With the kids back in school and the media harping on how many people are projected to get the Swine Flu this year, now is the perfect time to remind your little ones about healthy habits that can help them beat the bug.

Visit Flu.gov to find videos with health tips for your children given by Elmo himself!

Even if I didn’t have food allergies, I would still be one of those people who frantically checks labels in the grocery store. I’m not obsessed with eating healthy so much as knowing what I’m putting into my body—being informed seems like the first step toward making healthy choices!

With so much processed food available today, it can be hard to sort through the mess and find something delicious, healthy and not bursting with ingredients you can’t pronounce.

That’s why I love the idea of Element Bars. Not only can you easily access nutrition information about all their most popular creations (including Chocolate Nut Pie, Apricot Protein and Pumpkin bars), you can completely customize your own bar to include only the specific ingredients you like.

If you don’t know where to start, visit the site to take the What’s Your Element? quiz and find out what your personality dictates that you would like. Mine came out to be oats with honey and M&Ms. Yum!

Everyone seems to have an opinion about the now-infamously retouched photo of Kelly Clarkson that appeared on the cover of SELF Magazine.

Fans seem to be outraged by the changes, while the magazine is defending its retouching as simply making Clarkson look her best.

What do you think? Does magazine retouching set unachievable standards? Do you trust the images you see in magazines? How do you feel about this latest Photoshop controversy? You tell us!