If you glanced at the title of this article, you might have cringed. When it comes to
fitness, nutrition, weight loss, and overall health, many of us have trouble areas.
There are some individuals who have a glass of red wine with dinner every night.
Others skip the drinking completely on the weekdays, then start [...]
Are you a Fat Buster? Do you avoid buying foods that are high in saturated fats and cholesterol? When you go grocery shopping, do you read ?Nutrition Facts? panels for assistance in selecting healthy foods for your family? If so, I have great news for you! As of January 1, 2006, the FDA [...]
There are three components of fitness each playing an essential role to your success. We will discuss the diet first. Most people can lose weight by reducing calories without exercising. However nobody ever keeps the weight off through dieting alone. Let’s say you lose 10lbs. by restricting the amount of food you eat. [...]
What are gallstones and how are they affected by dieting? Gallstones are a fairly common condition affecting as many as 1 in 12 Americans. Your gallbladder contains an emulsifying fluid called bile and when one eats, the gallbladder contracts, releasing the bile. The bile is then transported through the common bile duct to the small [...]
There are quite a few untruths out there about health and fitness. I’d like to share a few of them with you.
“If you’re thin you’re fit”. Sorry, but being thin is no indication of how efficient your heart, lungs, and muscles are. Body composition testing has shown that thin people usually have a higher percentage [...]
No medications can do a greater job then treating your high cholesterol naturally. If you are one of those fortunate people who do not possess cholesterol worries, you may wish to take steps to maintain it that way! What can you do to help your cholesterol levels? Here is a small list of things that [...]
In Victorian times a large belly was a sign of prosperity and manliness, but now we know that having a lot of fat in your belly increases your risk for heart attacks and diabetes. People who store fat primarily underneath the skin in their bellies also store a lot of fat around their intestines [...]
High blood pressure can be a serious health problem.
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a common risk factor for heart disease and kidney disease and a host of other health problems.
Heart disease remains the number one killer of adults in the U.S. and one in four adults have high blood pressure as a health issue.
Some [...]
It has been found that people living in Mediterranean Countries such as Southern France, Spain and Italy live longer than people in other parts of the world. Why is this?
It?s what they eat and how the Mediterranean?s cook their food that makes all the difference.
From Mediterranean Country to Mediterranean Country, the way the food [...]
McDonalds and Nutrition - an Oxymoron or Not?
The ever popular, omnipotent McDonalds fast food chain has been trying for a few years now to mend the fences with activists and public service groups who protest the chain’s marketing of nutritionally void food. In the wake of lots of bad publicity, and a negative documentary [...]
