With the busy lifestyles today few adults with families can afford to take the time necessary to go the health club or neighborhood gym on a regular basis. Heck, even if it’s within a short distance, we’re talking about several hours commitment per session. Who has time for that!?
Still, we all recognize [...]
Osteoporosis is a condition wherein the bones of a person become fragile and porous. Bones become porous due to a depletion of calcium that leads to the bone becoming brittle. If not prevented, or if left untreated, a case of osteoporosis may progress painlessly until one day when the bone breaks. The bones that usually [...]
I am a busy mom! There is always more things to do in one day that I can think to accomplish ? taxiing children here and there, keeping up with the housework and my business, taking time for my family and myself, and providing good nutritious meals for my family. All of these [...]
Cholesterol is a fat-like substances made by you body. Although the cells of your body need some cholesterol, excess can build up in your blood vessels. When this happens it can cause your blood vessels to narrow which in turn reduces blood flow to your heart.
There is “good” cholesterol HDL and there is LDL which [...]
There are no specific high blood pressure symptoms, and if you have high blood pressure, you cannot tell by the way you feel. If you experience severe high blood pressure then you may end up being hospitalized. A lot of people suffer from high blood pressure and it is indeed a matter of concern. High [...]
As the leading cause of death for both men and women around the world, cardiovascular disease affects people of all ages and ethnicities.
1 In 3 deaths worldwide each year is caused by cardiovascular disease (world health org.)
Moderately overweight adults, even after having lost the weight, suffer increased chances of developing heart disease [...]
IBS: Living with the Discomfort, Inconvenience and Pain of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Did you know it is estimated that IBS, or Irritable Bowel Syndrome, affects between 30 to 60 million people in the United States alone, most of them women? Not only that, but the bulk of visits to gastroenterologists, which are doctors specializing in [...]
Eating salt does not raise blood pressure in most of us, but it will for some people. A study in the Journal of Hypertension showed that salt-sensitive people can be detected by finding increased amounts of protein in their urine.
Evidently those who develop high blood pressure when they take in extra salt have kidneys that [...]
In this article we’re going to cover a little known type of fraud, though becoming more and more common and a bigger problem each year, this is diet fraud.
The fact is, a great number of people in the world and especially in the United States are overweight. It is one of the largest growing [...]
So many things contribute to our physical fitness or lack of it. There?s diet, exercise, body fat ratios, vitamins and nutritional supplements. In addition, there are the health issues we may have and how we choose to address them, whether it be through allopathic medicine or alternative health choices.
Diets abound in our world. You will [...]
