Inside this issue:

• An exclusive offer from Yuk Yuk's
• Michelle Bowers - She Moves...Us!
• Is your craving for sweets ruining your diet?
• Exercise cuts eye disease risk

Michelle Bowers - She Moves...Us!
Michelle Bowers is smiling as she walks through the frosted-glass double doors of Nubody’s in Scotia Square. Bowers is bouncy-stepped and blond-pony-tailed, the deep navy of her Nubody’s staff polo shirt reflecting her warm blue eyes. She strides confidently past the front desk. She feels at home in the downtown Halifax fitness center. She smiles and greets the staff pleasantly- they know her well from her three-times weekly cleaning shifts...
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Is your craving for sweets ruining your diet?
Is your sweet tooth killing your progress? Having difficulty losing those last five pounds because of cheesecake? Some of us don’t just like sweets – we crave them! For some, having something sweet is a necessity. Every special occasion or holiday becomes an excuse to eat something ‘bad’. Every weekend becomes associated with your favorite chocolate bar. While it is fine to occasionally indulge, sometimes a sweet tooth can undermine your progress.
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Exercise "cuts eye disease risk'
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin followed almost 4.000 men and women over 15 years carrying out eye tests and recording levels of exercise.
After taking into account other risk factors such as weight, blood fat levels and age, active participants where 70% less likely to develop age-related macular degeneration (AMD) than those who did little exercise. Barbara McLaughlan, eye health consultant for the Royal National Institute of the Blind, said the research appeard to confrim that the benefits of a healthy lifestyle extended to the eyes.

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