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Health

Watermelon Sorbet-bay

by Kristine on September 5, 2010

in Beau-tay,Daily,Health,Recipes

I’ve been trying to like watermelon for years. I mean, what’s not to like. The pretty colors, the loads of lycopene, the…weird, mushy texture… Well, fellow melon-shunners, former supermodel Carol Alt has come to the rescue with a delicious, raw, vegan sorbet that turns the mush to slush. I realize that diet books implying you’ll [...]

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2-Minute Blueberry Tofu Boost

by Kristine on August 24, 2010

in Daily,Health,Recipes

What’s loaded with protein and looks like grape Laffy Taffy? Why, it’s my latest smoothie concoction, and it’s full of goodness.

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Breakfast made in batches makes for more enjoyable mornings. Good ole Bob and his Red Mill creations. He grinds a mean flax meal and now he’s come out with a delicious hot cereal made from rice, corn, and buckwheat.

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Ditching a Zombie Diet

by Kristine on August 11, 2010

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Anytime I read about raw diets I feel like I’ve been eating out of trash cans up until now—the nutrients, the vitamins, the ever-loving enzymes of whole, natural, living foods.

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Four-Pawed Running Partners

by Kristine on August 10, 2010

in Daily,Dogs,He He,Health

I owe my first bout of tolerable running to a foster dog named Grace. She was a runner all right. Only problem was, if she ever got loose, she’d keep on running, and running, and running.

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Et Tu, Coffee?

by Kristine on August 4, 2010

in Beau-tay,Daily,Health

Sometimes, nutrition writers put it so perfectly (or disgustingly) that it sets you straight for life. Dr. Barnard, describing how chicken processing baths are not unlike “a tub of fecal soup,” comes to mind.

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Kale Smoothie: Not Disgusting

by Kristine on July 27, 2010

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Refreshing even. Need a vegetable boost and don’t feel like cooking? Juice it!

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Nice-Guy Shepard’s Pie

by Kristine on June 5, 2010

in Daily,Health,Recipes

A wee bit of olive oil 5 oz. TVP, soak in stock while you chop 2 lbs. potatoes, peeled, boiled, mashed

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Full of It

by Kristine on May 6, 2010

in Beau-tay,CF,Daily,Dance,Health,Unsolicited Advice

I have no intro for this. Pudgy’s pudgy. And I was becoming it.

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Urban Legends That Cripple

by Kristine on April 26, 2010

in Daily,Health,Unsolicited Advice

Apocryphal rumors can be pretty creative—LSD-laced licky tattoos, mosquito-killing Listerine, testicle-shrinking Mountain Dew.

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