21 Homemade Baby Food Recipes

You don’t have to be a master in the kitchen to make your own baby food. While convenient, commercial baby foods lose vitamins and nutrients during processing and a lot of the “yumminess” that can make your baby excited to try new foods and combinations. These 21 simple recipes are fast, inexpensive, and, best of all, more nutritious than foods that have been sitting on a...

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Homemade Baby Food Purees

Baby's First Foods First bites are a big milestone in baby’s life. Here's a step-by-step guide to introducing solid foods. 1. Pick a single-grain infant cereal, such as rice, or a single-fruit or vegetable puree (see recipes in this slideshow), and prepare it. Cereals should be prepared with breast milk or formula. 2. Serve the same food to baby for at least four days,...

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Do You REALLY Know What's In That Baby Food Pouch?

I was stoked when my son started solids. It meant he was inching his way toward toddlerdom, plus it would give my boobs a little break. Overachiever that I am, I tackled DIY baby food with a fervor once reserved for sample sale shopping. I bought a ridiculously powerful food processor, found some recipes, loaded up on fruits, veggies, and quinoa, and started cooking—for exactly...

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Nutrition: Tips for Improving Your Health

Good nutrition is one of the keys to a healthy life. You can improve your health by keeping a balanced diet. You should eat foods that contain vitamins and minerals. This includes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, dairy, and a source of protein. Ask yourself the following questions. If you answer yes to any of them, talk to your doctor about your health. You may need to...

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This Is The Link Between Employee Motivation And Their Manager’s Mental State

To effectively lead and motivate employees, you don’t need charisma and a grand vision. Research from Michigan State University (MSU) found that being a successful boss was more about mind over matter...

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35 Quick-and-Easy Fat-Burning Recipes

From turkey burgers to banana smoothies, these simple calorie-burning recipes will help you lose weight fast.  quick-easy-recipes 1 of 35 Foods that fight fat Losing weight—and keeping the pounds off—isn't a quick or easy process, but a few simple diet tricks can be a big help along the way. Our favorites? Eating lots of protein, fiber, and healthy carbs, which...

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Healthy eating

It can also help lower your cholesterol levels and reduce your risk of some cancers. Even if you already have a heart condition, a healthy diet can benefit your heart. A balanced diet Everyone should aim for a well balanced diet. Faddy crash diets may not provide the balance of nutrients you need. The best way to understand it is to think of foods in food groups. Try...

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6 Tips To Help You Become A Better Employee And Start To Enjoy Your Job

It sounds obvious, but our jobs play a big part in our lives. From the moment we clock in at 9 and leave at the day's end, most of us spend 8 hours a day trying to do a good job. Without it we don't get paid - and with no money we can't live. As such we try to enjoy what we do, but unfortunately many people get that horrible feeling of dread on a Sunday night and count...

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10 Things to Do Today to Be a Better Manager

Listed below are ten things you can do to become a better manager. Pick one. Do it today. Pick another one for tomorrow. In two weeks you will be a better manager. Select the Best People As a manager, you are only as good as the people on your team. Give yourself a better chance to succeed by picking the best people from the start. Be a Motivator Human beings do things...

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5 Tips to Improve Your Career Development

Career management isn't just a nice-to, it's a must do if you expect to gain maximum success and happiness from the hours you invest in work. Face it, you are likely going to work 40 hours a week for your adult life. Why not make it the best 40 hours that you can create? Career management in which you plan and work to obtain new skills, capabilities, and experiences, is the...

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7 Ways to Save Your Health

Every time you've ever stressed over work issues, skipped out on needed exercise or simply pushed your vegetables to the side of the plate, your body has been busy remembering and making you pay for it ever since. Hypertension, adult-onset diabetes, cancer, heart disease and most other major diseases are more the result of how you have treated yourself in the past than genetics,...

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Helping Women with Cancer Feel Beautiful Inside and Out

At the age of 17, I came to Paris as a student ambassador and the first thing that I set out to buy was lingerie. After all, the “French look” starts with that first layer: sexy underwear. So, some 25 years later, when I happened upon the boutique l’Embellie and I saw the fab lingerie in the window, I thought, what a great name! l’Embellie translates to “make more beautiful”,...

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7 simple ways for a woman to feel beautiful

Beauty is a tricky subject. What one person considers beautiful, another may not. But there is one thing that no one can deny contributes to a woman's beauty, and that is when a woman feels beautiful. What does it take to feel beautiful? If you think it means piling on the makeup and squeezing into size 2 jeans, you're wrong. Feeling beautiful is different from looking beautiful....

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What Can a Manager Do When Employees Won't Get Along?

When two kindergarten kids get into a spat, teachers temporarily separate the children and know that if you give them a few minutes they'll probably get over it. When two junior high school girls get into a spat, the whole world can come to an end and they will still hate each other and set out to destroy each other. When two adults don't get along in the same office, we...

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