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The World Health Organization predicts that by 2030 as many as 23.6 million people will die annually from heart disease.

Chocolate provides protection from heart disease and stroke. In a recent study,
participants with the highest levels of chocolate consumption had a 37 percent reduction in cardiovascular disease and a 30 percent reduction in stroke.

It made no difference whether the participants consumed chocolate bars, drinks, or desserts.

Scientists warn that their findings need to be interpreted carefully because commercially available chocolate usually has many calories, which means that eating too much can lead to weight gain.

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Express. All opinions are 100% mine.

Any school clothes shopping in your future? Yep…I’m in the same boat. I get you…How about a little help?

Express has Men’s jeans ! Not only that, get this…For a short time, you can enter an Express giveaway and win a pair of FREE Express jeans

Is that cool or what?

Express will be giving away 50 free pairs of jeans. This could be a chance to Rock the Sidewalk at absolutely no cost!

Slim fit — classic fit — straight leg — boot cut — what’s your pleasure?

My guys prefer the classic fit, boot cut look. Like these Kingston Classic fits. What works for your guys?

If this sounds like an easy way to outfit someone, check this out and enter the contest. It honestly couldn’t be easier to enter to win. Absolutely easier than hanging out at the mall with your 15 year old while he agonizes over which T-shirt looks the best stretched over his chest and shoulders. KWIM? Yeah…I thought you might…

After you enter, post a comment about which jeans you want and why! I’d love to hear your feedback. Maybe we’ll see more than a few winners!

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Carbonite for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

After you’ve used your computer for even a short while…if you’re anything like me, you begin collecting a lot of different data on it. You know…all those documents, pictures, music and emails that begin collecting. It would be devastating to lose these things, right? Yeah…

Carbonite unlimited  computer backup works automatically to back up files whenever your computer is online. Whenver you need anything you’ve backed up, you can get to your backed up files from any computer. You can also get to your stuff on your smartphone or iPad if you have a FREE app.

Doesn’t this take away a lot of worries? Unlimited backup — for both PC and Mac — for only $59 a year. Get this, though. All you have to do it try it free for 15 days. You don’t have to give a credit card to get the trial period either. Then…if you use the offer code BLOGAD you get two free months if you buy.

Carbonite was founded in 2005. Since then it has safely recovered over 7 billion files. Imagine, saving this important data  that may have been lost forever. This is a no-hassle way to get your data back.

Antibiotic dependence is responsible for many antibiotic resistant pathogens, including MRSA bacteria. Many of these antibiotic resistant germs originated in hospitals. Some hospitals are now examining copper and silver for minimizing antibiotic resistant strains of germs.

Because our doctors and hospitals rely on antibiotics for fighting illness, basic hygiene precautions are becoming lax. Even those antibacterial soaps that we all use as insurance from nasty germs can increase antibacterial resistant germs The more these bacteria get bathed in antibiotic substances, the better they are at adapting and becoming resistant.

Both silver and copper have antimicrobial properties. Silver fights pathogenic microbes voraciously, leaving the beneficial bacteria alone to get stronger.

Copper can eliminate germs spread by physical contact before they enter into the body. A recent study even discovered that using copper over surfaces where doctors, health workers, patients, and visitors touch reduces bacteria up to 97 percent.

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Sprint for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Hey Sprint customers! Listen up!

Have you ever thought seriously about how devastating it could be to lose your cell phone? Especially if you have sensitive information saved on it? How about financial passwords or log-in information? Not cool, eh?

Well…you’re in luck. The Sprint Total Equipment Protection App is just what you need to safeguard your phone and your private information from getting into the wrong hands.

With this app, you can Android and Blackberry owners as well as some other feature phone owners can:

Locate a missing phone, sync contacts and lock the phone remotely. What’s more you can even make your phone sound an alarm remotely…and if all else fails you can wipe your phone clean remotely, too. Feel safer yet? I know!

Check out this YouTube video for more info!

You need to get moving, though current Sprint customers. You only have until August 30th to add this app to your existing phone service. This is a special open enrollment period that you really should avail yourself of.

This service costs $8 a month. Isn’t that totally worth it? What’s more, you even get coverage against accidental phone dips into the pool or lake! As a mom of a teenager who has ruined not one but TWO cell phones by these accidental dips, I think this makes it worth it all by itself!

