Cancer fighting lycopene foods: Tomato recipes, breakfast recipes with tomatoes

 Are you a tomato addict? Could you eat tomatoes for breakfast, snacks, appetizers, lunch and supper? That's great because tomatoes are rich in vitamin C and lycopene (which is great for prostate health and sexual prowess.) And, in the news, you can kick cancer butt with lycopene foods. Along with cancer fighting lycopene, tomatoes have few calories, no fat and are satisfying. Here are the 10 best tomato recipes, tomato appetizers and healthy vegetarian breakfast recipes with tomatoes. These cancer fighting tomato recipes help with weight loss, too. Cancer fighting lycopene foods: Tomato recipes, breakfast recipes with tomatoes

Lenten fasting: Temptation hits what you give up for Lent, sacrifice should hurt | Examiner.com

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Catholic and Orthodox Christians enter the penitential season of Lent on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. After the Mardi Gras blow out a Catholic will give up for Lent, things that distract her from focusing on God. Sometimes what you give up for Lent are addictions or bad habits. Other times they are just luxuries. Either way, know that temptation hits whatever you give up for Lent. Plan on being sorely tempted by the very thing you give up for Lent, even if it's not something you normally crave that much. And know that temptation is exactly what you should be feeling because sacrifice should hurt. Lenten fasting imitates (in poor simple human way) the sufferings and temptation Jesus endured in the desert.   Lenten fasting: Temptation hits what you give up for Lent, sacrifice should hurt | Examiner.com

Valentine's Day gifts, skip the candy for heart-smart, weight watcher presents

 Advertisers would have us believe that candy is the best Valentines Day present. But one third of Americans weigh in at obese. Associated lifestyle conditions--heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol)--are endemic. Maybe its time for a healthy Valentine gift-giving upgrade. This year, skip the valentine candy for heart-smarter, weight-watcher presents. Valentine's Day gifts, skip the candy for heart-smart, weight watcher presents | Examiner.com

Super Bowl recipes: Vegetarian diet food swaps for football halftime appetizers | Examiner.com

Super Bowl party hosts, did you know you don't have to serve carnivorous food only. Nowhere in the Super Bowl Sunday code does it say "thou shalt have cold cuts and wings." Here's a vegetarian Super Bowl recipes and diet food swaps for football halftime appetizers.  Serve a Super Bowl of Salad for the ultimate vegetarian halftime appetizers A lot of mindless snacking goes on during football games--might as well get some veggie goodness in. Plus, diet food swaps are good for football fans who are packing on weigh in the end zone. Set it up stadium snacks style. Put salad greens in a rectangular cake pan (for football field). Mix baby spinach, spring mix and chopped romaine lettuce. Throw in shredded purple cabbage and shredded carrots. Here are great weight loss recipes and winter holiday fat busters! Read on Super Bowl recipes: Vegetarian diet food swaps for football halftime appetizers | Examiner.com

Free printable Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens, Kylo Ren coloring pages

 The Star Wars saga might be the most popular movie series in history. The new 2015 Star Wars Episode VII "The Force Awakens" toppled box office records when it opened. The Force Awakens which came out almost 40 years after the first Star Wars IV A New Hope, continues in off-the-charts popularity! So all this is academic for little kids--their biggest question isn't how much Star Wars grossed. They want to know when will the new Star Wars VII coloring pages be out? And the answer is--now! Here are free printable Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens coloring pages!  Free printable Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens, Kylo Ren coloring pages | Examiner.com

Lenten Kitchen: Meatless grill recipes, vegetarian fish recipes for Lent | Examiner.com

Labor Day is the last day for grill recipes and "grill" means meat, meat and more meat, right? Wrong and wrong. Here are meatless grill recipes using your broiler. Use these vegetarian fish recipes for Lent. The Catholic Church observes a Lenten fast in the dead winter to follow Jesus to the cross and Easter. For 40 days, Catholic families eat simpler. For some, a Lenten fast means avoiding meat, dairy and sweets. And it also means a LOT of hungry people if you have a big family. So proactive Catholic moms develop an arsenal of meatless, vegetarian Lenten Kitchen recipes. Vegetarian is how most of the world eats, so these meatless grill recipes for Lent a Catholic in solidarity with the poor.  Lenten Kitchen: Meatless grill recipes, vegetarian fish recipes for Lent | Examiner.com

School fitness workouts for kids: Yoga stretches, breathing exercises in phys ed

Schools often put the cart before the horse trying to educate a child's mind while ignoring bodily needs. Tired, hungry, uncomfortable children don't learn well. Here are school fitness workouts for kids to improve mental functioning. Use yoga stretches and breathing exercises for classroom phys ed. Yoga makes perfect winter school fitness workouts for kids because they can do yoga in the classroom--no need to go to the gym or outdoors. Yoga stretches and breathing exercises foster learning. And lest any parent object to the use of yoga in schools, for religious reasons or otherwise, this isn't meditative yoga, it's just basic asanas or postures. Call it Brain Gym or just phys ed if that makes parents feel better.  School fitness workouts for kids: Yoga stretches, breathing exercises in phys ed | Examiner.com

Parents teach children planning, organization, problem-solving, decision-making skills by getting a grip on their own life chaos!

 Most long-time parents would (should) admit they've made a lot of mistakes over the years. One of my biggest parenting regrets is that I didn't always think through the consequences of certain choices. I don't expect to be able to predict the future, but I wish I'd been less impetuous. To that end, I'm rethinking ways to mindfully parent children so the next generation learns healthier decision-making skills than I have sometimes shown. Perhaps you parents struggle with rashness, too? Well, we'll learn together--here are tips to teach children interpersonal problem-solving, mental organization and decision-making are tips to do that.  Teach children planning, organization, problem-solving, decision-making skills | Examiner.com

Ketogenic diet helps cognition, obesity: Good fat, high protein, low-carb diet

Does is ever seem that there's always a new "big thing" in diets? Foods take turns coming fire--fats, sugar, meat, carbs--then later it switches and you hear another food is the problem. This revolving door is part of why obesity is at 38%. Folks have given up trying to find a diet that works. But there might finally be a definitive answer--a ketogenic diet is THE diet it seems. Everywhere you look, some celeb has lost weight on a ketogenic diet. The University of Alabama at Birmingham reported Dec. 18, that the ketogenic diet has been shown to treat cognition problems, particularly in elderly HIV patients. The ketogenic diet could also fix schizophrenia. Low-carb, high protein diets have proved superior to other weight loss programs in treating obesity, as well.   Ketogenic diet helps cognition, obesity: Good fat, high protein, low-carb diet | Examiner.com

Transgender dad Stefonknee Wolscht left wife, 7 kids to be a 6-year-old girl

 As Malay Mail Online discussed transgender rights on Dec. 14, one Toronto man is living his liberties in a very divergent pursuit of happiness. Canadian transgender dad Stefonknee Wolscht left his wife and 7 kids to be a 6-year-old girl. Stefonknee (pronounced "Stephanie") is 46 and was married for 23 years when he realized he was a she and a 6-year-old girl at that. Stefonknee Wolscht is transgender but also transage. Instead of transitioning to adult female, Wolscht says she just isn't ready to be a grownup right now. Wolschtt says she can't deny she was married nor that she has children. But she's moved forward from all that away from her former life. Moving forward meant going back and regressing to the life of a 6-year-old girl, however.  Transgender dad Stefonknee Wolscht left wife, 7 kids to be a 6-year-old girl | Examiner.com