Moderation on Shine

Lady at the Jewelry Store

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Dainty

There was once a guy who suffered from cancer... a cancer that can't be treated. He was in his 30’s and he could die anytime. All his life, he was stuck in his house being taken cared by his mother. He never went outside but he…

Drink Your Way Smart

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By Kristen Fischer Here’s something to raise your glass to: People aged 60 and over who drink alcohol may lower their Alzheimer’s disease risk according to the "American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry." The study says that oldsters who consume moderate amounts of alcohol may lower…

A REAL HEART

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Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, and is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind, suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the footsteps of the ox. Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act…

ALONE

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Compassion literally means to feel with, to suffer with. Everyone is capable of compassion, and yet everyone tends to avoid it because it's uncomfortable. And the avoidance produces psychic numbing -- resistance to experiencing our pain for the world and other beings.

It had been raining for…

MOTHER AND SON

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She looked at the photograph of her son. He would always be seven years old, tow haired and missing two front teeth. Grasping the framed photo tighter in her quivering hands, so tight that the corners of the brass colored left impressions in her flesh, she looked at the American flag covered…

There was a Man Who Wanted To Achieve Everything in Life

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Once upon a time, there lived a man who wanted to achieve everything he was capable of achieving. He was obsessed with this desire. He ate, slept, and walked with one and only dream: to die, having accomplished every single thing he was able to accomplish.

There were so many things he could…

Eating on the Run? What You Need To Know About Fast Food

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By Jeanie Casison

Paying a Price for Convenience

With the busy lifestyle of most people, it's hard to find time to focus on nutrition. But if you frequently find yourself…

Should We Be Eating Way Less?

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Last week, two interesting studies were published: Our rate of obesity continues to climb and now 25% of adults in 31 states are clinically obese; some states classify almost a third of their population as obese. Add that population to the one that is termed overweight and we are talking about more…

Gimme Sugar: My kid loves junk food, and I'm not ashamed.

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By Nan Mooney.

Last month, I took my fifteen-month-old son Leo to his friend Elliot’s first birthday party. It was a mostly adult gathering and as we sat around the table the mother of a seven-month old offered him a taste of ice cream from her spoon.

"I’m only giving him a…