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Broccoli Soup Recipe from BBC Good Food

April 9, 2013 at 7:15 am , by Poised-A:)

I’ll give you a teaser, but go to BBC Good Food for the whole recipe. Teaser: Yummy broccoli soup, fresh, tender with blue cheese Image: Cropped image from the original, which was purchased from ShutterStock Images, original Copyright: Lisovskaya Natalia

Eat Broccoli this season!

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April 2, 2013 at 9:53 am , by Poised-A:)

I found an amazing new web site, which I just had to share: Eat the Seasons! After this share of love and information, I shall announce the vegetable of the month: Broccoli! Image Copyright: Lisovskaya Natalia - image purchased from ShutterStock

Let’s get the message across

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March 31, 2013 at 6:58 am , by Poised-A:)

After so much feature on chocolate during last week – thanks to Easter and Holiday Spirit :) – here is the best way to recap why spinach is good for us ;) Do I need to say more? Image: is in the public domain because it was published in the United States

Very good nutrition tips from Mohamed Tohami

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March 11, 2013 at 7:42 am , by Poised-A:)

The following article is something I stumbled upon on Stumble Upon. A very nice read. Very good tips. Recommended… 100 Simple Nutrition Tips on Midway Simplicity Featured image is my own.

Great idea for Christmas gifts with poise elements

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December 3, 2012 at 10:34 am , by Poised-A:)

I’ve stumbled upon this very nice article about Christmas Stocking Fillers: Useful spa elements! Click here for detailed ideas from Handmade DIY Eco-Friendly Soy Wax Candles to the Candy Cane Sugar Scrub Recipe -all prepared by you and your dear hands for your dear ones. Image © racamani – Fotolia.com, purchased from Fotolia.com Make

Dangers of the Sauna: an article to revert back to every now and then

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October 3, 2012 at 9:47 am , by Poised-A:)

Dangers of the Sauna, for all types of it, are quite few and quite straight forward if you are a normally healthy and unmedicated person. In other words, there is not really any major and known hazardous consequence for using a Sauna (once again if you are normally healthy). There

Is natural always organic?

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August 15, 2012 at 9:22 am , by Poised-A:)

Consumers are undoubtedly leaning more and more towards organic produce. A recent article on Statesman by Brian Gaar (3 August 2012), pins down the success of Whole Foods, the Austin based forerunner in natural and healthy grocery shopping. Gaar also comments on the growing organic produce market in the US, which

Glimmering white teeth

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July 20, 2012 at 8:47 am , by Poised-A:)

…are best obtained genetically, achieved via an aesthetic and dental surgery or require some mild effort from you… I have come upon this list of what to do and not to do for white teeth online. I will not reiterate the whole list here. You may access it on Esther’s

“The beach body myth” by Kathleen Baird-Murray on FT.com

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July 12, 2012 at 10:25 am , by Poised-A:)

Very interesting article, pinning down some of the best disappointing experiences I have also had in the world of beauty and aesthetics… Saying many of the things I wish I had not only put down into words, but also encrypted into the depths of my mind… I bow gratefully to

News on a new book related to sports and poise

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May 31, 2012 at 7:30 am , by Poised-A:)

Yes! My second book has been published. It is an academic writing that mixes some large amounts of quantitative and qualitative survey data with personal narrations, analogue, dialogues and prose. It is about the change of scene in the fitness world in Istanbul during the last decade; and how this