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How Many Calories Do You Burn a Day Breast Feeding?

Breast feeding is hard work for your body and, as such, you burn extra calories while doing it. Many women depend upon this extra calorie burn as a way to jump-start their baby weight loss. To ensure that you can produce enough milk for your infant, you must also feed your body right to ensure that you have the extra calories to spare.

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My Vegan Journey Revealed

With all the talk about Oprah and her staffs 28-day vegan challenge, I thought it would be good to give some insight into my vegan journey, which began 6 years ago. I am the founder and creator of the raw, vegan, gluten-free snack food brand Hail Merry. I have passed through the worlds of being an omnivore, pescatarian, vegetarian, vegan, and high raw foodist and now I proudly consider myself a flexitarian”. Where I …

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Birth Control Pills & Increased Sex Drive

Birth control pills come with a range of side effects, both good and bad. Whether you’re on the pill to prevent pregnancy or to manage your periods, you may find that your libido changes when you start hormonal birth control or change pills. Many women experience a lower sex drive on the pill, but an increase in libido is also possible.

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Over-the-Counter Allergy Help

Just because you suffer from allergies doesn’t mean that you have to accept seasonal periods of discomfort. Finding relief from your allergy symptoms doesn’t even require a doctor’s visit. Instead of heading to your M.D. every time your allergies kick up, select from an assortment of over-the-counter allergy relief options to ease your symptoms and make your seasonal allergies a bit easier to bear.