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Buy an eBook, Plant a Tree By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Feb 22 2008 Every time you purchase an eBook or eChapter at iChapters.com, the online textbook retailer will plant a tree. The company also sells more than 10,000 print and digital study tools, with eBooks priced 50 percent below list price and eChapters starting at .99. + READ MORE

Keep Pets in Fit Form By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Feb 22 2008 Humans aren't the only creatures who need to fight the battle of the bulge. Other potential health risks include decreased heat tolerance and stamina, increased dermatological conditions, decreased immune function, and multiple musculoskeletal and orthopedic problems, according to Craig Thatcher, D.V.M., Ph.D., a... + READ MORE

Declare Your Love for Tap Water By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Feb 14 2008 Food & Water Watch is challenging college kids across America to declare their love for tap water-while making a case for why their campus should kick the bottled-water habit-in a video that's 3 minutes or less. Take back the tap by participating in the I Heart Tap Water Video Contest and you could win up to ,500 and + READ MORE

Rent Toys for Your Kids By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Feb 13 2008 Sure, you can rent jewelry and accessories and college texts, borrow tools, and neighborrow whatever else you might need, but what about the kids? BabyPlays, "Netflix for the toddler set," according to Forbes, gives parents the option to rent four to six ready-for-playtime toys each month; they arrive in the mail... + READ MORE

Rent College Texts, Save Money, Resources By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Feb 6 2008 Starving college students of America rejoice: You can subsist on more than ramen by saving up to 75 percent on textbooks by renting them, instead of paying full price. If you're loathe to part with any of your study buddies-The Secrets of Economic Indicators: Hidden Clues to Future Economic Trends and Investment... + READ MORE

Give Your Kids a Healthy Heart By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Feb 4 2008 Put your kids on a better path to a healthy heart this Valentine's Day by changing their diet and exercise regimes, say experts from the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center (UMCVC), especially if heart disease runs in your family. Total fat intake should be between 30 percent to 35 percent of calories for... + READ MORE

Use a Pedometer to Lose Weight By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Jan 17 2008 Participation in a pedometer-based walking program can help you lose a modest amount of weight, even without changing your diet, according to a University of Michigan Health System analysis of nine studies that was published in the Jan/Feb 2008 issue of Annals of Family Medicine. Participants lost an average of 0.11... + READ MORE

Detox Your Body By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Jan 15 2008 London Smog 1952 Devra Davis, the director of the Center for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute is, according to Nancy White of The Star, a blue-chip cancer epidemiologist with a Grade A scientific pedigree: a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, a decade at the National Academy of... + READ MORE

Plan a Garden By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 10 2008 January and February are the best months to start plotting your garden, so you can order the seeds in anticipation of spring. If you're sticking to herbs this year, pick up Herbal Remedy Gardens: 38 Plans for Your Health & Well-Being and Herbal Tea Gardens: 22 Plans for Your Enjoyment & Well-Being by Dorie Byers (1999, + READ MORE

Check Out This New Food Web site By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 10 2008 As my regular readers know, I am always advocating increasing your consumption of fruits and vegetables. The University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center has created a new Web site that makes finding recipes easy by allowing you to search by ingredient.Not only that, you can register your food preferences, as... + READ MORE

Make Your Own Organic Baby Food By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 9 2008 Crammed with refined sugars, chemically modified starches, preservatives, and artificial additives, most prepackaged baby foods are little more than processed nosh in a jar, which means that your bambino is mostly getting mouthfuls of fillers, instead of the fruits and vegetables pictured on the container.In case of... + READ MORE

Add a 15-Minute Workout to Your Day By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Jan 9 2008 Call it the busy person's workout: Exerting yourself in 15-minute bursts, whether at home or on the move, can pump up your heart rate, stretch and strengthen your muscles, and go a long way to boosting your health and wellbeing. If you want to perfect your walk for optimal calorie burning, stand straight, bend both... + READ MORE

Cook with Foods that Fight Cancer By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 7 2008 We are constantly inundated with studies and information regarding food that is potentially cancer causing, as well as foods that we should avoid eating to reduce the likelihood of the disease.They point out, however, that both the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research suggest that... + READ MORE

Enjoy Local, Farm-Fresh Foods All Year Round By Collin Dunn IN Food & Health Jan 3 2008 While much of the food we eat is grown during the growing season from spring to late summer, the shorter days and colder weather doesn't mean it's impossible to eat seasonally and locally all year round. + READ MORE

Get in Shape Without Leaving Home By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Jan 2 2008 Forget about sweating it out with a bunch of strangers at a health club: You don't have to invest a lot of money in a gym membership or equipment to develop a fitness regime you can stick to, according to Colleen Greene, wellness coordinator with MFit, the University of Michigan Health System's health promotion division. + READ MORE

Best of 2007: Lose Weight By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Jan 2 2008 If you've resolved to trim your waistline and get into fit, fighting shape this year, you willn't have to look far to find kindred souls. The amount of food you actually get on your plate, in the package, or at the counter, is often much bigger than the designated nutritional serving-so unless you're a rabid reader of... + READ MORE

Toast the New Year Without Lead Crystal By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Dec 29 2007 New Year's resolutions are often hard to keep but my first one is easy and green: Stop drinking wine out of leaded crystal stemware. Experts seem to agree that while the danger is small if the wine is consumed over a short space of time (such as a dinner), trace amounts of lead do leach into beverages, especially white + READ MORE

Calculate Your Waist-to-Hip Ratio By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Dec 19 2007 Think you're in the clear just because the scale says you're at a healthy weight? Among the 3,000 adults, aged between 18 to 25, who participated in the study, those with the largest waist-to-hip ratios were almost twice as likely to have calcium deposits in their arteries-a key indicator of future cardiovascular... + READ MORE

Make A Potluck Party Contribution: Tuscan Kidney Beans with Sage By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 10 2007 My daughter pointed out to me that a lot of her university friends are having potluck holiday parties.You can make it up to two days ahead.Tuscan Kidney Beans with SageMakes 4 servings 2 tomatoes, coarsely chopped1 tbsp chopped fresh sage or 1 tsp crumbled dried1 clove garlic, minced1 can (19 oz) white kidney beans,... + READ MORE

Make Your Own Recipe Book By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 7 2007 Now that Jasmin has taught us how to make our own notebooks, I have just the thing to fill it with. Choose recipes that your family always loved, things that you have made many times.I also included recipes from both my mother and mother-in-law that the children enjoyed. + READ MORE