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5 Foods to Help Lower Your Blood Pressure

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Home monitoring of blood pressure. Because I wanted to see if the pressure was up all the time, I decided to monitor from home. To do so, I bought one of those auto magic blood pressure monitors – the ones where you just put on the cuff and push a button. Lifestyle changes include eating foods that help with the fight.

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Q&A | cinnamon, SIM, jeans, and grocery spending

The Frugal Girl

The repeated defrosting cycles tend to cause freezer burn on foods pretty quickly, so I try not to keep things in my kitchen freezer for long at all. Related: A post about freezing food in glass jars. And here’s a post about freezing food odds and ends. Here’s my cinnamon bread recipe , in case you want to make some!)

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Fed’s Preferred Inflation Measure Slows in November

Savings Corner

The Federal Reserve ‘s preferred gauge of inflation slowed as income and spending were strong in November, the latest indicator pointing toward a soft landing. The core price index which excludes food and energy prices grew only 0.1%, the same as the month prior. in its first decline since April 2020. The index was up 2.6%

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Q&A | frugal mental health, “why did you get a cat”?, and phones for kids

The Frugal Girl

When I am going through something hard, or I’m processing a backlog of hard stuff, there is zero point in pretending everything is hunky-dory. Second, I try to put nourishing food into my body. Monitoring messages and what he’s looking up, etc. If I need to feel sad or hurt, I let that happen, and it passes.

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Is Credit Karma Accurate? I Tested It & Here’s What I Learned

Penny Pinchin' Mom

“Regardless of what our national credit rating is, people will always want a roof over their heads, food on their tables, fuel for their cars, and clothes on their backs.” While that hasn’t been the case in my experience, I’ve read in some forums that people have had their numbers off by 5 points or even more.

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From Trash To Teasure

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

These bins have a computer chip in them that monitors the weight of the items you place inside the bin. The weight corresponds to points which you can be monitored online. The points can then be converted to grocery or pharmacy coupons. How many of you have to constantly submit a report update, a.

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Free in Stores This Week: Hair Spray, Cereal, Lysol Wipes, and More!

Couponing 101

Contour Next EZ Blood Glucose Monitoring System $9.99, Earn 2,000 Balance Rewards Points. - $10/1 Contour Next EZ Blood Glucose Monitoring System Coupon (Walgreens Diabetes Care Book). 75¢/1 McCormick Spice, Herb, Extract or Food Color Coupon (3/3 RP). Free + $2 Profit. 1.49. - $3/2 John Frieda Products Coupon (2/10 SS).