to his normal body asap, but not without tackling the loose skin that comes with extreme weight loss. Hey shorty, we sentence you to a series of five Velashape sessions at the American Cellulite Reduction Center. Have fun beefing back up 50!

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