Archive for August, 2010

Genetics Don’t Determine Everything

Genetics Don’t Determine Everything

0 / August 31, 2010 2:04 pm

Have you ever been compared to your mother?  Everyone says I’m the spitting image of mine.  Each year photos are taken out and everything from my eyes to my smile is compared to her at different stages of her life. [...]

Egg Recall Due to Unsanitary Conditions

Egg Recall Due to Unsanitary Conditions

0 / August 31, 2010 12:12 pm

Investigators found clear violations when visiting two Iowa farms involved with the egg recall. Violations such as manure piles up to eight feet tall, rodents and other wildlife in the hen houses, evidence of flies and maggots, equipment that wasn’t [...]

Fit Tip of the Day: Yogi Pushbacks

Fit Tip of the Day: Yogi Pushbacks

0 / August 31, 2010 9:22 am

I wouldn’t consider myself a Yogi, per say, but I try to take classes once a week and really enjoy them.  The true yoga afficianados in the class absolutely amaze me.  Their strength and the ways they can twist their [...]

Gloss How-To: Find Out if You’re Settling for Someone

Gloss How-To: Find Out if You’re Settling for Someone

0 / August 31, 2010 8:12 am

Is he Mr. Right? Or is he just Mr. Here-Right-Now? Sometimes loneliness or a desire to just have that “plus one” to take to parties and weddings can make us overlook potential issues in our partners. But relationships are a [...]

Gloss Find: Arriva Leo Wireless Headphones

Gloss Find: Arriva Leo Wireless Headphones

0 / August 31, 2010 6:35 am

Now this is a find.  How many times have you struggled to untangle the wires on your headphones?  What a mess.  Brand new to the market, welcome Arriva Leo wireless headphones. The sweat-resistant headphones can be connected to Bluetooth-enabled devices [...]

Chewing Gum Improves Alertness

Chewing Gum Improves Alertness

0 / August 30, 2010 3:02 pm

I’ve heard of chewing gum to freshen your breath or even to help curb your appetite, but chomping on a stick of Juicy Fruit to improve memory?  That seems a little crazy.  Studies show it also improves recollection and alertness. [...]

Fit Tip of the Day: Take an Online Class

Fit Tip of the Day: Take an Online Class

1 / August 30, 2010 1:15 pm

Exercise DVDs let you work out at times that are convenient for you and let you enjoy the privacy of your own living room. But if you’re a fan of the exercise DVD you know they have one major caveat [...]

Gloss Find: The No Om Zone

Gloss Find: The No Om Zone

2 / August 30, 2010 11:00 am

No chanting. No granola. No Sanskrit. That’s perhaps one of the best tag lines ever. The No Om Zone is a book that makes yoga a little more accessible for those of us that just aren’t into the om. Yoga [...]