The Shopping and Food Connection: An Examination of Hunger Diseases

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“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread” ~ George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara Have you ever found yourself in a shopping mall, searching, with a slightly pounding heart, for something? Something to wear tonight, tomorrow, or for that next important meeting. Or, is it something yet to [...]

A Motivational Poem – Myself

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I have to live with myself and so  I want to be fit for myself to know. I want to be able as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye; I don’t want to stand with the setting sun and hate myself for the things I have done. I don’t want [...]

Truck Accident In Grand Rapids Leaves Four Cows Missing

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Truck Accident in Grand Rapids Leaves Four Cows Missing http://detnews.com/article/20100722/METRO/7220463/Cows-escape-after-slaughterhouse-truck-overturns A livestock transport truck carrying former dairy cows was bound for a rendering plant when it overturned in Grand Rapids early Wednesday morning.  Tragically, several didn’t survive the crash and those who could be captured finished their journey to the rendering plant. Four of the [...]

The Eight Perimeters of Traditional Chinese Medicine (part two)

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Acupuncture looks at our body as composed of energy. This energy is called quiz (pronounced chee).  Qi energy is responsible for every function of our body – our heart beat, our stomach digestion, our thinking, feeling and moving are all functions of qi.  Every organ has qi and every organ’s qi has functions. All the different [...]

Walkers: This Sunday July 25th 10,000 Steps Together Again!! 2,500 Bonus Steps If You Are Feeling Ambitious!

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9:30 am. Park and Meet at the school parking lot just west of the Market Square Store on the corner of Walnut Lake Road and Inkster Road in West Bloomfield!  Walking will begin promptly at 9:30!  It’s going to be a beautiful morning- no rain, no humidity! See you then!   Allison

Resources For Eating Disorder Treatment And Recovery

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The following are Inpatient, Residential Care, Partial Hospitalization or Intensive Outpatient Programs or Outpatient Therapists/Therapy Clinics along with Support Groups and Online Resources. Bloomfield DBT- We are a full service Dialectical Behavioral Therapy psychotherapy practice offering individual therapy, skills groups, coaching, and therapist case consultation. Our goal is to empower individuals and their families to lead healthier, happier [...]

Summertime Workouts – Beatin`The Heat!

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The heat is on – for you to get in shape this summer! Looking good and more importantly “feeling good”, in a bikini while you laze by the pool doesn’t come easy. No, it takes some serious sweating. But exercising when it’s hot out can be daunting and sometimes, downright dangerous. We’ve all been there [...]

The Eight Perimeters of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Part One)

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As women, we are pressured to keep slim figures, a desire encouraged by society and the world around us. And yet, we watch our bodies change – most of which is beyond our control. Midlife hormonal changes force us to adopt new eating and exercise habits – or weather the consequences of sticking to old ways. [...]

Recipes Galore! IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME!!

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Ah Greece…they may be in the midst of terrible economic and political turmoil, but the land is magnificent, the people warm and inviting, and the food super fresh and healthy. Greek cuisine revolves around a handful of vegetables including tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini or courgette as they are called throughout Europe, eggplant or aubergine, and greens; [...]

The Egg

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Fertilized eggs, non-fertilized eggs, hens, roosters, free-range, caged, organic, non-organic…it can all be so confusing and with reason; brown eggs, white eggs. The white “thing” inside the egg; what’s that all about? Rather than the usual article type format I usually write I thought that with all these questions I would do a question/answer format [...]