General Health

You don’t need a fancy cardio machine to pump up your heart rate. In fact, you can squeeze small exercise sessions into your day simply by trading in the elevator for the stairs. Walking up three flights of stairs burns about 20 calories. Think about it: Walking just five flights of stairs can burn off that bag of pretzels you ate with your lunch. It may be one of the oldest tricks in the book, but new research confirms it can be an excellent weight loss tool when combined with a healthy diet....

18 October, 2022

Our mothers have been drilling it into our brains for years: Don't forget to eat your fruits and vegetables. Well, Mom was onto something. Eating more of the green stuff is an excellent way to lose and maintain a healthy weight. Combine a diet high in fruits and veggies with whole grains and lean protein, and you're on the way to weight loss success....

18 October, 2022

The incredible, edible egg gets a bad rap, often under fire for shattering cholesterol levels and contributing to heart disease. Some ditch the yolk completely, thinking eggs whites alone will give them the nutritional benefits of protein while leaving out the harmful fats. However, these beliefs are not completely true. ...

18 October, 2022

Spring has sprung (finally)! You fought off the winter blues and emerged from months of hibernation. The warmer weather may give you a little extra pep in your step, and with a new season, comes new delicious fruits and vegetables. Let the weather and fresh veggies inspire you in the kitchen. The fridge is calling these must-have spring superfoods!...

18 October, 2022

You’re a regular exerciser. You find yourself at the gym, day in and day out, working up a sweat, thinking about building a healthier, more toned body. You’re expecting results, and by all means, you should. But for some reason, you just aren’t seeing them, on the scale and in the mirror....

18 October, 2022

In the dieting world, one day you’re in, and the next day you’re out. It’s hard to keep track of every fad diet out there – liquid diets, the caveman diet, zero-carb diets – and the list goes on. Each claims to be the best diet out there, guaranteeing quick results, but one diet plan in particular caught our attention because it may be onto something: the Mediterranean diet....

18 October, 2022

It’s almost a mindless activity: You wake up, get ready for work, then hop in the car and begin your daily commute. You snag the best parking spot and walk into the office with a little extra pep in your step....

18 October, 2022

Eat fresh, nutritious foods, exercise regularly, and you will lose weight. When you put it like that it sounds so simple. But if it were so easy, obesity wouldn’t be an issue in America, and the fast-food industry wouldn’t be a billion-dollar business....

17 October, 2022
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