Take A Grocery Store Tour With Our Dietitian

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What’s really in your grocery cart? Nutritionist Gail Posner, www.GailPosner.com, provides entertaining and educational tours of the grocery store.  One of Gail’s clients described the tour as “It’s like hiring a tour guide on a vacation when visiting a new city or museum.  I learned so much more about the foods I eat every day.” [...]

Good Morning Stretch!

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Good Morning Sleepy Head!  It’s Time to Wake-UP and Stretch! Monday morning may very well be the toughest day of the week to wake-up, get-up and haul your sleepy self out of bed.  So, if you are reading this right now on your blackberry, GOOD!  Get up, NOW!  Stand right up, slowly is good and [...]

15 Ways to Green-ify Your Life

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Start 2010 off feeling good about yourself by doing good things for the environment!  Green-fiy your way of living by just tweaking small aspects of your life.  Here are 15 easy ways to go green that will benefit you and the rest of the globe. Buying in bulk can save money and packaging. If you [...]

Stretch To Help!

Stretch To Help  Families In Need!    Sunday February 7th  930 – 1045 am Power Yoga and Total Body Conditioning with Allison Stuart Kaplan   All Fitness Levels Welcome! 930-1045 am at Tru Bliss Salon Farmington Hills  248-737-4100 Bring a yoga mat, towel and one set of 5-8 lb dumbbells (optional) Water and snacks will [...]

Eat Well & Live Well Reminders From Our Dietitian

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Your diet can make a huge impact on your health.  Check out our 15 suggestions for a healthy heart! Limit egg yolks to 3-5 per week including those used in cooking. Limit high cholesterol foods such as liver and organ meats. Trim all visible fat from meat and limit it to very lean meat prepared with [...]

The New “Coregasm”- A Workout?

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Coregasm?  The question from an anonymous reader goes something like this:  Hi Allison.   Recently, I heard a few women talking about how they are able to have an orgasm while working out. Where the #*$%#@ have I been.  I am so jealous.  Can i get one too?  Can I have it, please?  Allison, have [...]

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Thai Massage

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As Pim dug into my hip joint, I held back laughter. It tickled immensely. A grin spread on my face. I couldn’t help it.  “I’m so ticklish there,” I said to the Thai Massage expert who owns Body & Soul spa in Farmington Hills, Mich.  “Most people cry when I massage there,” she said in [...]

Quote of the Day

“After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery!  It’s better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.” Sophia Loren-Actress

Take Out The Trash

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Eliminating Clutter in the Mind and in Life As we head into 2010 there are probably many New Years Resolutions floating around. Either on a piece of paper, already crumbled somewhere or even in our heads. Lose weight, take more yoga classes, eat no sugar etc. On a walk the day after Christmas I began [...]