<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:46:23 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>Sexuality</category><category>Healthy Eating</category><category>Spirituality</category><category>Wellness - What is It?</category><category>Detox Your Body</category><category>Home Mangement</category><category>Self Improvement</category><category>Asthma</category><category>Family</category><category>Health Dangers</category><category>Pregnant Women</category><category>Relationships and Marriage</category><category>Vegetarian</category><title>Lifestyle and Wellness</title><description>This Blog is for anyone who wants to enjoy every moment out of life, as long as possible.&#xa;&#xa;Aging the Healthy way is the secret to a long happy life, and retaining your lifestyle expectations well into your returement.</description><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>74</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-5077760295457876076</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-09-29T03:24:03.563-07:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type="text">I bought a new logo design from www.virutaladagency.com I&#39;ll let you see it when ready.</atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/09/i-bought-new-logo-design-from-www.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-2965681126547782559</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-09-24T20:35:56.934-07:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type="text">We are tearing the walls down on our house. I can look right out the walls in some places. I have no storage. I can&#39;t wait until the insulation is done and we have drywall gain. Then I&#39;ll feel like I am living in a house.</atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/09/we-are-tearing-walls-down-on-our-house.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-1376427439569924928</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-22T12:46:51.263-07:00</atom:updated><title>Negative Calorie Foods</title><atom:summary type="text">Asparagus BroccoliCabbageCarrotsCauliflowerCeleryCucumberFennelLeekLettucePeppersTomatoNegative Calorie FruitBlackberryBlackcurrantMandarin orange Melon CantaloupePeachesPlumsRaspberryRhubarbStrawberryGrapefruitHoneydew MelonTangerine</atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/04/negative-calorie-foods.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-8979724640344931150</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-22T12:06:00.769-07:00</atom:updated><title>Appetite Suppressing Foods</title><atom:summary type="text">There has been a lot of controversy in the news over natural appetite suppressants. Hoodia has been in the news. It has been painted with an evil brush, but what most people do not understand is that it has been eaten as a part of people’s diet for centuries. It is part of a naturally growing cactus that just happens to have the ability to suppress the appetite.This made me wonder whether other </atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/04/appetite-suppressing-foods.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-4689340464515270258</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-10T17:15:21.210-07:00</atom:updated><title>Who Started the 50% Divorce Rate Myth?</title><atom:summary type="text">No, not 50%50% of all marriages end in divorce.  10% of them divorce twice.  But, many divorced people are divorced more than 3 times.Now, this number is an &#39;urban legend.&#39; The rate of divorce has NEVER been 50%The highest rate of divorce is the USA was 44% (including those who divorce mulitple times)  The marriage rate in 2005  was 7.5 (per 1,000), down from 7.8 the previous year. This is FAR </atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/04/who-started-50-divorce-rate-myth.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-8895781906504829313</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-05T14:14:44.178-07:00</atom:updated><title>You Cannot Be Healthy in an Unhealthy Relationship</title><atom:summary type="text">Most of us who&#39;ve survived a first marriage become familiar with the term sooner or later. Some of us make sure we don&#39;t repeat the pattern. Others leave one bad relationship and land in another.The problem stems from society&#39;s believe that people should get together because of passion and lust, not friendship and trust. This makes women vulnerable to predators. Our upbringing make us more </atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/04/you-cannot-be-healthy-in-unhealthy.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-3216081345892251822</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-03T21:23:09.025-07:00</atom:updated><title>Importance of Reading Symptoms Properly</title><atom:summary type="text">The body has one method of telling us that something is wrong – it creates symptoms. In many cases, we take medicines that stop our bodies from giving us the message that something is wrong, or cleaning out the offending virus or toxin. A runny nose, itching skin, sensitivity, weak nails can all signal toxins and a digestive symptom breakdown that can lead to disease. Weight gain, acne and </atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/04/importance-of-reading-symptoms-properly.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-3701127089438220845</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-01T20:52:29.605-07:00</atom:updated><title>Why Health Food Stores Can Be Bad</title><atom:summary type="text">I went into a health food store a few years ago with the objective of testing the ‘specially trained technitain.’  I asked what medical ingredients were in willow bark. I was assured that their willow bard was 100% organic and there was no medical chemicals added.I took another step and asked if there were any medical ‘properties’ and was again assured that there are not. I finally asked why </atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-health-food-stores-can-be-bad.