Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
by Rita Chaney Let’s face it, if you want to eat healthy, it is best to avoid fast food drive-thrus. But sometimes, you are short on time and require the convenience and brevity of drive-up windows. How can you grab a quick, on the run lunch and not blow your…
At first glance, smoking and exercising do not seem to go hand in hand. Smokers are generally not known for their stamina and overall good health. They do, however, put their health in jeopardy if they do not engage in some kind of exercise to offset the health effects of…
By Ronnie Nijmeh Negative thinking is something that haunts many of us. Try as we may, it seems that the negative thoughts simply come more easily than the positive ones. If you are tired of always looking at the world with pessimism, it’s time to change! Afraid that negative thinking…
If you’re a desktop diner or microwave your lunch in the office kitchen each day, then you might be setting yourself up for more than lunchtime boredom. If you can’t break away from e-mails and the pile of work in your inbox and tend to eat at your desk, then…
Your time is precious, and it’s hard enough to fit in a workout during your busy day. So when you do work out, you want to make your routine as efficient and injury-free as possible. You know that cardio and strength training are integral to success, but do you know…
When it comes to spicing up your food, you don’t always need to rely on salt, sugar and other unhealthy ingredients to kick your dishes up a notch. There are plenty of health-enhancing herbs and spices that do the job. Not only do they offer palate-pleasing flavors, but they also…
The Eat More, Weigh Less program emphasizes complex carbohydrates that are also rich in fiber, which helps people feel satiated. Fiber also slows the absorption of food so that blood sugar rises slowly, averting spikes. Before you turn your nose up at this low-fat, vegetarian program because it sounds “too…
Surely you’ve heard about the health benefits of wine through the grapevine by now. A compound found in wine – a polyphenol called resveratrol — present in red wine in particular, can reduce heart disease risk and ward off some types of cancers, plus Parkinson’s disease. But are grapes just…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
by Elizabeth Kelly Sometimes it seems like the secret to successful dieting hinges on just a few seconds of your day. You’ve been so good: writing in your food journal, sticking to the plan, passing up the office snacks. Then it happens. It may be that moment when you get…
Sandy Klocinski Do you always feel anxious whenever out in public, perhaps fearing that others are staring at you because of a self-perceived body flaw? Have you experienced “panic attacks” while in social settings, causing you to become so self-conscious that you have begun to avoid going out all together,…