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Making the Grade with Healthy Eating
Tips for eating healthily at College and still enjoy college life…
Three Deadly Eating Disorders
If you or someone you know suffers from an eating disorder, it is important to seek help as soon as possible…
Why Breakfast Really is the Most Important Meal of the Day
Eating breakfast in the morning helps you avoid some illnesses and disease. Read on to find out how…
You don’t have to be Rich to Eat Healthily
Practical tips for eating healthily on a tight budget…
Benefits of Using a Stability Ball in Your Training
If you are unfit, a beginner or just looking for a different fun exercise regime, you should consider all the benefits of using a stability ball. Use it to…
Exercise and Hypertension
Hypertension can be a ‘silent killer’ producing no direct pain to warn you of its presence. Today’s lifestyle seems to be causing an increase in high blood pressure but by taking a few measures you can avoid it and maintain a sound heart and circulatory system well into mature age…
Exercise and Cellulite
Why do some people have cellulite and others do not? Cellulite is not caused by being overweight although excess weight certainly increases the chances of having it. So what can you do about it…
Exercise and Pregnancy
Prescribing a medication for pregnant women is a complex process.
Before obstetricians and gynecologists decide which dose of which drug can best treat a condition without putting any harmful side effects on the mother and the baby, they consider the patient’s age, general health, the number of months before delivery, tolerance for medications, and any other drugs the pregnant patient may be taking.
Prescribing exercise on pregnant women has to be just as scientific and precise. The type, intensity, frequency, and duration of a “dose” of exercise are all critical. One person’s healthy, vigorous workout could be hazardous to another. These dangers may be greater in pregnant women because they are more likely to have strains and other serious side effects for the would-be mother.
However, if exercise will be implemented and carried out in a normal, average range, exercise will not have an effect on the overall condition of the pregnancy and especially on labor or delivery…
How to Read Food Labels
You are what you eat! The problem with today’s food is that it is so processed and preserved that there is very little food that you can rely upon for being just what it suggests so you don’t know what you are eating. And when more than one food is combined into a meal or tasty version of another food is produced it becomes all the more complicated. So how can you know what you are eating and how much…
Heart Rate Monitors
More and more people are taking responsibility of their health and want to monitor every aspect of their body function. Heart rate monitors, formally exclusively operated by physicians and nurses, are now an essential personal item used to monitor the heartbeat at rest, during and after exercise and especially in those with a diagnosed or possible heart conditions. If you are considering getting a heart rate monitor, the following will help you understand them…
