Sunday, 22 March 2015

This supplement may help you sleep - even in a noisy room

This supplement may help you sleep — even in a noisy room

Melatonin has fans and skeptics. Many users swear the over-the-counter supplement helps them tumble into dreamland. Others call it useless. But a small new study shows melatonin theoretically promotes more high-quality sleep — even if you're trying to grab Zs in a noisy, bright environment.

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5-ingredient chicken recipes for your slow cooker: Barbecue, tacos and more!

Perhaps the most brilliant thing about cooking chicken in a slow cooker is that you can simply fling the chicken from the packaging into the pot, without having to touch raw chicken. It's almost a bonus that the chicken comes out fork-tender, to boot. Not only are these recipes almost completely hands-off, they all also only require five ingredients at most—and you may even have them on hand. 1.

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Kitchen spring cleaning: How long do spices last?

Registered dietitian and nutritionist Keri Glassman joins TODAY with some tips on how to clean a winter's worth of cooking and leftovers out of your kitchen, and she says that the nutritional value and flavor of spices decreases after six months.

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