Diabetic Cheese Cake

Ingredients:
2/3 c. cottage cheese
1/3 c. cold water
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. blueberries
1/3 c. hot water
1/3 c. powdered milk and 3 pkgs. Equal
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 env. Unflavoured gelatine

Procedure:
Soften gelatine in cold water, then add hot water. Blend until smooth.
Add rest of ingredients and blend again until smooth. Stir in
blueberries. Chill until firm.

How to Get Better Sleep at Night

By Tonya Nash, eHow Contributor

Do you toss and turn at night? Do you spend more time looking at the clock than you do at the inside of your eyelids? If so, you may have a problem with sleep that should be addressed. Sleep is not an optional activity and is needed for your body to recharge itself after a hard day of work. Lack of sleep can cause decreased concentration, irritability, decreased reaction time and daytime drowsiness. This article will give you tips on how to get better sleep at night.

How to Stop the Urge to Smoke

By Ashley Kurz, eHow Contributor

You probably already know that smoking is bad for you. Smoking causes heart disease, emphysema and lung cancer. Smoking also affects your oral and skin health. Smoking can be dangerous to unborn children whose mothers smoke while pregnant. Smoking cigarettes is a habit that is tough to break, though. There are several smoking-cessation programs that help some, but one of the main issues with smokers who fail to quit is dealing with the urge to smoke. It may help to find some ways to resist that urge before you try to quit.

Strengthening Exercises for Low Back Pain

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Yoga Exercises to Burn Fat and Lose Weight

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7 Simple Tips For Fighting Breast Cancer

Submitted by Dr. Eliaz (view website)

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting American women and may lead to more than 38,000 deaths this year. Here are 7 simple tips for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so you can learn more about treating and preventing breast cancer.?

• Choosing organic, unprocessed foods: Follow a diet primarily made up of unprocessed, organic whole foods that are free of inflammation-inducing additives such as excess salt, sugars and trans-fats, as well as pesticide residues which are known to contribute to cancer.

Healthy heart tips

Submitted by Alicinha

Eat More Plants and Fish

Stock up on colorful foods that are rich in heart-healthy antioxidants, such as pomegranates, blueberries, tomatoes, and spinach. Antioxidants decrease your risk of heart disease because of the anti-inflammatory effect they have on the blood vessels, says Marisa Moore, R.D., a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. They help get rid of the plaque buildup in the arteries, keeping vessels clear.

The Nature of the Mind

The mind is naturally radiant,

But external objects pollute the mind

Through the influence of the senses

And mental faculties of defilement.

                          - Lord Buddha -

The Hidden Dangers of Bullying

Today's bullying is sneakier and more insidious than giving someone a black eye or shoving him around on the playground. Knowing the signs of a problem can prevent it from getting out of hand and doing permanent damage to both you and your child.

By Allison Takeda

3. Bullying is psychological. "A lot of people, when they think of bullying, think of boys," says Dr. Marshall. The classic scenario: a bigger kid taking a smaller kid's lunch money and shoving him in a locker. "Boys tend to do physical bullying: ‘I'm bigger than you, I'm tougher than you, I'm stronger than you, I can beat you down,'" she explains. "Girls don't do it quite the same way. They're the ones who are going to exclude a girl from their social circle, who are going to gossip and spread rumors and make her feel socially isolated. It's a little more insidious than, say, punching someone in the face — but it can be just as damaging, if not more so."

5 Reasons Bullying Is Worse Than Ever

Bullying has been around for ages, but today it's more pervasive, anonymous, psychologically scarring — and even deadly. Everyday Health Medical Director Mallika Marshall, MD, explains what all parents need to know about bullying — and how to stop the bullying 'epidemic' from spreading even further.

By Allison Takeda

Jamey Rodemeyer. Tyler Clementi. Phoebe Prince.

Three kids, three suicides, one very disturbing trend: bullied to death.

Their stories are different in some ways but have the same tragic ending. All three — Rodemeyer, 14, Clementi, 18, and Prince, 15 — suffered physical or emotional torment at the hands of their peers until they felt they had no other option but to take their own lives. And, sadly, they're just three of many examples of bullying's tragic toll.

Bullying is not itself a new phenomenon — the verb first came into use in the 1700s, and the act it describes originated even earlier than that — but it has taken on a new sense of urgency and significance in recent years. This is due in some part to the aforementioned rash of "bullycides" (suicides caused by bullying) but also to what some have called the general "epidemic" of bullying, defined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as "an attack or an attempt at intimidation that intends to cause fear, distress, or harm."

The Vitamin D Cure - By James E. Dowd, M.D. and Diane Stafford

(Note: This is only a summary. Click on the picture to buy now.) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vitamin D deficiencies are  quite common. Their statistics show over half of the population is lacking regardless of age, while more than seventy percent of elderly Americans and over ninety percent of Americans of color are D-deficient. Urbanization and the move into the industrial, then the digital age, has played a key part in increasing the deficiency levels in Americans; as the move towards working indoors gave us a lack of sun exposure.

All's not rosy in cartoonland

Does SpongeBob wreck children's ability to concentrate? Scientists claim animations can over-tax young brains!

By Nic Fleming

Watching fast-paced cartoons harms toddlers' ability to concentrate and solve logic based puzzles, as well as undermining their short-term memory, according to research.
Four year-olds shown clips of animations with rapid scene changes, such as the popular SpongeBob SquarePants cartoon, performed significantly worse in problem solving and attention tests than those shown slower sequences.