Consuming omega-3 fatty acids helps develop and maintain the brain and nervous system. This is even more important for young children. A new study finds that pregnant women who supplement with DHA during their pregnancies have babies that are healthier than those born to women who don’t supplement with DHA.

DHA and other omega-3s occur in foods like grass-fed meat, salmon, and flax. Find it in high-quality fish oil, cod liver oil and salmon oil.

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Straight Talk. All opinions are 100% mine.

We all know that  mom knows best right? Of course, that should have been one of the first lessons you learned. Remembering that lesson will serve you well in life.

Anyway…how about some Straight Talk?

If cell phone bills are eating you alive, you owe it to yourself to check this out.

With a Straight Talk monthly plan, you get NO contracts, NO surprise bills and…incredibly…NO credit checks. What do you get? Why, everything you need  of course!

Listen to this! Nationwide coverage and reception that will serve you well wherever you go. Oh, and they aren’t junk phone either…how about LG, Motorola, Kyocera, Nokia and Samsung…to name a few?

Need lots of minutes? Straight talk can give you 1,000 minutes, 1,000 texts and even 30 MB of web data every month. If you’d rather have unlimited monthly service, get it for only $45 — this includes calls, text, picture messaging, and Internet.

Get a smart phone, touch screen phone, and phones that can give you voice navigation, camera, video recorder, music, IMing and even Bluetooth technology.

Don’t worry, 411 calls are included free.

Do I have you  hook, line and sinker yet? I thought so!  If not,  call a friend and check out this video: 

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Straight Talk. All opinions are 100% mine.

We all know that  mom knows best right? Of course, that should have been one of the first lessons you learned. Remembering that lesson will serve you well in life.

Anyway…how about some Straight Talk?

If cell phone bills are eating you alive, you owe it to yourself to check this out.

With a Straight Talk monthly plan, you get NO contracts, NO surprise bills and…incredibly…NO credit checks. What do you get? Why, everything you need  of course!

Listen to this! Nationwide coverage and reception that will serve you well wherever you go. Oh, and they aren’t junk phone either…how about LG, Motorola, Kyocera, Nokia and Samsung…to name a few?

Need lots of minutes? Straight talk can give you 1,000 minutes, 1,000 texts and even 30 MB of web data every month. If you’d rather have unlimited monthly service, get it for only $45 — this includes calls, text, picture messaging, and Internet.

Get a smart phone, touch screen phone, and phones that can give you voice navigation, camera, video recorder, music, IMing and even Bluetooth technology.

Don’t worry, 411 calls are included free.

Do I have you  hook, line and sinker yet? I thought so!  If not,  call a friend and check out this video: 

Confectioner’s glaze is a common ingredient in candy and pills. Coincidentally, it is also the same ingredient as shellac, the chemical used for sealing and varnishing wood.

Shellac is a chemical secreted by female lac bugs. The bugs create shellac to form tunnels as they travel along the outside of trees. Manufacturers extract it by scraping bark, bugs and tunnels from trees into canvas tubes. The next step is to melt down the shellac and dry it into flakes for sale. The final step involves re-dissolving it in denatured alcohol.

The FDA classifies shellac as GRAS — Generally Recognize As Safe. Shellac is also used in chewing gum and coffee beans. Common candies the contain shellac include Hershey’s Mild Duds and UK Skittles.

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Net10 for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Looking for new cellphone service? Look no further… see the Light !

How about nationwide coverage without limits on talking, texting and data — all for only $50 a month. What’s more, don’t even think about contracts, which means no credit checks and NO surprises on your bills.

Don’t worry, you can use the phones you want…LG, Motorola, Kyocera, Nokia and Samsung.

Don’t believe me, how about hearing it from a real NET10 customer ? Mike will tell it like it is. Or how about hearing what Rob has to say ?

This isn’t meant to be the fanciest or most tech-savvy phone you’ll ever have, but most of these phones will do the job at an affordable price. You can have a basic plan of 200 monthly minutes for $15. Not bad…If you need unlimited, you’re looking at $50 a month. If you need some bells and whistles like a camera, bluetooth or slide out keyboard, prices go up to about $60.  Still…not out of the range of reasonable.

You can even switch plans without penalties until you find something that works for you.

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