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Health Tips

  • 10 Healthy (and 10 Terrible!) Vending Machine Snacks Pushing the wrong buttons could be a diet disaster! Check out which choices are best.
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  • 6 Tips for Healthier Baking Find out ways to bake your favorites the healthier way!
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  • 7 Everyday Therapies for Cabin Fever Combat Cabin fever with these fun, meditative activities.
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  • Little Habits, Huge Health Payoffs You have tons of health goals -- but not enough time to make them a reality. Now we'll help you reach every one without devoting your life to getting there.
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  • Setting Realistic Weight Loss Goals Turns out, it's not the occasional piece of Death by Chocolate Cake that does in our weight loss efforts.
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  • Shopping List: The 2007 Healthy Food Awards Aisle by aisle, here's the grocery store cheat sheet for 2007 Fitness Healthy Food Awards.
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  • Spring for a Fresh New You After a long winter it's time to come out of hibernation and start anew! Here's our guide to spring-cleaning your routine and rejuvenating your spirit.
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  • The 6 Nutrients You Need Most Find out what you can fill your plate with to get the vitamins and minerals you need.
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  • What Kind of Eater Are You? 7 habits of highly unsuccessful dieters, and how to break them.
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    • Fitness Tips

  • 10-Minute Workout: Boost Your Metabolism! Fire up your metabolism with this mix of slow strength moves and explosive plyometric exercises.
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  • 8 Ways to Get Your Kids Fit Fit Kids = Fit Adults
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  • Fight Fat at Any Age: Exercises for Your 20s, 30s, and 40s Sculpt a strong, slim, sexy body. FITNESS gives you the moves to do if you're in your 20s, your 30s, or your 40s and beyond.
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  • So Long, Job Fat! A typical workday can make you stressed, tired -- and flabby. And an hourlong lunchtime workout? Not gonna happen. Slim down and sculpt muscles you never knew you had (in your cubicle!) with this busy-girl's guide.
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  • The 15-Minute De-Stress Workout A quick and easy routine to help you calm down and center, all while toning and strengthening your entire body.
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    • Recipes

  • Cheddar-Spinach Quesadillas

    A quick and healthy recipe using supermarket and staple ingredients, from Fitness Magazine's 10 Ingredients, 10 Healthy Dishes

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  • Fruit-Filled Puff Pancakes

    From BHG.com Healthy Breakfasts for Kids.

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  • Green Bean Mini Casseroles
    Serve Green Bean Mini Casseroles...

    ...instead of classic green-bean casserole
    Canned fried onions don't come close to the sweet, fragrant caramelized ones used in our makeover. Plus, guests get their own individual casserole!
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  • Lime-Sauced Chicken

    The lime adds zest to this dish, and is guaranteed to bring your guests back for more of the tangy chicken.

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  • Pan-Seared Red Snapper with Chunky Cherry Tomato Sauce and Garlic

    If you can get cherry tomatoes in an assortment of colors (red, yellow, and orange), this ridiculously easy after-work snapper dish morphs into something fancy enough for company. If you want to substitute a higher-rent fish such as black sea bass fillets for the snapper while you're at it, go right ahead.

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  • Slimmed Skillet Lasagna

    Try this comfort food, without feeling guilty.

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  • Whole-Wheat Buttermilk Pancakes With Fruit

    Better your breakfast with this sweet spin on whole wheat pancakes.

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    • Local Resources

  • 2008 Team Captain's Handbook! Download the Team Captain's Handbook Today!
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  • Healthy Living Challenge Take this 50 Day Healthy Living Challenge!
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  • Iowa Department of Natural Resources Iowa Department of Natural Resources is offering a special promotion for the month of April.
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  • Live Healthy Iowa Resources Find information on other Web sites here
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  • Weekly Tips If you missed last week's tip check it out here!
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