http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Aditi+Miscall Wellness, Fitness and Diet Aditi Miscall Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=198583&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet There are no miracles in weight loss, though there are lots of myths. You may have heard a new one making the rounds: cortisol will 'dissolve' fat around the waist. Not so. Whenever you take in more calories than you use, the remaining energy is stored in chemical bonds between adipose tissue (fatty... Womens Interest Aditi Miscall Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=196887&ca=Womens+Interest What do Alexander the Great, Francis Bacon and Juan Ponce de Leon have in common? They were all, at different points in history, involved in the Search for the Fountain of Youth. There were still others who searched for Shangri La, the land where people lived in perpetual sunshine for a thousand yea... Arts and Crafts Aditi Miscall Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=193289&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Maybe she likes a good romance novel. Or she might swoon over chocolates. She'll love a great wine. She will appreciate those fine bath products. Whatever her tastes or interests, there's a great gift basket waiting. Create your own private home spa with the fine products in a gift basket filled wit... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Aditi Miscall Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=192715&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Women, to put it bluntly, are biologically different from men. Those differences imply some guidelines for diet, exercise and health matters in general. Women, for example, naturally have a higher percentage of body fat than men, 27% on average compared to 15% for a fit individual. That single numbe... Aging Aditi Miscall Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=192711&ca=Aging In generations past, exercise was believed to be mostly for the younger set. It was even believed that older people couldn't increase muscle mass or strength if they wanted to. Studies at Harvard and elsewhere have now firmly put that myth to rest. Exercise for the over-50 crowd is decidedly healthy... Womens Interest Aditi Miscall Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=192528&ca=Womens+Interest Black Cohosh is a herb native to North America and it has long been used to relieve "women's problems". It is a member of the buttercup family and is sometimes known as bugbane, squawroot, rattle root or black snakeroot. It grows up to 2.5 metres high and has tall stalks of fluffy white flowers. The...