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Best Frozen Food To Loose Weight

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Every weight loss journey is different, and there are a thousand foods (yes, even frozen ones!) that can make great choices when you’re trying to shed pounds. But as a nutritionist, if I had to choose just one item to stock the freezer with, I’d go with frozen shelled edamame.\

Sarah Garone, NDTR 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/the-1-best-frozen-food-for-weight-loss-says-nutritionist/ar-AAS8Et7?ocid=msnews

Crockpot/Slow Cooker Don’t Do’s

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Distribute your layers carefully: The bottom of the crock pot is the hottest part, so things that take a long time to cook (like carrots and parsnip) should always form the base. Another way to ensure that everything cooks evenly is to cut ingredients in even sizes. 

Stephanie Holmes –

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Word of the Week

diasporic

[ dahy-uhspawr-ik, ‐spor-ik ] 

adjective

of, being, or relating to any group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland, either involuntarily or by migration.

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WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF DIASPORIC?

Diasporic “of or relating to any group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland” is formed from the Ancient Greek noun diasporá “scattering, dispersion,” from the preposition diá “through, across” and the noun sporá “sowing, seed,” the latter from the verb speírein “to sow.” This verb comes from the Proto-Indo-European root sper- “to strew,” which is also the source of English spreadspritz, and sprout as well as Ancient Greek spérma “seed” (compare sperm) and sporás “strewn, scattered” (compare sporadic). Another possible cognate of diasporic is Latin spargere “to scatter,” the source of words such as aspersiondisperse, and sparseDiasporic was first recorded in English in the early 1800s.

HOW IS DIASPORIC USED?

During the early days of Cahokia, around 1050, emissaries from the city traveled north to sites in what is now Wisconsin, spurring the local creation of platform mounds and sculpted landscapes similar to those in the Cahokian heartland .… In each place where Cahokians remade themselves, they contended with local communities, as well as their individual memories of their homeland. Cahokian migrants made houses that mimicked those at home; they built according to celestial alignments from home; and in diasporic settings, they made iconographic designs honoring mythic heroes from their homeland.JAYUR MEHTA, “CAHOKIAN CULTURE SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN NORTH AMERICA 1,000 YEARS AGO IN AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF DIASPORA,” CONVERSATION, OCTOBER 30, 2020

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“If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn’t matter if it’s an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down.”

― Jack Canfield

Ab Exercise That Won’t Hurt Your Neck Or Back

The standing banded knee crunch works the abs in a similar way to a situp or crunch without hurting or bothering your back. Because you’re standing up, you have more control over your movements and comfort level throughout.

Stephanie Mansour –
This ab exercise is similar to a crunch — minus the neck and back pain
This ab exercise is similar to a crunch — minus the neck and back pain
This ab exercise is similar to a crunch — minus the neck and back pain

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How Long Is Too Long To Leave Your Cat Alone?

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The good news is that the average full-grown feline will be fine when left alone for a workday, which means that, in most cases, you needn’t spring for a pet sitter on the regular. Yep, you’ve probably noticed that your cat loves to sleep—up to 18 hours a day, in fact—so you don’t need to feel guilty about putting a day in at the office while your kitty languishes on the couch. Working the nightshift? Again, no big deal. Your particular schedule doesn’t make much of a difference as far as your cat’s alone time is concerned. 

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