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We decided to follow up our venture into Facebook by launching our page on Twitter, where we'll post health, nutrition and fitness tips -- and also respond to your questions and comments in real time! With social media becoming THE main online activity, we thought tweeting would be a great way to engage our readers in a healthy conversation. Twitter allows members to send     Continue ...

• OBESITY & INCONTINENCE
• SMILE, SISTER!

ASPARAGUS & ALCOHOL

Thinking of enjoying a beer or two this St. Patrick's Day? Then celebrate the fact that March is peak asparagus month, as new research suggests the popular spring vegetable offers some protection against the liver damage associated with alcohol consumption.  

Exposure to alcohol can send liver toxicity markers     Continue ...

• COMBAT IRON
• SLIMMING CITRUS

EAT TO BEAT ECZEMA

If your little ones suffer from frequent skin rashes, then put them on the anti-itchy diet, with plenty of almonds, lentils, carrots, spinach and kale. That's the encouraging conclusion of a just-published study of how key nutrients impact children's skin health.

Korean researchers looked at the diets of 420 children between the ages of 4 to 6, and found that     Continue ...

SPINACH AND BLOOD ORANGE SALAD WITH SHRIMP

BOIL water in a large saucepan over medium high heat.

ADD the shrimp and cook 3 to 4 minutes, until they are pink and curled. Drain the shrimp. As soon as the shrimp are cool enough to handle, peel and devein them. Halve each shrimp lengthwise and set them aside.

ARRANGE ¼ of the spinach as a bed on each of 4 plates. Arrange ¼ of the blood orange slices on each bed of spinach. Arrange ¼ of the bell peppers on top of each salad. Arrange ¼ of the shrimp over the peppers.     Continue ...