Category: Fitness
Sinus Drops for Spring Sniffles and Sneezes
Spring brings with it high pollen count in the air from which many of us suffer spring sniffles and sneezes. According to several news sources, allergy suffers are being hit harder and earlier than usual this year, especially on the East coast. For those of you that have to deal with hay fever, you are [...]
Eat Healthier When Dining Out
In a restaurant, you really don’t always know what is in the foods you order. By following some basics, you can rest assured you’re always getting healthful and satisfying meals. When dining out consider the following healthful options: Minestrone soup, gazpacho or crudites (raw veggies). Salads made with deep greens such as spinach, arugula and [...]
Salmon Plus Olive Oil Maintains a Healthy Heart
Fish like salmon and tuna are rich in omega-3 fats that may help fight heart disease and cancer by curbing inflammation inside your body. The omega-3 fats in fatty fish such as wild salmon can help reduce the risk of sudden-death heart attacks. Salmon Red salmon is the highest in fat, is the most expensive [...]
Exercise and Disease Prevention
Regular exercise is the key to preventing many diseases. Any sustained movement, like walking, bicycling, swimming or cross-country skiing, will reduce the risk of several life-threatening diseases such as coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol and possibly cancer. Exercise does not need to be boring, expensive, time-consuming or inconvenient. Moderate forms of exercise will [...]
Fat Facts
There are basic facts you should know about fats. There are mainly two classes of fats; saturated fat, and unsaturated. Unsaturated fats are the polyunsaturated and monounsaturated. Some fats are dangerous, some are actually good for you. When fats combine with protein in your body, they form a complex called Lipoproteins. We will look at [...]
Water for Fitness and Fat Burning
Did you know that in water, that simple substance called H2O, you have a powerful tool that can increase your muscle contractile strength by 10 to 15 percent, and increase your capacity for prolonged aerobic exercise by 20 to 30 percent? It’s true. What’s more, in water we have a substance that is totally legal [...]
Amazing Almonds
National Almond Day February 16 Just a handful of almonds a day may help you maintain healthy cholesterol levels. And that’s good news for just about everyone as cardiovascular disease holds its spot as the leading cause of death among men and women in the U.S. Almonds are cholesterol free and low in saturated fat. [...]
Reducing Your Risk for Chronic Disease
Heart disease is the nation’s number-one killer. There is no question that many Americans’ high-fat diets and sedentary lifestyles put them at risk. Atherosclerosis, or “hardening of the arteries,” is the leading cause of heart disease. It is a condition that may begin in childhood and progress through adolescence into adulthood. Fat deposits build up [...]
Low Carb High Carb
First, carbohydrates were said to be the food of choice for high energy and athletic performance. Then we were taught carbs are bad and will make us fat and lo and behold, low carbohydrate dieting went mainstream and a sort of “diet battle” began. For everyone who says eating a low carbohydrate diet is the [...]
Beneficial Berries
February is Berry Fresh Month. Berries have literally earned a “health halo” in the world of nutrition. In fact, berries have also become the favorite fruit of the public at large. Of all fruits, consumer research finds strawberries the absolute favorite among adults and kids. Over the past decade, multiple research findings support the health [...]
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