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If you've tried eating the Mediterranean Diet, you know that you aren't hungry, and you get to eat a variety of foods. I was just researching "anti-inflammatory foods" for an article I'm writing, and I came upon the Mediterranean Diet quite a few times as a way of eating that can help promote overall health and reduce inflammation. Now with more research, I stumbled upon this new information . Even more good reasons for us to eat lots of fruits and veggies, lean meats, healthy fats, and all the good things that our body needs! Just say NO to processed foods full of additives and chemicals. Your body doesn't need or want those things. http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/health-headlines/mediterranean-style-diets-found-to-cut-heart-risks-1.1170512  - Mediterranean diet and heart health http://healthletter.mayoclinic.com/editorial/editorial.cfm/i/163/t/Buzzed%20on%20inflammation/ - Mayo Clinic http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/patientinstructions/00

If you are like me, you are concerned about working your legs and butt; and what are some of the greatest exercises for this area? Well, the deadlift is certainly one top exercise for your butt and legs. I've seen people doing this exercise in a variety of ways (not all correctly,  unfortunately), and here is a great link that differentiates the Romanian deadlift from the Stiff Legged Deadlift. This is a great exercise to shape your rear end, but if you have back problems, you should be very careful, and take it slow. Bodybuilding.com

I live in Vancouver, Canada, so the chicken that I buy in the grocery store may be different from yours. I'm concerned about being healthy and also buying protein sources that are coming from a reputable company. I don't want my family eating meat that was injected with hormones or antibiotics, and I also don't want to eat an animal that was stuffed in a small cage all of it's life. That's why it's so confusing when you read all of the different terms that are out there for your meat. For example, if a chicken is organic, it doesn't mean that it has access to the outdoors; just that it's fed organic feed and is held to certain organic standards (which vary depending on where you live). Here is an exerpt from " From Farm to Table " which really explains it all: Free Run Free run is different than free range in that chickens do not necessarily need to be raised outside but they are required to be able to move around freely within the b