Do This Instead Of Flossing
Growing up, kids are taught certain steps and routines — you wake-up, eat breakfast, brush your teeth and carry on with your day. Within these daily routines, they each have their own steps. My mom always told us — floss your teeth, put a pea-sized glob of toothpaste on your brush and brush away. Like all other moms, she gave...
8 Reasons You Need To Eat Cilantro (We Like #3 The Best)
If you're looking to add a new dimension to your recipes while giving your health a boost in the process, look no further than cilantro. The plant Coriandrum sativum is known by several names: cilantro, Chinese parsley, and coriander. The plant has fresh, delicious leaves, and pungent coriander seeds. Cilantro is one of the oldest spices in the world. It...
Thanks Siri, You Helped Save My Daughter’s Life!
One of the biggest fears a parent will ever face — finding a child not breathing — happened to an Australian mom. But an unlikely hero, Apple’s virtual iPhone assistant Siri, helped avert a crisis. Now Stacey Gleeson says she will always keep her Siri activated and encourages other parents to do the same. Smartphones can do many things, and...
News Anchor’s Apology to a Dog Locked in a Hot Car
There is really no excuse for leaving your dog locked in a hot car on a sweltering day. Maybe you thought you’d only be a minute while you ran your errand — but there was a line at the bank. Or maybe you ran in to get a frozen yogurt and cruelly left your dog in a death trap....
First Full-Body Transplant to Take Place in China
Ripped from the pages of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, a doctor in China reveals he is putting together a team for the world's first full-body transplant — putting a live head on a different body. Even if the procedure works, and some experts have doubts, should such a surgery even be considered? Where do we draw the line on the...
Fish Eat Microplastics Like Humans Eat Fast Food
Standing outside a fast-food restaurant and watching an endless stream of people going in and out can be a confusing site to anyone who is conscientious about their health. Knowing what we know about how our diet impacts us, why would anyone choose to put toxic stuff in their body? Yet many people still choose to eat unhealthy food...
5 Reasons To Love The Great Horned Owl
An owl named Gigi is recovering at a wildlife rehabilitation center in Mississippi. When the owl, which arrived at Wild at Heart Rescue in May after suffering severe head trauma, recognized her rescuer, she gave him a big hug. She and the rescue’s president, Doug Pojeky, have truly bonded and he was there to see how she was recuperating....
Pop Idols Are Endorsing Far Too Much Junk Food
Let's be honest, pop stars are often viewed as almost untouchable human beings. Justin Bieber has the ability to make young girls cry, simply by busting a move. This rather odd obsession is a discussion for another day, but most certainly ties into a much greater issue. Growing up, my sister and I had subscriptions to the popular teeny bopper...
Boost Your Mood And 3 Other Reasons To Enjoy Blackstrap Molasses
A long-time staple of southern cuisine, molasses is becoming better known as a superfood because of its soothing comfort, healing qualities and nutritious value. Produced by boiling sugar cane juice, it becomes a dark, thick elixir after a third boil — most Americans know this as blackstrap molasses. This deep-colored and delicious sweetener is lower on the glycemic index than...
Move Over Zika: A Superbug Hits Brazilian Beaches
Masses of athletes and millions of spectators are heading to Brazil for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games starting on Aug. 5. As Brazil scrambles to gain control of a mosquito-borne Zika virus outbreak, now they have to contend with a new superbug lurking in Rio’s waters.  Infested beaches and waterways Just under two months from the opening of the 2016 Rio Olympic...
