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Six Diet Supplements That May Help

Caffeine as a Diet Supplement? No Kidding! But not by itself.

Caffeine is sold on every street corner. It is wake-you-up chemical in your coffee appears to be the most effective weight-loss ingredient.

A stimulant, caffeine speeds up metabolism and can ward off listlessness from dieting.

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I realize this is a common complaint, but I'm being forced to read the same book over and over again, and it's driving me CRAZY!

At Easter time, some friends of ours sent a really nice book to our two-and-a-half-year-old son. It's called "For the Love of the Cubs," by Frederick C. Klein. It's an alphabet poem of sorts, with each page starting with a letter of the alphabet and relating to some sort of Chicago Cubs history. There are nice illustrations and a longer, non-poetic explanation in small print at the bottom of each entry for those who desire details (which I don't).

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Baseball season no longer holds the allure that it did when I was twelve which is a bit sad but, perhaps, not surprising. It's not only how the game has changed, but more the fact that I don't spend endless summer days playing pick-up games with neighborhood friends - games that would invariably end in fights which would send us all on our seperate ways until later that day.

However, baseball season always makes me think of Lola and her love of the Chicago Cubs.

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