Kale is a rich source of chlorophyll.
Chlorophyll is the green pigment found in plants and algae that allows photosynthesis to occur, enabling plants to derive energy from light. But it's also a great natural defense against the effects of stress and great for boosting the immune system and cleansing the body’s “elimination systems”– the digestive track, the liver and the blood.
I ran past a hedge of lilacs this weekend. The wind was blowing just right so that their heady scent washed over me and the smell threw me solidly back to childhood.
Two lilac trees bloomed in the backyard of the house I grew up in and all spring I would smell them while practicing how many cartwheels I could do in a row. Read More...
How can you not love something that combines crafts, surprises, and kids? The Toy Society is a growing group of folk from all over the world who make a toy and leave it with a special note in a place where a child might find it.
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Mary Tedesco, personal trainer to Martha Stewart and Renew You 2010 presenter
We love giving our readers a heads up about speaking engagements, classes, and events centered around health, wellness, and strong female role models -- but so often, those events are only available to people in New York City, or they're prohibitively expense ... or both.
That's why we're excited to tell you about a new series of FREE virtual events, accessible everywhere by phone and computer, featuring 13 of the most inspirational healthy women we know (or would like to know). Read More...
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Recently, I got a note from someone who heard me talking about networking on my weekly radio show on Martha Stewart Living Radio.
Maybe some of you watch Mad Men, and remember the episode in the first season where Peggy goes to the gynecologist to get a prescription for the pill, and the creepily patronizing doctor lectures her and says he’ll stop prescribing it to her if she “abuses” it. Read More...
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