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Nutritious, low-calorie berries may be the perfect holiday snack

Merry Berries

Add richness and health to your holidays by eating beautiful, jewel-toned fruits such as cranberries, blueberries and strawberries.

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Six simple steps to prepare for injury-free snow shoveling

Wielding the white stuff

Rolling out of bed and peering out the window to discover a winter wonderland can seem magical -- unless you're the one doing the shoveling.

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Health

: Health Bites; Cookies, candies, Yule logs and eggnog. Sound like recipes for an extreme sugar overload? The holidays are full of family visits and celebrations punctuated by large quantities of homemade goodies and figure “un-friendly” foods. Add gift buying, tree decorating and a lack of physical activity and you have a formula for a metabolic disaster!

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Nov 23 The whole grain health challenge

Food

: Kitchen Creations; With the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season coming to a climax I began to wonder about life in Wyoming in 1890 when our statehood was established. What did those early residents do at Christmastime without the ease of surfing the Internet or jumping in their cars and traveling to a larger city within an hour or two of home?

Excitement might not be the only emotion you start to feel after being asked to be the maid of honor. In addition to supporting the bride every step of the way, you have to throw her a bachelorette party she'll remember for years to come.

Fitness

Gearing up for hiking season

For sisters Becky and Clareesa Zook, hiking is just one more outdoor activity they enjoy. From running and biking to skiing, the two spend a large portion of their free time in the Wyoming wilderness. During the spring, summer and fall, the two Casper natives are often found hiking trails throughout Wyoming.

Oct 31 Wielding the white stuff
Oct 11 Gearing up for hiking season
Aug 20 Get in the game
Aug 20 Nordic ski gear: Check out this gear before hitting the trails
Aug 20 Ski your way to fitness
Aug 20 Clear your mind and recharge your body with yoga

Finances

Money Matters

Every generation has a label. For those born between 1982 and 2000, that label is Generation Y (so called because it followed Generation X, which includes people born from 1965 to 1981). People in Gen Y are also known as Millenials, because of the timing of their births at the beginning of the millennium, and as part of the Net Generation, because of their familiarity with technology.