Now that the summer is winding down and busy schedules are upon us, healthy eating and daily exercise sometimes falls through the cracks of our priorities. Though we may not be able to change our hectic schedules to meet the demands of healthy living, we can slip bits and pieces
I was sitting up late one night when nothing but infomercials were playing . As I was flipping through the television channels, I had to stop and watch . There were all of these people , of course mostly women but men sprinkled in as well, moving their bodies to
How many people get the five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables a day that most experts recommend? According to most surveys – not many. One quick and easy way to get more vegetables is to drink vegetable juice. When you do, you may get an additional bonus. A
We are entering into the third month of 2010. This means that all of you that stated you want to lose weight in 2010 and haven’t started, the clock is ticking. Don’t worry you are not alone. One way to jump start your weight loss would be a program called
The junk food diet is the bane of many an American’s health, providing excessive calorie intake with little or no nutrition; the key to a successful junk food diet is understand how the body processes energy. Our bodies use the energy found in simple calories, such as sugar and carbohydrates,
Joining a gym is a large financial commitment. Finding the “right” gym is crucial in determining whether or not you’ll go to the gym week after week. With swim suit season on the horizon, men and women are probably thinking about how they need to tone up and slim down.
Green tea has been around for over 500,000 years but it is just recently that Americans have recognized the health benefits of the Asian staple. The tea has been used in Asian culture as a traditional medicine to help control bleeding, heal wounds, regulate body temperture, control blood sugar and
We all have been to the grocery store in the last year or two, and all you see is “Healthy”, “Low Calorie”, “Better Choice”. Every company has been coming up with new ways to make their products “healthier” by cutting out a few calories, grams of fat, sugar, or sodium.
Dismayed by the growing epidemic of diabetes, obesity, and other health problems related to a diet that is poor in nutritive value, experts have devised a new rating system based on a scale of 1 – 100; with 1 being the lowest end of the nutrition scale and 100 being
Many grocery chains and manufacturers are implementing new nutrition rating systems, but how helpful are they really? For years, the food industry and public at large has sought an easy, effective means of determining what is a healthy option and what isn’t. With obesity rates rising, and fad diets everywhere,