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-1311871819412542679</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-01T20:47:18.178-07:00</atom:updated><title>Intro to Shift Work Disorder</title><atom:summary type="text">The graveyard shift has been associated with everything from depression to cancer. Shift work disorder, applies to people who suffer insomnia and sleepiness from working nights. It has been blamed for ulcers and heart disease. &quot;It&#39;s not surprising,&quot; said Dr. Louis Ptacek, a UCSF neurologist studying sleep behaviors. &quot;We evolved on a planet that is rotating every 24 hours. Our internal clock is </atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/04/intro-to-shift-work-disorder.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-1726420497464514255</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-01T12:23:10.657-07:00</atom:updated><title>Detox Foods: Green Vegetables</title><atom:summary type="text">Green Leafy Vegetables The healing ingredient is chlorophyll. This is nature’s household cleaner, removing environmental toxins that include heavy metals, pesticides, and air pollutants. It also protects the liver. There are commercial chlorophyll products that you can buy, but I wouldn’t unless you like the taste of liquid grass. The problem arises when you can’t get fresh picked.  It may be a </atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/04/detox-foods-green-vegetables.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-4008830184963433599</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-01T15:48:20.623-07:00</atom:updated><title>Watercress: One of the Top 10 Detox Foods</title><atom:summary type="text">Watercress  is high in beta-carotene, Vitamins A, B1 and B6, C,  E and K. It also contains abundant Iodine, Iron, Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc and Quercetin.  It can be eaten in salads, soups, and sandwiches. The peppery little green leaves have a diuretic (elevated the body urine rates)  effect that helps move things through your system. And cress is rich in minerals too. Watercress is easy to eat, </atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/04/watercress-one-of-top-10-detox-foods.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-6457606794276465763</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-01T12:44:14.951-07:00</atom:updated><title>Trouble in Your Family?</title><atom:summary type="text">Problem:  Someone in my family is turning everyone against me.My Answer:There is nothing you can do. This person is manipulative, and everyone in the family knows it. I was once a part of a family like this. The funny thing is, my ex married a woman &#39;exactly&#39; like they said I was - and now he is stuck. No divorce this time without her parents taking him for everything.The thing is, you have an </atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/04/trouble-in-your-family.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-6831812980076606681</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-01T12:28:49.379-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Relationships and Marriage</category><title>Relationships &amp; Marriage</title><atom:summary type="text">A woman just asked: My husband and I don&#39;t fight. We have problems but we just work them out on our own. Is this bad?  My reply: You are right. If you don&#39;t learn how to handle your problems, talk to each other, and deal with situations, he will just walk in one day and say &#39;I can&#39;t handle it.&#39;  He will pack a bag and walk out. That will be it. That is what happened to me. It was such a shock. On</atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/04/relationships-marriage.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-3902510908195795374</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-30T22:50:43.092-07:00</atom:updated><title>Detox Foods: How to Get Started</title><atom:summary type="text">You’ve probably read a lot about foods that remove toxins from your body, clean your blood, and even remove cholesterol and fat from your body.  These foods have grown far beyond urban myth to medical fact. Their benefits have exceeded our expectations. Tomatoes and cabbage are being used to prevent and cure certain cancers. Psyllium, orange juice, grape seeds prevent colon problems, including </atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/03/detox-foods-how-to-get-started.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-1949772579529143972</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-30T21:26:25.634-07:00</atom:updated><title>Fruits Importance in Anti Aging</title><atom:summary type="text">Fruits, are full of almost good things: vitamin C, fiber, nutritious fluids, and antioxidants. Fluids wash out the body and fresh lemonade is ideal. Its high level of vitamin C, labeled the detox vitamin, helps make toxins water-soluble so they flushed away easily. Humans are the only mammals that do not produce vitamin C in the liver. During Detox or colon cleansing the body needs higher levels </atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/03/fruits-importance-in-anti-aging.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-8093595558461992209</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-23T22:27:42.926-07:00</atom:updated><title>Should We Return To Natural Soaps?</title><atom:summary type="text">How Does Soap WorkSoap helps remove dead skin. Believe it or not, the skin is the body&#39;s largest organ, responsible for removing toxins and waste from the body.Soap is made to remove the dead skin from the top layer of skin - the epidermis - and the microbes that eat them. Soap should be used with a brush to help perform this task. A toner will close the pores and prevent them from being clogged </atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/03/should-we-return-to-natural-soaps.