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Just when you thought the advice on protecting your heart from cardiovascular disease couldn’t get any more standard, here comes a wild card study out of nowhere:

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I’m a clinically depressed, overly-intense, bipolar nut job. I’m a disaster! But, I’m also a Yogi–no, not like the cartoon bear–I practice Yoga regularly.

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From Diet Blog Share:

Has anyone noticed any side effects such as hot flashes and chills when consuming anything with Splenda in it? If I’m not having a hot flush, I am so chilled and cannot get warm. This happens frequently day and night, and is getting to be more frequent.

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It was a tiny picture tucked away on page 194 in Glamour magazine (US edition). But, it was responsible for hundreds of grateful emails to the editor, newspaper articles across the world, and setting blogs and Twitter ablaze.

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From Diet Blog Share:

I’ll soon be 39, and I was thin untill my second to last child, born 11 years ago. Since that I was a more medium size. But, after having my last child, almost 4 years ago, I’ve been close to 200 pounds.

I’ve never been this size before, and it feels like I can’t get below 188. I’ve finally gotten up off my butt and started biking everyday. I love it, but I’ve been doing this for 6 weeks now and can’t see any results. I’m getting stronger and more powerful–like when going up inclines–but I’ve lost no weight.

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How much do you believe your diet affects your job performance?

I know for sure when I don’t eat regularly, I get tired and a bit cranky! And, I suppose if I think about it, a poor diet could potentially effect my job performance too.

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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. In the never-ending search for an obesity panacea, researchers from the University of Central Florida are confident they will have one.

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If you’re hung over, the last thing you feel like doing is taking a hike or going to the gym. All you want is the cool embrace of the side of the toilet bowl!

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School buses, backpacks, and new lunch boxes–these are the things that mark the end of long, lazy summer days, and a return to that more structured routine of waking up early, homework every night, and early bedtimes.

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[ Note: This article was written by fitness and nutrition author Jon Benson. I have his permission to share it with you. Jon is the author of the Seven Minute Muscle Workout]

Protein shakes are a dime a dozen. However a high-quality protein drink that is both homemade and nutritious is a rare find. Most protein drinks today have traveled the path of least resistance — cheap and potentially dangerous sweeteners, sugar alcohols (in order to bring down the supposed “carb count”), and protein sources that are often dubious…and accompanied with more outrageous claims than grams of the good stuff.

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