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Sneak Veggies in Your Kids' Foods — They'll Never Know!

The Sneaky Chef is an expert on food, health and nutrition and gives the absolute best tips on how to keep your family the healthiest they can be — in easy, and sneaky ways. Today, we’re featuring ten amazing tips on food, health, nutrition to keep in mind when creating meals for your family. Oh, and there will be lots more of the Sneaky Chef coming — many, about sneaking healthy foods into your kids meals.

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Low Calorie Diets

When it comes to weight loss, there are dozens of strategies. Some plans require you to cut out carbohydrates while others urge you to reduce your fat intake. Still others suggest that you can lose weight by eating foods in particular combinations. When it comes down to it, though, the only way to lose weight is to burn more calories than you consume. The most basic way to accomplish this is to follow a low-calorie diet. If you’re ready to get started, here are your options.

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Side Effects of Birth Control Shots

The birth control shot is an injectable dose of progesterone that works to prevent pregnancy for 12 weeks at a time. By brand name, this shot is called Depo-Provera. While birth control shots are fairly good at preventing pregnancy, upward of 97 percent, there are always risks related to hormonal types of birth control. These side effects of birth control shots should be assessed before deciding to begin or continue a birth control shot regimen.

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What is Croup?

It’s not unusual to hear someone remark, “Oh, he sounds so croupy,” upon hearing your young child’s loose, rattling cough. Medically speaking, however, this isn’t accurate. Croup isn’t characterized by a phlegmy-sounding cough; instead it’s associated with a sharp, barking cough. While this symptom alone can often be used to identify croup, there are other symptoms and risk factors that can lead you to a diagnosis of croup. Knowing the progression of symptoms and how to treat them can ease your mind and your child’s discomfort.