It should come as no surprise that losing weight and getting fit are nearly always among the top 10 New Year’s resolutions that Americans make every year. They’re goals that the majority of us strive toward, but precious few actually reach … Why? … Read More
How Your Bed Is Making You Fat
Ever feel like anything you do makes you fat? You might have to add sleep to that growing list… Don’t get me wrong. Sleep is important for both good health and keeping weight off. In fact, a large-scale study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology showed that women who got only five hours of sleep wer … Read More
Antidepressants: Driven to Kill?
Ever since the horrific school shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, debate has raged on both sides of the gun control issue about the failure to protect our children. Various proposals to ban assault weapons, ban large capacity magazines and eliminate gun registration "loopholes” seem to be t … Read More
How to Stop Sugar Cravings: Top 10 Ways
While the American Heart Association recommends Americans consume no more than 9.5 teaspoons of sugar a day, the average adult eats 22. The average child? 32.[i] We probably don’t have to tell you that all of this sugar is not only adding to our waistlines, it’s also been linked to numerous chronic diseases ranging from ca … Read More
Soda Dangers: Top 10 Reasons to Dump those Soft Drinks
Soda is full of high-fructose corn syrup and not much else, which means it’s a source of empty calories that you’re better off without. But you know this already, right? Here’s what you may not know: … Read More
Exercise and Depression: Why It's a Powerful Way to Fight It!
About one in 10 U.S. adults are struggling with depression, but the go-to treatment, antidepressants, are estimated to work in in less than half of those who take them (and some studies have found they work no better than a placebo). This means that a lot of people with depression are left with a debilitating darkness that … Read More
The 7 Most Dangerous & Healthiest Ways to Store Food
From Plastic Wrap to Pyrex, What's Best? New research is constantly discovering new causes of the world’s most deadly diseases - and more often than most people realize, it is due to poor choices in food storage. Every day, it seems that leached Bisphenol A (BPA) or Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) is proven a cause for yet anoth … Read More
6 Best Exercises for Wrist Pain
It’s easy to take your wrists for granted, that is, until you have wrist pain. Then the dull throbbing ache or sharp, stabbing pain that occurs every time you try to brush your teeth, chop carrots for dinner, type on your computer or do countless other routine activities in a day makes your wrists impossible to ignore. … Read More
Exercise for Busy People
About one-third of Americans say they only exercise once a week or less because they are simply too busy to exercise more often.[i] But this excuse is going to quickly fall by the wayside, as a growing body of research suggests you can get more exercise benefits by working out only a fraction of the time. … Read More
What Can Back Pain Be a Symptom Of? (7 Serious Diseases!)
... 7 Serious Diseases with Back Pain as a Symptom (and a FREE Solution!) What if it's not just a backache? Back pain should always be taken seriously. What you may have written off as "strain” or "overwork” could actually be an early warning sign of a major health problem. That’s because it's not always your muscles caus … Read More