Lifestyle
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33 Holiday Slow Cooker Recipes to Feed a Crowd
The holidays are busy for everyone. If you’re having guests over, one way to save time and effort is to utilize your slow cooker as much as possible. Most crock pot recipes are make-ahead, or can be kept hot and…
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Free Holiday Shipping: How Much You Have to Spend at Your Favorite Stores
No one likes to pay for shipping, and this holiday season, you won’t have to pay at many of the most popular retailers. Some are offering free shipping on all orders, no matter how much you spend, while others have…
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23 Household Names Who Were Nobodies 10 Years Ago
It only takes a moment to become famous, but most stars dubbed “overnight sensations” have been working for years to get to their breakthrough — people just hadn’t heard of them before they hit the big time. The last decade…
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You’ll Never Believe How Many Calories Are in These Popular Holiday Dishes
It’s no secret holiday meals are loaded with calories, not to mention sodium and excessive amounts of fat. The typical holiday dinner may have as much as 4,500 calories, so of course we all grow a few pounds between Thanksgiving…
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21 Healthy Meal Hacks for the Holidays
For many, the holidays are the best time of year. The parties, the presents, the festive family gatherings — there’s so much to love. But for better or worse, all of those parties and family gatherings are laden with delicious…
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25 Walmart Holiday Gift Bargains
It’s not too early to start tackling that gift list. Walmart — along with warehouse-club rival Costco — remains one of the best places to do it on the cheap, especially as Walmart wages an ongoing price war with Amazon…
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10 Tips for Finding Pet Care Before You Go on Vacation
Bringing the family pet on vacation may seem appealing, but it can inflate costs dramatically. Airlines and other transit providers charge up to $200 one way for traveling with all…
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16 Veterans Who Are Making a Difference
It might be hard to expect veterans to “give back” after serving their country in the United States’ armed forces, but so many of them do just that. Veterans from…
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I Took Probiotics and My Digestive Health Worsened
I know all the things I’m supposed to be doing for my health. I could spend my entire waking life doing them if I chose. Do some light yoga in…
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Tips and Hacks to Eat Low-Carb at Any Restaurant
It has never been easier to dine out with a restrictive diet. Especially with the most popular these days — going gluten-free or keeping to a keto (low-carbohydrate, high-fat plan)…
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I Grew Up in a Religion That Bans Alcohol and Now I Write About Wine for a Living
“Let’s promise,” 6-year-old me solemnly proposed to my father, “that we’ll never use coffee, tea, tobacco, alcohol, or drugs. Let’s pinky swear.” Most fathers wouldn’t make such a sweeping promise,…
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Frightfully Fun Halloween Parades and Parties
Sooner or later we all age out of trick-or-treating, but no one is too old to enjoy Halloween. While children gorge themselves on free candy and enjoy pumpkin patches and corn…
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15 Ways to Stop Being So Sedentary at the Office
With each passing decade, fewer and fewer Americans have physically active jobs. Sedentary jobs have increased by more than 80% since 1950, according to the American Heart Association. “It’s important…
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The Best Neighborhoods for Halloween Fun Across America
Yikes! It seems as if the Halloween season snuck up on us, so you better get out the masks and costumes, stock up on candy, and get ready for some…
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Popular Chocolate Halloween Candies Ranked from Worst to Best
For most kids (and parents), Halloween means candy, and retail projections suggest that collectively we’ll be spending $2.6 billion on the sweet stuff this season. Candy corn may be the…
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14 Cheap Ways to Hack Your Life for Happiness
What makes someone happy? The World Happiness Report shows that Finland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, and the Netherlands may have it figured out — they score highest on a “happiness scale” out…
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9 Signs You Might Have Chronic Inflammation — and What to Do About It
Inflammation is an immune response of the body trying to heal itself. But if the inflammation stems from a problem that is not treated, chronic inflammation can set in, which…
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19 Companies To Help Seniors Downsize and Relocate
Downsizing and relocating can be a difficult task at any age. But it can be even more daunting for senior citizens who have a lifetime of accumulations to sort through…
