bellaSavio Northern Neck’s Biggest Losers
This is an open group for people who care about wellness and weight management and you are encouraged to join and share your experiences.  Invite your friends to join you in this community.  If you live in the Northern Neck of Virginia, that's great but you don't have to live here to be part of the group.  Welcome.

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http://community.bellasavio.com/NorthernNecksBL/14402 Daily diet soda tied to higher risk for stroke, heart attack tweetmeme_source

Daily diet soda tied to higher risk for stroke, heart attack

by Vicki Tambellini on 02/10/2011 08:42 AM   0 comments , 66 views
Categories: Food Choices, For the Home, Research Reports/Surveys, Articles, Text Documents, Links
Custom Topics: study, diet soda, stroke, higher risk, heart attack, 61% higher risk, american stroke association's international stroke, hannah gardener, university of miami miller school of medicine
Just as you were starting to feel virtuous for having switched from sugary sodas to low- or no-calorie substitutes, a new study comes along suggesting that diet sodas might be bad for your head and your heart.
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http://community.bellasavio.com/NorthernNecksBL/14306 Energy Healing Course tweetmeme_source

Energy Healing Course

by Vicki Tambellini on 03/30/2009 12:04 PM   0 comments , 179 views
Categories: Energy Therapists, Energy Therapy, Intuition, Global, News/Press Releases, Links, Blog
Custom Topics: carolyn cooper, calyco, energy healing basics
bellaSavio likes the work Carolyn provides and would like to share this information with anyone who is interested in energy healing. We think this would be a good opportunity for those of you who are interested to learn more. ...
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http://community.bellasavio.com/NorthernNecksBL/14288 FDA Uncovers Additional Tainted Weight Loss Products tweetmeme_source

FDA Uncovers Additional Tainted Weight Loss Products

by Dave Tambellini on 03/20/2009 09:30 PM   0 comments , 144 views
Categories: Family Health, Obesity and Prescription Medications, Weight Loss Medications, Global, obesityhelp, News/Press Releases, Articles, Text Documents, Links, Blog
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expanding, for the second time, its nationwide alert to consumers about tainted weight loss products containing undeclared, active pharmaceutical ingredients....
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http://community.bellasavio.com/NorthernNecksBL/14282 Virginia State Parks launches a new program, WOMEN'S WELLNESS WEEKENDS tweetmeme_source

Virginia State Parks launches a new program, WOMEN'S WELLNESS WEEKENDS

by Vicki Tambellini on 03/19/2009 02:02 PM   0 comments , 179 views
Categories: Exercise, United States, News/Press Releases, Links, Blog
Custom Topics: womens wellness, womans wellness, wellness getaway
Virginia State Parks has recently launched an exciting new program, Women's Wellness Weekends. 
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http://community.bellasavio.com/NorthernNecksBL/14271 Diet Choices.com: Comprehensive List of Diets tweetmeme_source

Diet Choices.com: Comprehensive List of Diets

by Vicki Tambellini on 03/12/2009 06:00 AM   0 comments , 135 views
Categories: Self-help, Global, Social / Community Sites, Directories, Links, Blog
Custom Topics: diet reviews, dietchoices.com
Diet Reviews, overviews of programs, celebrity lists and more are available on the Diet Choices website.  The site also includes reviews of diets from both the authors of the site as well as individuals who have tried the different programs.
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http://community.bellasavio.com/NorthernNecksBL/14258 Eating Well on a Downsized Food Budget tweetmeme_source

Eating Well on a Downsized Food Budget

by Cathleen Molloy on 03/04/2009 01:39 PM   0 comments , 145 views
Categories: Grocery and Shopping Tips, Fiber, Fats, Proteins, Carbohydrates, Articles, Blog
Custom Topics: food budget, the great depression, empty calories, nutrient-rich, affordable, potatoes, cabbage

Now may be a good time to bring back the basics — the nutritious and affordable foods that have been all but forgotten by many affluent families since the Great Depression.
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http://community.bellasavio.com/NorthernNecksBL/14255 Fewer Calories Equal Less Weight, Regardless of Carb, Fat, or Protein Content tweetmeme_source

Fewer Calories Equal Less Weight, Regardless of Carb, Fat, or Protein Content

by Cathleen Molloy on 03/04/2009 12:37 PM   0 comments , 164 views
Categories: Fats, Proteins, Carbohydrates, Articles, Blog
Custom Topics: exercise, weight loss, fat, carbohydrates, protein, diet, satiety, hunger, counseling, dr. frank sacks

February 26, 2009 (Boston, Massachusetts) — It may be one of the most commonsense observations ever to be validated in a diet study: people lose weight if they eat fewer calories, regardless of where those calories come from [1]. That's the upshot of a two-year study by Dr Frank Sacks (Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA) and colleagues, published in the February 26, 2009 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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http://community.bellasavio.com/NorthernNecksBL/14248 Mood and Food: Research Findings tweetmeme_source

Mood and Food: Research Findings

by Cathleen Molloy on 03/02/2009 07:48 PM   0 comments , 148 views
Categories: Articles, Blog
Custom Topics: food, medications, depression, appetite, cravings, eating disorders, mood, anxiety, binge eaters, substance abuse

Research on food, mood, substance abuse, and cravings still is fairly new. This article looks at some of the findings concerning what is going on in the mind and body. Keep in mind, many of these studies are not conclusively established, because they are lacking strong support, but more work is underway.  
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http://community.bellasavio.com/NorthernNecksBL/14245 VITAMINS AND MINERALS GUIDE tweetmeme_source

VITAMINS AND MINERALS GUIDE

by Cathleen Molloy on 03/02/2009 07:38 PM   0 comments , 137 views
Categories: Vitamins/Minerals, Articles, Blog
Custom Topics: vitamins, minerals, toxicity, adult daily requirements, deficiency
This is a guide for adult daily requirements, deficiency symptoms, and toxicity symptoms.
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http://community.bellasavio.com/NorthernNecksBL/14242 Vitamins: Reading the Labels tweetmeme_source

Vitamins: Reading the Labels

by Cathleen Molloy on 03/02/2009 07:23 PM   0 comments , 142 views
Categories: Vitamins/Minerals
Custom Topics: vitamins, minerals

Walking down a vitamin aisle and looking at all of the bottles seems like foreign territory to most people. With so many varieties and forms of vitamins and supplements, it is hard to figure out what to purchase. This guide, based on the National Academy of Science, will help to take some of the guesswork out of what to look for. It includes the highest level of adult recommendations, but does not take into account variations because of age, g...

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