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We are passionate pretzel bakers committed to bringing the finest gourmet soft pretzels to the planet, bringing jobs to the community, and having a ton of fun along the way!

Finally a truly gourmet soft pretzel has arrived, all-natural, soft and delicious…Kim & Scott’s Gourmet Pretzels offer an assortment of premium, superior flavored soft pretzels. Featuring fresh cheeses, hardy spices and unbleached flour. Our gourmet soft pretzels combine a traditional European recipe with our own unique twist, creating a rustic, handmade pretzel with a doughy softness of fresh bread. Just before being baked at our Chicago Pretzel Bakery, each delicious pretzel can be topped with freshly shredded cheeses, or real butter crumb toppings. YUM!

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Strap Tamers are a new product so easy and effective, you’ll wonder what you ever did without them.

Strap Tamers consist of a clip (to hold the bra strap) and pin which is fastened to the inside shoulder seam of a garment. They are made from durable high tech plastic (Polycarbonate, the same material used for “bullet proof glass”) and fine gauge stainless steel (which won’t leave rust marks or large pin holes on fine clothing.)

From eveningwear to active wear, Strap Tamers are perfect for all your sleeveless styles.

You can leave Strap Tamers on your clothing while laundered again and again. Whenever you wear that garment, the Strap Tamers are already in place, waiting for you.

Try them for yourself!

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Antioxidants may help limit damage from UV radiation.

People who unwind with a cup of tea every night may have a lower risk of two common forms of skin cancer, new research suggests.

In a study of nearly 2,200 adults, researchers found that tea drinkers had a lower risk of developing squamous cell or basal cell carcinoma, the two most common forms of skin cancer.

Men and women who had ever been regular tea drinkers — having one or more cups a day — were 20 percent to 30 percent less likely to develop the cancers than those who didn’t drink tea.

The effect was even stronger among study participants who’d been tea fans for decades, as well as those who regularly had at least two cups a day, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

However, the findings do not mean it’s OK to bake in the sun as long as you have a cup of tea afterward. The researchers found no evidence that tea drinking lowered skin cancer risk in people who’d accumulated painful sunburns in the past.

Nor did the study look at the relationship between tea drinking and malignant melanoma, the least common but most deadly form of skin cancer.

Still, the findings support the theory that tea antioxidants may limit the damage UV radiation inflicts on the skin, according to the study authors, led by Dr. Judy R. Rees of Dartmouth Medical School in Lebanon, N.H.

In particular, a tea antioxidant known as EGCG has been shown to reduce burning on UV-exposed skin.

The current findings are based on interviews with 770 New Hampshire residents with basal cell carcinoma, 696 with squamous cell carcinoma, and 715 cancer-free men and women the same age.

Tea consumption was linked to a lower skin cancer risk, even with factors such as age, skin type and history of severe burns considered. However, tea drinkers who’d suffered multiple painful burns in the past did not have a lower risk of skin cancer.

It’s possible, the researchers explain, that the antioxidants in tea are enough to limit skin damage caused by moderate sun exposure, but not the “more extreme” effects of sun exposure, such as cancer-promoting damage to the DNA in skin cells.