Whether you like it or not, it’s still summer which means you’re still rocking your bathing suit and wearing some skimpy clothes. You are, right? Well, you should be anyway. Unfortunately, summer can also spell water retention, which means feeling bloated, and that’s awful no matter what type of clothing you’re wearing. Often, feeling bloated […]
We all miss the motherland from time to time. From the food to the music to the air we breathe there, when we’re back ‘home’ something familiar and quintessential just locks into our soul. Lucky for us, there are plenty of novels written by Latin American authors, set in Latin American countries to take you […]
Admit it: you’re obsessed with all Paulo Coelho books. Best-selling Brazilian author Paulo Coelho’s latest novel Adultery hits the market August 19 and we positively, absolutely cannot wait! The Paulo Coelho biography includes nabbing the 2009 Guinness World Record for Most Translated Author for his book The Alchemist and, according to Forbes, he was the […]
Most of us don’t need to be convinced about the benefits of drinking coffee. It used to be that coffee was seen as a bad habit and something that was possibly detrimental to our health. Now, it’s still true that a pot or more per day is a no-no, but recent research shows that coffee, […]
Since 3-parent fertilization is a relatively new procedure in the world of fertility treatments, we thought we’d give you the basics. Three-person in vitro fertilization involves combining eggs from two different women in order to replace mutated genes from the mother’s DNA that cause inherited genetic disorders. Then, the egg is fertilized by a man’s […]
We have a hard enough time keeping ourselves away from the sweets, let alone reining in our kids’ cravings for sugar. Despite the challenge of kids and sweets, we know it’s important to limit our own (and our kids’) sugar intake in order to reduce the risk of tooth decay, immune system impairment and obesity. […]
The Panama Canal was officially opened on August 15, 1914 to create a faster, cheaper way of shipping merchandise between the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. As a result, Panama gained independence from Colombia. Now, we’re in favor of independence and countries doing their own thing but the Panama Canal is a space with some darkness […]
Bullies are a sad reality for us all, but especially for our kids. It’s one of our responsibilities as a parent to give our children the tools they’ll need for dealing with bullies for the rest of their lives. In addition, we should all probably strive to prevent our own kids from bullying others, right? […]
From green smoothies to chia seeds, we are a culture of people moving away from super sizing and toward super foods. Figuring out how early we can include these nutrient-rich, healthful foods into our rapidly developing toddlers is on many parents’ minds. Alice Waters, with her Edible Schoolyard Project and fresh produce revolution, writes in […]