Category Archives: Weight Management

In order to improve heart rate it is necessary to get the heart pumping which in turn will lead to better heart health. With age we can experience changes in our heart rate; it can become slower, irregular or reveal an underlying heart condition you didn’t know existed. Therefore, it’s important to get our hearts ...click here to read more

New research finds that obesity in the elderly results in poor kidney function. Obesity in general, but more so in the elderly, is linked with many health consequences – like diabetes and poor cardiovascular health. Specific to poor kidney function, obese elders are at a much greater risk of renal disease. Data collected from 57 ...click here to read more

Yoga is an ancient practice involving a combination of physically challenging postures, said to improve both energy and mood, and is now becoming an activity of choice for many people dealing with the symptoms of arthritis. Historical research suggests that Yoga was first developed in India over 5,000 years ago. Since then various styles of ...click here to read more

Sometimes it feels like no matter how much sleep we get we still lack energy. Lack of energy can get worse, too, the older we become. With other medical conditions and the use of medications we may have much less get-up-and-go than we once had, so we find ourselves cooped-up inside, counting down until we ...click here to read more

A new study has found that controlling type-2 diabetes in those with obesity is more successful with weight-loss surgery when compared to the use of medications. The findings reveal that five years after weight-loss surgery, obese participants were diabetes-free. Researchers back in 2009 randomly assigned 20 obese patients with type-2 diabetes to receive medical treatment, ...click here to read more

A new study shows that exercise training as a treatment is a safe way to improve the quality of life for people who suffer from pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary hypertension affects roughly 10 to 15 out of every million Americans and has an annual mortality rate of 15 percent. The condition occurs as a result of ...click here to read more

Bulimia nervosa is when a person binges and purges food. This means they will consume large amounts of food only to expel it from their body immediately afterward. This can be done through vomiting or with the use of laxatives. Causes of bulimia nervosa can range from psychological, biological, social and cultural influences. Type-2 diabetes ...click here to read more

Nowadays who isn’t trying to drop a few pounds? With obesity being such a large problem in America, those last five, 10, even 20 pounds definitely need to go. There are many options out there if you are trying to lose weight: Increase physical activity, eat well, and in extreme cases, surgery. Some of us ...click here to read more

What is dietary fibre? Fibre intake is an ongoing subject among many of us. We don’t eat enough, we eat too much, it constipates us, and it makes us go. It’s hard to get the facts straight when it comes to fibre. The bottom line: fibre is essential, and knowing which foods provide high amounts ...click here to read more

Everyone wants to lose those last five pounds. But keeping the weight off can be hard. Maybe in the past you’ve been successful, but somewhere down the road those pounds snuck back. Losing weight and keeping it off can be difficult, but new research suggests your initial weight loss can determine how successful you will ...click here to read more

The obesity problem in America is quickly becoming an epidemic. Previously it was estimated that one-third of Americans were obese. New research published in JAMA Internal Medicine uncovered this number has grown to nearly two thirds of Americans – 75 percent of men and 65 percent of women whereas 20 years ago it was 63 ...click here to read more

If you want to promote calorie burning it really has a lot to do with what you eat. Of course while marrying proper diet and exercise together can burn the most calories; you can get a good head start by incorporating calorie-burning fruits into your diet. But how exactly does fruit promote burning calories? Well ...click here to read more

Growing up you probably played with a yoyo. It would go down and up. Down and up. Sure it entertained us but the idea of a yoyo can greatly compare in our efforts to lose weight. It can go down and up, more so with age as our body just doesn’t function as it used ...click here to read more

At some point in our lives, we’ve felt sad, stress, angry and simply down in the dumps. Usually these emotions have been tied to an event and so they tend to pass as time heals. But if you’re feeling low over a longer period, you may need to take action to boost your mood. When ...click here to read more