Category Archives: Weight Management

Dieting has always been the main component to weight loss and staying healthy. Unfortunately, with many of today’s modern conveniences and an overabundance of fast food, many Americans fall into the routine of eating much more than they actually need. While there are many reasons why people find themselves in a never-ending spiral of overeating ...click here to read more

We are very much into fall now—look around and you will see the leaves changing, the temperature getting cooler, and the sun setting much earlier. Along with these changes come fall foods. It’s recommended to eat foods when they are in season as they are more readily available, which means they are less likely to ...click here to read more

We all get tired every now and then. Some of us wake up tired, others feel that three o’clock crash, while others experience fatigue throughout their day. There are several reasons we feel tired, such as an underlying medical condition, poor sleep, lack of exercise, and a bad diet. Diet plays a large role in ...click here to read more

Exercise has always been looked at as a healthy choice in people’s lives. It helps us lose weight, sleep better, strengthen our bones, and can even allow us to live longer. But how exactly does exercise do this for us and why does it make us feel good? A group of researchers from the University ...click here to read more

Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) is a popular diet aimed at controlling high blood pressure. But many patients with high blood pressure also have cholesterol and blood sugar problems, known as metabolic syndrome. Therefore, the DASH diet can go a long way in controlling these other areas too. Another common element is that those ...click here to read more

If you eat healthy, balanced meals, kudos to you. Many find it difficult to do so, but secondly, that means you are getting in a variety of nutrients that your body needs to stay at its best. If you aren’t one of those super-dedicated people, then, unfortunately, you could be lacking in these nutrients. That ...click here to read more

The food we eat not only provides us with the energy we need throughout the day, but also dictates our overall health. Those who eat fast food for the majority of their meals are likely to have high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and be overweight. Those who adhere to a diet comprised of healthy foods, ...click here to read more

While a number of treatments exist for IBS, a new study out of Yale University has found that following an individualized diet based on food sensitivities is the best medicine-free approach to help reduce symptom onset. An inconvenient disorder Irritable bowel syndrome is a common disorder that affects the large colon. It differs from other ...click here to read more

If you live with joint pain, the last thing you want to do is exercise, but exercise can help you improve joint pain along with improving mobility. Our joints help to hold our skeleton together along with supporting any movement we make. Along with pain, joints may feel stiff, swollen, and a decrease in motion ...click here to read more

What is cervical lordosis? Cervical lordosis is a medical term referring to the degree of curvature of the human neck, pinpointing an exaggerated atypical inward curvature of the neck region. This curve is a physically desirable trait for humans to have, as if you were to lose this natural curvature, it could lead to several ...click here to read more

If you’re over the age of 40 or 50, you may have noticed that your weight is much harder to maintain. You put it on much easier and it is far more difficult to lose. We blame it on getting older or poor diet choices and lack of exercise, but women specifically have their hormones ...click here to read more

Having type 2 diabetes, also called adult-onset or non-insulin dependent diabetes, is very commonplace in today’s society. It affects nearly 9.4 percent of the entire U.S. population and this doesn’t show signs of slowing down anytime soon. This growing trend is in direct correlation with the increasing rates of obesity in American citizens and has ...click here to read more

Generally speaking, exercise is good for your heart as it keeps your heart and lungs strong. But what if we told you that there was a type of exercise that was putting your heart at risk? It may be hard to believe, but it’s true. There are numerous studies that link regular exercise with improved ...click here to read more

Losing weight is something that many of us would like to achieve. And once we have committed to eating right and performing regular exercise, weight loss is often obtainable. We are told that eating a high-fiber diet primarily composed of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains is the healthiest way to shed extra pounds, but for ...click here to read more