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Continued From 50 Diet Mistakes Even Smart Women Make Part 6

29. You don’t get enough fiber.
Skimping on fiber-rich foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes can lead to constipation and may increase your risk of colon cancer. “Women should get 25 to 35 grams daily,” says Heller. Incorporate fiber into your diet gradually to avoid gastrointestinal upset. For example, use a bean puree as a dip or sandwich spread and order brown rice instead of white.

30. You don’t eat fish.
You could be missing out on the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids, including protection against heart attacks and blood clots. These disease fighters are found in fatty cold-water fish like salmon, tuna and mackerel.

31. You’re afraid of fat.
A small amount is crucial for absorption of nutrients (including vitamins E, A, K) and for the proper functioning of the immune and neurological systems, says Shapiro. Plus, fat makes you feel satisfied and full. Your daily intake should be 30 percent of your calories.
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5. You’ve eaten the same breakfast and lunch for years.
Varying your diet is crucial to good health. If you don’t, you’re bound to get bored and associate healthy eating with not enjoying food. If you always make salads with iceberg and
tomatoes, substitute spinach. If you have a turkey sandwich every day, try a turkey burger.
Top pasta with brightly colored vegetables like eggplant, bell peppers or squash.

6. You always clean your plate.
Portions are almost always too large in restaurants. Read more of 50 Diet Mistakes Even Smart Women Make Part 2

Is this a great news? Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are reportedly selling the confirmation of her pregnancy to the media and plan to give the money to charity. She fueled rumors that she is pregnant after wearing a loose, flowing gown to the SAG Awards. Angelina Jolie was seen dressed in a loose and voluminous strapless sheath long dress, and had tongues wagging at the Screen Actors Guild Awards January 27 in Los Angeles.
“It was so obvious she was pregnant. You could clearly see the bump’s outline,” says a source.

Currently the couple have four children: Maddox, 6, Pax, 4, Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, 19 months.. Pitt previously commented, “we’re just getting started.” Jolie was asked how many kids she’d like to have in a previous interview, “…it fluctuates between seven and 13 or 14… Four is kind of kicking our ass, but we kind of feel like, damn it, we’re up for the challenge!”
“I think we’ll crap out somewhere between 7 and 9,” Pitt has said.
The couple has been at the center of rumors all week; that the actress is expecting twins, and that she and Pitt are planning to adopt a Hurricane Katrina orphan.

After the awards show, Jolie’s estranged father Jon Voight said the pregnancy news was “wonderful.” Read more of Pregnancy News to Sell

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• Avoid trans fats.
In the Harvard study, women with a high intake of trans fats had a 40 percent higher risk
for diabetes. Listed as partially hydrogenated oil on food labels, trans fats are found in stick margarine, snack foods and store-bought baked goods.

• Have a glass of wine.
The Harvard study also found that moderate alcohol intake-about one drink a daylowered the odds by 44 percent.
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The Weight Connection
In a recent Harvard study involving 85,000 women, 61 percent of the diabetes cases that developed during the 16-year study period could be attributed to excess weight. But you don’t have to be obese, according to scientists at Kaiser Permanent Center for Health Research Northwest in Portland, Oregon. “In our study, there were moderately and even mildly overweight people who got diabetes before age 45,” says lead researcher Teresa Hillier, M.D. “The risk of early on set diabetes rose by 6 percent for every five to eight pounds of excess weight,” she says.

Interpreting Your Test
Getting a blood-glucose test is practically painless. Read more of The Weight Connection - Diabetes

You’re young, you’re fit

Why should you worry about diabetes?
New evidence shows it’s on the rise.

Last year, Pat Wysocki got some startling news: She had diabetes. As part of her first physical exam in four years, her doctor had ordered a variety of blood tests. “When I called for the results, I thought there must be a mistake. I felt perfectly fine, and besides, I was too young to have diabetes,” says the writer from New York, who was 38 at the time. At five feet ten and 185 pounds, Pat was moderately overweight, but she exercised regularly and her diet was low in fat.
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Continued From Eat For A Better Body - Part 2

8. Bones
What you need: Boron
Important for calcium absorption, this mineral also seems to play an intergral role in enhancing the activity of estrogen in cells, which is important for the information of strong bones, says th USDA’s ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center in North Dakota.

What to eat:
One to 2 milligrams per day of fruits and vegetables that contain boron, including grapes, pears, apples, peas and broccoli. Other good sources include peanut and raisins.

9. Joints
What you need: Copper Read more of Eat For A Better Body - Part 3

Continued From What’s Your Yoga Style? - Kundalini

3. Bikram
Who it’s for:
Yoga students looking for an unusual and challenging way to improve flexibility.

Mind-body benefits:
Bikram is done in a room heated to about 100 degrees, which warms the muscles so that you can ease into the poses, explains Jonathan Burbank, owner of Bikram Yoga in Boston. The series of 26 poses, repeated several times and in the same order, are each held for 10 seconds to one minute.

Take home move:
Half moon. After taking a hot shower to warm your muscles, stand with feet together, arms extended overhead, palms and fingers together. Read more of What’s Your Yoga Style? - Bikram