Category: Health Fitness

So maybe you bought a good jump training program and gained the first 6 to 8 inches in your vertical but now progress has stopped? Or maybe after weeks of hard training you still haven’t seen that initial gain that everyone says comes pretty quickly at first? In either...

Indeed, you are what you eat. The most important step toward a healthy lifestyle is realizing that most of the foods NOT to eat are usually tasty, but killer. While grain products, caffeine, and alcoholic beverages are well-known, great-tasting unhealthy foods, the list doesn’t end there. There are many...

Pasta is one of the most loved comfort foods in the world. It is as versatile as it is economical and can be served with different sauces. Unfortunately, this is a simple carbohydrate, which means your body breaks it down and burns it quickly. As such, it has a...

You may have noticed that some people walk around in these weird looking shoes made by Skechers. They look like the old moon shoes of yesteryear. Did you know that these people are subtly getting a workout just by wearing them all day? You may have some questions about...

Weight has a funny way of sneaking up on us. OK, not funny… FRUSTRING! One day we feel skinny, the next we’re convinced our jeans have shrunk. The good news is that no one has gone from a healthy weight to obesity overnight. The bad news is that it...

A friend of mine thought she read somewhere that Cheerios are okay for breakfast on the candida diet if you must eat cereal. She wonders if that’s true because now she can’t seem to find it in her book and she’s desperate for breakfast. This is his first breakfast...

As I indicated in a previous article, we are living longer and healthier lives. There is time to reinvent yourself and try new things. Here are some additional suggestions. Travel – Now is the time For whatever reason, traveling may not have been a priority in your second age....

MY OWN SEARCH I was wondering what the doctor meant when she said, “Your estrogen levels are too low, I think we’ll do more blood work.” “What does that mean?” I consulted. “I think you’re going through early menopause.” She explained. “It can’t be. I’m only 36 years old!”...

I recently received an email asking me if simply eating healthy foods would be as effective as being on the nutrisystem diet. I only have experience with one of these, but I suspect the answer to this question would be no. The reason for this is that healthy choice...

Low-carb diets include removing carbohydrates from your diet, or at least limiting them, and adding more protein and fat. But even if you cut out grains, vegetables, and starchy fruits, will it help you lose weight and, more importantly, will you be healthy and the weight loss results will...