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How can I improve plane travel?
Most people don’t have any problems when they fly, but it’s possible to make airplane travel safer and more comfortable. Here are some tips:
Carry enough of all of your medicines in your carry-on luggage. Ask your doctor whether you should change your dosages if your eating and sleeping times will change at your destination. Bring enough medicine to last your whole trip. Take extra medicine with you in case your return trip is delayed.
If you have diabetes or epilepsy, carry a notification and identification card (such as the “Diabetes Alert Card” from the American Diabetes Association). Have the name and phone number of your doctor with you in case of an emergency. Remember to bring along the names and dosages of all of your medicines.
What’s in cigarettes?
Cigarettes contain disgusting things that you would never think about putting in your body. For example, cigarettes contain tar, carbon monoxide and chemicals like DDT, arsenic and formaldehyde (a gas used to preserve dead animals).
The tobacco in cigarettes also contains nicotine–the drug that makes smoking addictive. All of these things are bad for your body. Nicotine raises your risk of heart attack and stroke. Tar and carbon monoxide cause serious breathing problems. And you know tobacco smoke causes cancer.
SAs our bodies grow, develop, strengthen, then age gracefully, our nutritional needs vary. But healthy 
food choices remain vital for good health throughout our entire lifetime. All that’s needed is some fine-tuning at different stages of life.
Babies and toddlers
Breastmilk is best for babies. It provides the optimal balance of nutrients for growth and development, along with antibodies to build immunity. Infant formula is available if parents are unable to breastfeed or choose not to.
uper Salads
The summer heat can suffocate even the most voracious appetite. Cultures around the world each have their creative methods for staying cool — spicy foods are the choice around the equator, while others drink hot tea to make their sweat glands work overtime.
But who wants to be sweaty when it’s already sticky outside? What we want are some healthy, refreshing foods — preferably snacks that satisfy those recommended daily allowances (RDA) for essential vitamins and minerals. So we talked to registered dietician Sharon Saka, of Suffern, New York, who says our best bet is to avoid hot foods and heavy meals, and take advantage of summer’s fruits and vegetables. Saka recommends eating smaller amounts more often, and says staying hydrated is essential — at least 6 to 8 cups of decaffeinated fluid a day — especially if you’re outside and exercising.
Maintaining a ‘keep fit’ lifestyle doesn’t have to mean slogging it out in a sweaty gym. Just boosting 
your levels of general daily activity will reap big rewards in improved health and energy.
There are all kinds of reasons why many of us find it hard to start exercising - our day-to-day lives require a lot less physical activity than in our grandparents’ or even parents’ day, most of us own cars and rely on them to get around, and more and more people spend hours sitting in front of computers at work.
Your weight
Expert advice to help you maintain a healthy weight
Dissatisfied with your weight?
We’re bombarded with scare stories about weight, from size zero to the obesity ‘epidemic’. But a healthy weight is determined by different factors for each of us. Our expert advice is designed to help you achieve and maintain a healthy, life-enhancing weight.
Your weight
Expert advice to help you maintain a healthy weight
Dissatisfied with your weight?
We’re bombarded with scare stories about weight, from size zero to the obesity ‘epidemic’. But a healthy weight is determined by different factors for each of us. Our expert advice is designed to help you achieve and maintain a healthy, life-enhancing weight.
Your Weight
Expert advice to help you maintain a healthy weight
Dissatisfied with your weight?
We’re bombarded with scare stories about weight, from size zero to the obesity ‘epidemic’. But a healthy weight is determined by different factors for each of us. Our expert advice is designed to help you achieve and maintain a healthy, life-enhancing weight.
Decorating Your First Apartment
Find tips from the net on putting together your first apartment. Get strategies for storage, decorating ideas, furniture sources, and more! Good info as well as some fun stuff!
If you need a quick and easy makeover for a room or need to freshen up drab furniture, you might want to consider slipcovers! A slipcover can really transform a dreary piece of tired furniture to look fresh and new. Many homeowners turn their noses up at slipcovers at first mention. But after getting an over-the-top bid on having a piece of furniture reupholstered, a slipcover becomes a very reasonable alternative.
In addition to being a budget-conscious way to freshen up a piece of upholstered furniture, a slipcover can hide unattractive upholstery, add a dash of color to a room, introduce a new style, or perform a seasonal makeover by adding a holiday mood to a room.With so many choices on the market, you can find slipcovers in colorful washable cotton, durable denim or faux suede, elegant velvet, snuggly chenille, faux leather, and many more.
Decorating Your First Apartment
Find tips from the net on putting together your first apartment. Get strategies for storage, decorating ideas, furniture sources, and more! Good info as well as some fun stuff!
Lots of people live in a small home, a small room, or just a small space. Some people live in a small apartment because that’s all they can afford, and they’re grateful for it.
Some people live in a small apartment or home because they’re tired of taking care of a larger place and want to “downsize.”
Others just don’t want a large home. Small is beautiful! And easy, and practical, too!