More Good Years

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Want to live longer – and healthier? These secrets from a sleepy Greek Island could show you the way. In 1970 Yiannis Karimalis got a death sentence. Doctors in Pennsylvania diagnosed the Greek immigrant with abdominal cancer and told him he’d be dead within a year. He was not yet 40 years old. Devastated, Karimalis [...]

Kick-Off 10,000 Steps Together With Askinyourface.com and Support “The Haven Garden Project” Sunday May 16th 9:30am Market Square WB

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10,000 Steps Together With Askinyourface.com Beginning Sun. May 16, ASK will start walking….Join Us! Do you have any idea how many steps you take on an average day? Did you know that walking 10,000 steps a day for one year can result in a 7-pound FAT LOSS from your body – thereby cutting your risk [...]

Feeling Fit For Spring

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Great weather is finally around the corner, as is spring – the season for shorts, skirts and exposed skin. But nothing feels worse than when you’re hot, sticky, and flabby. After months of hiding in bulky layers and dodging the gym, it’s likely that your limbs are soft and stomach flabby. And with pasty, dry [...]

Boot Camp-Style Workouts * The Biggest Burn For Your Body!

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Boot Camp – Style or interval training workouts continue to be my favorite fitness challenge whether indoors, in your home, hotel room, a gym, fitness class or preferably outside on a weather permitting day. Boot Camp workouts are easy to follow, exciting, great fun and can be done alone, with a buddy or an organized [...]

Why Drinking Too Much Water Is Dangerous

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On January 12, 2007, a 28-year old Californian wife and mother of three children died from drinking too much water. Her body was found in her home shortly after she took part in a water-drinking contest that was sponsored by a local radio show. Entitled “Hold Your Wee For A Wii,” the contest promoters promised [...]

Women’s History Month: Celebrating Modern Day Movers and Shakers.

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Since 1987, the month of March has been dedicated to women’s history, an occasion sanctioned and supported by the U.S Congress, House and Senate. To celebrate Women’s History Month, askinyourface.com has decided to pay tribute to some modern-day women heros, those who innovate and inspire us. Here are just a few other many women who [...]

Natural Treatments for Infertility

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Over the last 20 years, we have become more aware of the many challenges couples face in getting pregnant. Individuals are marrying later in age and couples are waiting longer to have children. In addition, Environmental toxins and our own diet can have direct impact on our health and trying to conceive. From a western [...]

The Magic of Reiki

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Reiki is rapidly becoming a recognized and credible healing modality. Reiki practitioners can be found in many health care settings including hospitals, cancer treatment centers, hospice and integrated medicine clinics. Reiki is a technique that is over 5000 years old and was re-discovered in Japan in the early 1900’s. The word Reiki means Universal Life [...]

Saving Money By Staying Fit

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How getting heathy today, saves money in the long run. According to a study conducted by the Research Triangle Institute and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the medical costs of complications related to obesity is over $147 billion a year. This includes fees paid for by Medicare, Medicade, drug prescriptions and private insurers. [...]

Are Your Workouts Making You Hungry and Fat?

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Who said regular exercise is a green light to eating everything in sight? Several months ago I wrote an article about a client who would run to Starbucks for a latte and a muffin immediately following her workout, devour tablespoons of peanut butter at the bewitching hour, 4 pm and so on, and then cry [...]