Diet & Fitness / Wellness
Feeling like a zombie even after eight solid hours of counting sheep? You’re not alone — women complain of fatigue and tiredness twice as much as men. Sleepy symptoms can be exacerbated by the tasks many women find themselves taking on, including a career, household chores, caring for children…oh, and…
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Diet & Fitness / Mind & Body
By Diane Corriette You know what it’s like. You set yourself a goal, something you want to achieve. You are excited and ready to take on the world, and then a few months later you can’t even be bothered to spend 10 minutes working towards achieving it. Well welcome to…
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Diet Reviews / Low Fat
The plan utilizes three strategies – cut back calories, eliminate refined, fatty and fried foods and increase lean proteins and fresh vegetables. Low in carbs, low in fat and low in calories, the “Spoonlight Program” might sound like a drag until you get the fabulous French recipes such as fish…
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Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips
You could be cruising for a boozing this holiday season if you’re too much into the spirits. Those festive drinks, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, can quickly add up. In fact, they can do as much damage as the unhealthy party foods you’re avoiding in the name of weight loss….
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Diet & Fitness / Mind & Body
By Cherry Norris I love it when people tell me, “You’re so lucky. You’ve never had a weight problem.” Ha! Little do they know! I struggled with diets and weight gain for YEARS! I’ve been on Weight Watchers, Nutri-system, Jenny Craig, the Hotdog diet, the Grapefruit diet, the Cabbage diet…to…
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Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips
You think you’re safe eating those “healthy” frozen entrees? Well, think again. They’re loaded with the silent killer, better known as sodium. Many people are so consumed by the fat and calorie content of foods that they overlook the sodium content. The problem with sodium is that it is hidden…
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Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips
It’s a common misconception that in order to get fit, you must live at the gym. Overdoing it can actually be harmful to your health. Excessive exercising is defined as working out for more than three hours a day and/or being so obsessed with exercise that it interferes with other…
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Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips
Regardless of whether you’re a novice athlete or a professional athlete, it’s always important to make time for a little R & R. Periods of rest are instrumental in helping to make sure you get the most out of your workout. In fact, the days off from working out are…
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Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips
When using the equipment at the gym, make sure you’ve properly adjusted it to fit your height and shape. This reduces your risk of injury and makes the exercise more effective. From the stair climber to the rowing machine, each and every machine has a specific function. In order to…
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Diet & Fitness / Wellness
Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disorder and a common cause of hyperthyroidism, or an overactive thyroid gland. A person suffering from Graves’ disease has a thyroid that produces too many hormones. These hormones affect different bodily functions and parts of the body, so Graves’ disease symptoms are diverse. Graves’ disease…
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