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-3508611487048890005</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-21T15:31:04.685-07:00</atom:updated><title>My 5 Day Natural Holistic Free Colon Cleansing Program</title><atom:summary type="text">This is a cross post from my blog www.healthafter40.blogspot.com This health blog is my most active, and ranks high among the blogging sites. I will be posting a daily journal there of my colon cleansing. I will not be posting the journal here - but in www.healthafter40.blogspot.com  so you must go there to comment or follow my progress.---My husband and I plan to start a colon cleansing program </atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-5-day-natural-holistic-free-colon.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-2599686832206310289</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-20T11:31:27.092-07:00</atom:updated><title>Some Facts About Life Expectancy</title><atom:summary type="text">These numbers are from a report in 2000the US population included 35.0 million people 65 and over.  This number represents a 12% increase since 1990. The older population is growing.Between 1990 and 2000, the total population increased by 13.2 percent, from 248.7 million to 281.4 million people. The population 65 years and over increasedby 12.0 percent. In 2000, there were 18.4 million people </atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/03/some-facts-about-life-expectancy.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-2500268423376179842</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-20T10:48:08.873-07:00</atom:updated><title>A Few Thoughts on Life Expectancy</title><atom:summary type="text">I spent the morning looking through life expectancy charts. At first they were rather daunting. There are the world life expectancy charts which provide very vague numbers, and have no relevance to your current age, lifestyle, or mitigating circumstances.If you are Canadian, expect to life between 70 - 75. If you are from the United Kingdom then you get to live to 77 - 80 years old.. a bit less </atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/03/few-thoughts-on-life-expectancy.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-1700781374926929482</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-16T13:41:13.642-07:00</atom:updated><title>The Truth Can Set You Free</title><atom:summary type="text">I recently read an article at a favorite website. The article was called 7 Signs That You&#39;re Living in Denial. I&#39;m Never at Fault: Others are always at fault, aren&#39;t they? You keep doing everything right and they just ruin things for you, do they? Sorry to have to say this, but not assuming responsibility is one of the most obvious signs that you are living in denial.Everything Has an Excuse: &quot;</atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/03/truth-can-set-you-free.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXxmyvIn93g_FLo1CcuyWzh9zM3Gi3h1k9Pm9x5WBtlhrGr95rKUnPHETuC_oMQj1b6nvcY79avTDDAL7cclB_PIEu4TvnqaWOm8Bbq_AP5cjYShfM4Xrm5s275kFky6f94c-VTOI5800/s72-c/KM1LBWCH4R_use.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-957747641036704578</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-13T12:07:57.066-07:00</atom:updated><title>Don&#39;t Lose Your Job to RSI</title><atom:summary type="text">In medical terms, repetitive strain injury (RSI) is a cumulative trauma disorder (CTD) caused by prolonged repetitive, awkward hand movements that damage muscles, tendons, and nerves of the neck, shoulder, forearm, and hand, causing pain, weakness, numbness, or impairment of movement. 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We think that it is extra calories - wrong.Fat is comprised of all the poisons and toxins, the pesticides, the food coloring, the preservatives, and everything in your food that cannot be easily digested. It also includes the poisons and toxins from your face cream, the residue from your shampoo, the</atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/03/clean-your-body-fat-secret-to-health.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-2642342189201674370</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-13T09:59:08.931-07:00</atom:updated><title>Read This Before Buying Colon Cleansing Products</title><atom:summary type="text">Read this before buying any colon cleansing products.  There are several natural products that can work - without making you resort to eating grass.Drink WaterYes, water is the world&#39;s best solvent and purifyer.  Drinking plenty of water can clean the oclon, reduce toxic levels in your body, and keep your skin looking younger. Many of the lexictives that pose as colon cleanswers are nothing more </atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/03/read-this-before-buying-colon-cleansing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-1423713266510340821</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-11T15:55:30.669-07:00</atom:updated><title>Allergies Can Kill</title><atom:summary type="text">I have severe food allergies. I&#39;ve had them hit so hard that I can&#39;t breath and am so &#39;out of it&#39; that my husband has taken me to the hospital. Most &#39;non sufferers&#39; don&#39;t really understand how dangerous it can be. I don&#39;t need to be fed crab to suffer. You just need crab juice on your hands when making my salad. This makes eating at a restaurant very dangerous.If you have food allergies then you </atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/03/allergies-can-kill.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305518453899891375.post-2797694048744415516</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-10T15:07:50.725-07:00</atom:updated><title>Anecdote: Eating Healthy</title><atom:summary type="text">We have had to abandon all of our favorite restaurants since my husband was diagnosed with diabetes. It is so hard to find a restaurant that has healthy food. No one wants to go a restaurant and eat nothing but salad. Even the salad dressing is too high in salt and sugar for many diabetics. The American Diabetes association has a few tips for people who want to eat out. But, even that is not </atom:summary><link>http://lifestyleandwellness.blogspot.com/2008/03/anecdote-eating-healthy.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>