Pet Heaven

Shirley Street
Nassau
Nassau / Paradise Island, Bahamas

Review

What Happens in Your Body When You Lose 10 Pounds in a Week

We’ve all heard that slow and steady wins the race. But when you want to lose weight quickly, patience (and sometimes, even common sense) can fly out the window.

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Six get Green Flag recertification

Abaco's Every Child Counts, Forest Heights Academy, Hope Town Primary School, Man-O-War Primary School, and Grand Bahama's Bishop Michael Eldon School (BMES) and Lucaya International School were all successful in renewing their Green Flag status. Kevin Glinton, Bahamas Reef Environmental Educational Foundation's (BREEF) Eco-Schools Bahamas (ESB) national operator, traveled to the islands to resume...

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OWN Bahamas reveals successful applicants

Island Luck and OWN Bahamas announced the winners of the OWN program, who collectively received nearly $100,000 to start up or expand their Bahamian businesses.

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The epidemic silent killer

A 2006 healthy lifestyle initiative led by the government noted that approximately 21 percent of the Bahamian populace had hypertension.

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Park wardens help study rare Bahamian rock iguanas

Bahamas National Trust (BNT) park wardens joined an international research team recently to learn more about the rare and endangered Bahamian rock iguana. BNT park wardens Shenica Campbell, the new park warden in Nassau and Ellsworth Weir, Grand Bahama deputy park warden, participated in the research expedition organized by the Shedd Aquarium for a week-long research expedition in the Exuma Cays.
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Thyroid dysfunction

People suffer from symptoms every day that they may not think anything of, but which in actuality could mean that they have a thyroid disorder because they don't realize that the thyroid gland influences almost all of the body's metabolic processes...

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Deliciously dense: A seed bread unlike any other

This is not your usual bread. This is neither a yeast bread nor a quick bread. In fact, this bread has no leavener at all.
This is a heavy, dense bread. And that is part of what makes this hearty, rich loaf -- inspired by a similar recipe on Sarah Britton's blog My New Roots -- so wonderful. The other part is what's in it. It's made from all manner of delicious seeds, nuts and grains. While this b...

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Checkup time

April is the time for the birds and the buds to surface after their hibernation in winter. Even in the tropical Caribbean the spring season is clearly visible, with the new leaves from the mahogany and the cedar trees surfacing after they have given their corn filled with seeds that few people care to harvest.
It has been my custom to follow the pattern of the season to check up the vagaries of n...

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Vitamalt Light targets the health-conscious consumer

The classic taste of rich malt has made Vitamalt, a non-alcoholic malt beverage, one of the most-loved energy drinks by Bahamians. Made of 100 percent malt and zero fat, alcohol and preservatives, it is packed with naturally occurring vitamins and minerals and deemed suitable for vegetarians. Touted as delicious, nutritious and non-alcoholic, it still packs a whopping 210 calories per bottle -- wh...

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