Wednesday, December 31, 2008
New research out of Australia shows that those who lose weight, especially if they’re obese, can cut the risk of developing age related macular degeneration disease (also known as AMD), the number one cause of severe vision loss among older people.
Long associated with getting older, this mostly silent disease gradually, without pain, destroys the sharp, [...]
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
These days, so many people are trying to live allergies and pets…
Dealing with the constant congestion, itching and wheezing, the splitting headaches and other discomforts of allergies, and loving the furry source of all this misery is a tough spot to be in. But it’s exactly where an estimated ten million American pet owners find [...]
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
If you want to learn the secrets to long-term weight loss and staying healthy, you need to let go of the idea that there is some “miracle” diet or piece of equipment that will cause those pounds to magically drop off and mean you’ll be trim, fit and looking fabulous without any effort on your [...]
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
When food is the way you cope… the comfort on a horrible day and a welcome part of the celebration of good times, being told to eat less, stop snacking and exercise isn’t advice that’s liable to work. For you, food is a trusted, faithful friend you don’t want to let go.
Taking on impulse eating and [...]
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Americans have the most healthy eating facts and information of any population in the world… and yet we seem to enjoy what we eat the least.
Estimates suggest that nearly two thirds of the U.S. adult population is overweight, though we obsess about nutrition… spend readily on weight loss “secrets”… seeing little (if any) progress for [...]
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Giving your body the vital nutrients it needs to stay healthy is so important… and new research has uncovered that one of the most important nutrients, vitamin D (sunlight or supplements), may have more of a role in keeping us healthy than we even suspected.
When it comes to risks for deadly heart disease, deficiencies of [...]
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Parents reading this may not be surprised by the latest findings from a team of researchers at the Georgia School of Medicine. The first-of-its-kind study published in the November issue of Pediatric Exercise Science, a professional journal dedicated to increasing our understanding of exercise during childhood, finds that aerobic activity seems to have a significant [...]
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Obesity is a growing problem, and science expends much time and energy trying to figure it all out to give us better weight losing tips. We know more today about obesity and overweight than we have at any other time in history, with many diet myths well and truly busted. Genes, hormone imbalances and viruses [...]
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
If you’re ending 2008 pretty much at the same fitness level as you began the year and can’t lose weight, you’ll have the benefit of some new understanding about weight loss as you re-set those goals for 2009.
During the year just past there was some solid research about exercise that tossed out the notion of [...]
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Water… it’s an essential nutrient and the most common substance in the body. Water does many things for us… helps to regulate body temperature, assists in digestion and excretion. But are we drinking enough and do the benefits of drinking water include weight loss?
We’ve all heard, time and time again, that we need to drink [...]
