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Regaining control over your health - eat vegetables

By Diane Dutchin The Afro News Vancouver

We live in a world where it is easier to blame others for either our screw ups, lack of achievements, discipline, success and if we’re unhappy with where we are we won’t need to look far to find someone to blame. The color of our skin, our upbringing, our parents, our boss, our partner, our government, struggles with our lack of weight gain or loss, and the list goes on. Read the full story

Nutrition/Discipline

By Diane Dutchin The Afro News Vancouver

First let me echo what most of you may be thinking when the word “investment” comes into play in any conversation. Investments have no guarantee attached to them! Well, not necessarily accurate…stay with me. Some investments will yield a rewarding return every time and it all comes down to our attitude prior to investing. We’ve all been impacted in some way by last years’ decline of the dollars we’ve invested – everyone took a hit small or large it was felt and it wasn’t pretty. Read the full story

By Diane Dutchin The Afro News Vancouver

We’ve all heard of the “no carbs diet” or have gotten on the train at some point for a quick ride to shed those unwanted pounds of fat. For some strange reason this rave, craze or however you’ll want to label it has stuck around with its fair share of good and bad news attached to it. It is easy to get caught up in the whirl wind and become confused about what should be welcomed into our bodies that would serve a good purpose. The information being given if not stated or shared correctly has the ability to have a negative affect on us. Therefore, it is up to us as individuals to take the initiative to do a little digging to unearth the types of carbs that can be put into the “friend” category and eliminate the ones that falls under the “foe” category.

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