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Is exercise good for your health? Sure! Is it key to losing weight? Absolutely not! But so many people believe that it is. True, exercise does burn calories, and you must burn calories to lose weight, but exercise has another effect that counteracts the burning of calories; it stimulates hunger, which causes you to eat more and offset any weight lost from exercising.

Gandhi imparted the now famous quote, “Be the change you wish to see in the world,” and Horst Rechelbacher is taking him quite seriously.

He is the founder of monster corporation Aveda and, now, the USDA certified organic Intelligent Nutrients line, which boasts products comprised of the latest in plant-based health and beauty technology.

Danielle Messina has always been a girly girl. A dedicated figure skater for nearly thirty years, Danielle became infatuated with the glitz and glamour of skating competitions at a very early age, sparking an interest in makeup that eventually became as much of a passion as the sport itself.

Ann Cooper is on a mission to rid school cafeterias of not just junk food—like soda and potato chips—but also highly processed, so-called “foods” such as chicken nuggets and Tater Tots. At the start of the school year, this former chef turned “renegade lunch lady” set an ambitious goal to put a salad bar in every school in the country.