Think Pink Live Green Column

Moisturizers: Hope or Harm in a Jar?

When I flip through magazines, I often find myself getting sucked into the swirl of skin care ads. The promises are hard to ignore: with just a few pats of a cream or serum, I can look younger, with firmer, softer skin protected against the signs of aging. Any and all perceived flaws seem to magically disappear, sometimes instantly. It’s no wonder that moisturizers and…

When It Comes to Exercise, Just Do It

First, let’s get the excuses out of the way. When it came to exercise, I had these plus a few more readily available, especially at busy times of year (like right now!):

• I’m too tired.
• I’m too old.
• My knees hurt.
• I don’t have time.
• I don’t have the right clothes.
• It’s too cold/wet/hot/humid outside.
• I don’t know how.
• It’s boring
• I don’t like

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Adjusting to the New Alcohol Research: How I Do It

In my column Alcohol and Cancer: You Can’t Drink to Your Health, we talked about the recent research that reaffirms the alcohol and breast cancer link — but also makes safe alcohol limits even lower than previously thought. Our column sparked a very good question from a community member:

Ktn says:

This is a hard one for me because I really enjoy a glass…

Giving Thanks for Family Dinner

For years, dinner time at my house was a recipe for chaos. With a busy husband and three active kids, I never knew who was coming or going. On any given night, sports, friends, school activities, and other commitments kept us on the run. It wasn’t a rare occasion to have one kid running out the door with an energy bar while another was coming…

Alcohol and Cancer: You Can’t Drink to Your Health

A column by Melinda Beck in the November 1, 2011 Wall Street Journal gets right to the point: Regular drinking, even just two drinks a day, raises the risk of many types of cancer, including breast cancer.

The statistics she cites are sobering:

• Men who drink three or more drinks a day have a 41% higher risk of dying of cancer.
• Women who drink

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Salmon and Tuna: How to Make the Healthiest Choices of These Popular Fish

If you’ve ever tried to make the healthiest choice at the fish counter without breaking the bank, you know it’s tough. Retailers have to tell you whether fish is wild or farmed, and domestic or imported. But what about the type of fish? Fresh? Frozen? Canned? Here are some tips to help you make the healthiest selections.

Wild versus farmed: Most of us want to…

Getting to a Healthy Weight, One Good Choice at a Time

Like most women, weight has always been a sensitive topic for me. My mother says I was a greedy breastfeeder. As a toddler I’d lick my plate and ask for seconds. Adolescence brought on more cravings and less willpower, and adulthood hasn’t been any easier.

I love to eat much too much, and, darn it, eating too much means weighing too much. Weight loss has…