Pomegranate Perfection!

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Over the weekend I went and visited a friend at her new house. It was a beautiful, Victorian style house with a large backyard. One of my friend’s favorite things about her new house was all of the fruit trees in the backyard. Among them was a pomegranate tree. She invited me to pick some pomegranates off of the tree as they were growing faster than her and her husband could pick them and they didn’t want them to go to waste falling and rotting on the grass. I was initially hesitant (Truth be told, I hadn’t had pomegranates too often before and I didn’t want to get stuck with a bag of fruit that I wouldn’t eat). She picked one off of the tree, cracked it open and offered me a bite. WOW was it tasty! Fueled by my newly discovered pomegranate addiction, I agreed to take a bag home with me.

Once I got home I found myself faced with a bit of a conundrum. Eating a pomegranate off of the branch was no problem outdoors but let me assure you it was quite a messy experience. There is no way that I could eat it in the same fashion indoors…

Livestrong: Go to source for all things health-related

I recently discovered Livestong.com when I was looking up information on  if losing a certain amount of weight (ok fine I’ll just tell you,  50 pounds) in about 6 months was possible and/or a health risk. The information I received was not only helpful, but extremely practical and realistic.

All their information is backed up by scientific evidence and/or from credible sources like the National Academy of Sports Medicine (for fitness related information) and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (for weight loss related information).

My favorite thing about Livestrong.com, is the practical advice it gives readers. For example, when I searched “50 pounds in 6 months” I was instead given a “50 pounds in 7 months” result because anything less than 7 months would require a person to lose more than 2 pounds a week and that, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, is considered unhealthy and would require you to be medically monitored.

They provide “Tips” and “Steps” in short concise points to make it easy for the reader to understand and do not use jargon that may confuse or turn-off a reader. Another thing I like about Livestrong.com is that its articles do not just talk about health, fitness, and weight loss, but also have articles on relationship advice, “how-to” tutorials, recipes, and (winner of the most random topic award) “Rules for Grandparents When Babysitting”.

The site is versatile enough to appeal to anyone with a health related question, seeking relationship advice, weight loss inquiries, and with grandchildren