What Vaccinations Are You Missing?

What Vaccinations Are You Missing?

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

Typically, childhood vaccinations are monitored and meticulously recorded on special sheets from the pediatrician’s office while adult vaccinations are often forgotten or overlooked by health care providers. Approximately 50,000 people die each year from diseases that could be prevented with vaccinations, 36,000 of those deaths are due to the influenza…

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Effective Ways to Manage Type 2 Diabetes

Effective Ways to Manage Type 2 Diabetes

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

By Vedis Teh When a person has been diagnosed with having extreme levels of blood sugar in the body they are challenged daily with having to manage type 2 diabetes and changing their traditional way of living. Type II diabetes is an extremely volatile and serious condition and may lead…

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5 Causes of Diabetes: Are You at Risk?

5 Causes of Diabetes: Are You at Risk?

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

Obesity…High blood pressure and poor cholesterol…Insulin resistance…Smoking…Pregnancy…  They are more than common health woes. They also happen to be five factors that raise the risk for developing Type 2 diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), an estimated 25.9 million people in the U.S. have diabetes, and another 79…

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6 Behaviors That Put You at Risk for the Flu

6 Behaviors That Put You at Risk for the Flu

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

By now, we all know the flu is nothing to sneeze at. It’s an illness that sends people running straight for the sanitizer…and with good reason.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, influenza and pneumonia were responsible for more than 50,000 deaths in 2011. It goes without…

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Can You Be Fat and Fit?

Can You Be Fat and Fit?

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

In today’s world of monitoring everything from your body mass index to measuring your waistline, many people don’t realize that you can be fit and fat at the same time. It is extremely possible to be fit, yet considered overweight by many of today’s standards. A large part of this…

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Could You Have Crohn’s Disease?

Could You Have Crohn’s Disease?

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

A bout of diarrhea here and there is fairly common. From stomach bugs to hormones to food poisoning, the list of potential culprits runs the gamut. But when the occurrences become more persistent, it can be sign of a more serious problem, namely Crohn’s disease.  What Is Crohn’s Disease?  …

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