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5 Juicy Reasons to Eat Pears
Even though pears (or pear trees at least) are immortalized in that classic holiday tune involving a partridge and a stream of nerve-wracking repetition, the actual pear is an often-overlooked fruit...
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Need A Lift or A Jolt? Natural Vs. Synthetic Caffeine
There’s no shortage of confusing information about whether or not caffeine is actually good for you. Recent studies have linked coffee consumption with a number of benefits like lower prostate risk...
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Chili Peppers
Contents: Season for Chili Peppers Chili Peppers Described How to Buy and Store Chili Peppers How to Cook Chili Peppers Health Benefits of Chili Peppers Why Buy Natural and Organic Chili Peppers...
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Why Do You Choose Organic Food? Health 'Benefits' Prove Contentious
Among the notable reasons for supporting organic food—fewer pesticides and chemical fertilizers, more sustainable management of resources, decreased risk of antibiotic resistant pathogens—there has...
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From Our Friends: September 7, 2012
Believe it or not, it’s Friday already! Before you head out to relax through another beautiful weekend, take a lunch break and check out our fantastic new installment of From Our Friends! We’ve packed...
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From Our Friends: October 12, 2012
Welcome to this week’s installment of From Our Friends, our weekly roundup where we highlight some of our favorite posts from the past week from our friends and partners around the web. This week’s...
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From Our Friends: December 14, 2012
Welcome to this week’s installment of From Our Friends, our weekly roundup where we highlight some of our favorite posts from the past week from our friends and partners around the web. This week’s...
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From Our Friends: January 11, 2013
Welcome to this week’s installment of From Our Friends, our weekly roundup where we highlight some of our favorite posts from the past week and more from our friends and partners around the web. This...
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From Our Friends: May 17, 2013
Welcome to this week’s installment of From Our Friends, our weekly roundup where we highlight some of our favorite posts from the past week and more from our friends and partners around the web. This...
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What is the Best Time of Day to Get the Benefits of Coffee?
If boiling water for your French Press is your first action upon getting out of bed, you may want to rethink your morning routine. As a stimulant, we all know the effects that caffeine has, and while...
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Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Flax Vs Fish
As a vegan, I really wanted to discover that flax oil is the inarguable victor when it comes to getting those healthy omega-3 fatty acids, as opposed to fish oil that is. In a time when the Standard...
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Maqui Berry, The New Superfruit?
On the heels of the goji berry and the acai berry comes a new-fangled superfruit you may not have experienced just yet: The Maqui Berry. From deep within the Chilean countryside, a small tree growing...
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Do You Believe in Magic? Psychedelic Mushrooms Shown to Have Lasting Health...
Humans don’t use the word “magic” lightly—at least when it comes to what we eat (“big” or “extra”… well that’s another story). We understand magic to be otherworldly—drifting down to our humdrum lives...
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8 Reasons We Love Kabocha Squash
Hey, we’re not saying we’re not going to miss those summer squashes. Or even that we don’t love the whole squash repertoire that comes with winter. But, kabocha – also known as Japanese pumpkin – is...
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From Our Friends: September 12, 2014
Before you pack up and leave the office for the weekend, make sure you check out this week’s From Our Friends First. From Our Friends is OA’s weekly column where we roundup some of OA’s favorite...
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5 Chilly Health Benefits of a Cold Weather Workout
Winter and I don’t get along very well. It doesn’t matter if I throw on so many layers I look like a “South Park” character, I’m still cold. But over the years I’ve learned to suck it up—not just...
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Are Red Wine’s Health Benefits All a Lie?
Here’s some good old-fashioned irony: You’re probably going to need a stiff drink after reading this news about red wine’s health benefits. Except, that drink really won’t be doing you any favors...
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13 Amazing Lavender Essential Oil Home Remedies
The benefits of lavender are many and varied. It’s a culinary relative to mint, sage, marjoram and thyme, and can be used in the same way as these herbs. It is also a prized medicinal herb. Make sure...
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7 Health Benefits of Cinnamon You Need to Know
Once upon a time, cinnamon was more valuable than gold. And while these days, most of us would rather get our hands on 24 karats instead of 24 ounces – a gold bar over a brown stick – this...
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Practice Yoga? You Probably Need a Yoga Tune Up
iStock/fizkes Mado Hesselink grew up with asthma, which made exercise a challenge. But she didn’t let that stop her from delving into martial arts and yoga. After having a child at 24, Hesselink turned...
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