Come on, you’ve got a spare 30 minutes (5 minutes to get ready, 20-minute workout and another 5 to cool down) in your day for exercise. Don’t lie to me, and, more importantly, don’t lie to yourself. No one is so busy that they don’t have 30 minutes for exercise five or six days a…
There’s no cure-all when it comes to fibromyalgia. However, fibromyalgia may be better managed by diet, which can improve your quality of life with fibromyalgia. Specifically, fibromyalgia-friendly foods can prevent pain flare-ups and boost your energy levels. Let’s look at the ideal diet for a fibromyalgia patient, including foods that help and hurt your body….
Sleep has come to the forefront of the nation’s consciousness as we’ve come to understand its connection to almost all aspects of physical, mental, and emotional health. Diet can have a powerful impact on your ability to fall and stay asleep. Some foods have nutrients like calcium and tryptophan that are integral to making the…
As usual, let’s answer the obvious question first: what is a cardiac diet? It’s more than just a “heart healthy” diet. Simply stated, it’s a diet that promotes cardiovascular health as it impacts both your heart and vascular system (your network of veins, arteries and capillaries as well as the blood that flows through them)….
It’s right there in the middle of your chest and, at a minimum, you sense its presence everyday and can feel its activity at various pulse points around your body. However, many of us take it, and what it does, for granted until something goes wrong, sorta like a car. But unlike a car, it’s…
And you thought this post was going to be resolution related! Well, it sorta is, but not entirely. If controlling your weight and eating healthier is your resolution, then I guess my first sentence is a falsehood. However, this goal should not simply be a resolution that gets broken after about a month (80% are…
The parties are over. All the high-caloric foods have been eaten. All the libations have been… drunk?…drank?…consumed! It’s time to get back to the drudgery of our dreary, work-a-day lives. But it can be quite difficult to get back there. You’ve spent the last two weeks staying up late, sleeping in, decorating the house, binge…
But really shouldn’t every month be fruit and veggies month? I suppose it’s nice to use a month to raise awareness of the importance fruit and veggies play in our diets. But don’t we all know that already? Yet most dietary studies reveal that the vast majority of us do not eat enough of either…
As of yet, there has NOT been a food discovered that can reverse the affects of aging. However, there are parts of the food and medical (cosmetics comprises an entire anti-aging world unto itself) establishments that are devoted to identifying and marketing anti-aging foods. That is, foods that can slow down the appearance of aging,…
Sure, there are all kinds of excuses to lay around all summer and eat ice cream for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but just because you can doesn’t mean you should. For summer should not be known as ice cream season. It should be known as fresh fruits and vegetables season for various reasons, the most…