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My cousin brother has bought me some Larabars from overseas.  He is a big fan of this so called all-natural healthy bar.  I have tried it myself and here are some interesting facts:

• Larabar contain whole food ingredients, 100%.  You will find only 2 to 7 ingredients, depending on the flavor.  Yes, as little as 2 ingredients.  I find it unbelievable that the food label is so simple.
• Unlike Powerbar, it does not give you 40 gram of protein.
• It has mainly fruits, walnuts, almonds, healthy oils and spices in bar form which can be consumed as snack.  The carbohydrates come from fruit.  You will not also find sugar, cornstarch, syrup, soy or rice flour.  No preservative.

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While I was at the swimming pool last week, my friend showed me a special type of “push up” workout. Standing at the edge of the pool, he push himself up from the water and then go back into the water. I initially thought that it is easy. Once I tried it myself, it is quite challenging because of the dragging force caused by the water. This is a pretty good type of push up variation because of the resistance of the water. This push up workout works more on the arms and back muscles, instead of chest.
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When large baubles are rising from the bottom of the pot to the surface, the water is boiling.
You should keep boiling the water for 1 minute to kill bacteria, parasites and viruses.  The time for water to reach the boiling point and then cool down gives sufficient time to kill those harmful organisms.

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Steaming was invented before our ancestors discover fire.  They warmed up fish and meat with the steam from hot spring.  Nowadays, in Western cooking, steaming is usually used to cook vegetables and is rarely used to cook meats.   On the other hand, Chinese has been making great use of steaming as one the main cooking methods.  Many delicious Chinese foods are steamed and dim sum is one of my favorites. Chinese steam fish, pork spare ribs, chicken and even goose.

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Halle Berry was the first runner up in the Miss USA Pageant in year 1986.  She has been named as one of the Most Beautiful Women by People Magazine 11 times.  She has appeared in many movies including The Flintstones (1994), X-Men series, Monster’s Ball (2001) and Die Another Day (2002).  At the age of 47 in year 2013, she is still fit and beautiful.

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Mun’s note: This is a guest post by Nicole White, one of MunFitnessBlog regular readers.

It is really amazing how celebrities do it, lose weight so quickly after they have given birth to a baby or even two. Celebrity moms are always in the news and are hot property for the tabloids, not for the cute first pictures of junior, but for their rocking bodies as little as two weeks after the delivery. If you have ever given birth or even been around someone pregnant before and after the delivery, you will know that motherhood comes with its own ills, the biggest one being that of unwanted weight that you cannot control.
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