When you have a health checkup, cholesterol levels are definitely on the list to ensure that your lipid profile is at target levels. High triglyceride levels put you at risk for a number of serious health issues. The lipid profile measures the fat in your blood, and there are three types to check. The LDL or bad cholesterol, the HDL or good cholesterol and triglycerides. Ideally, total cholesterol should be…
Vitamins are essential for overall health and ensuring that you get enough in the daily recommended intake (DRI) can often be a challenge. While it is easy to get the necessary quota with a healthy, balanced, diet, some women might still need vitamin supplements. Also, although there are common dietary recommendations for men and women, when it comes to vitamins, women’s needs are different. Vitamins and micro nutrients are crucial…
There’s no doubt that a healthy heart is a happy heart. Keeping your heart healthy can be as easy as making easy lifestyle changes. This can be in relation to diet by eating healthy, getting enough exercise, ensuring you get enough sleep and keeping stress levels manageable. It is true that every one is at risk for heart disease, but some of us are at higher risk. Heart disease isn’t…
No matter how you see it, maintaining a healthy weight can seem like a challenge at one time or the other, even if you are pretty close to your ideal weight. There will be days when you indulge. The regret comes later. If you normally stick to a healthy diet, defaulting once or twice seems okay. Sometimes it can be really hard not to be tempted. However, excess weight can…
Just seeing the phrase “herbs and spices” makes me automatically smell their fragrance in my head and salivate! During a recent trip, I had the pleasure of enjoying a lot of natural herbs and spices in my food. In fact, I discovered a whole lot of new tastes. After we returned from our trip, I was thrilled to find we could get basil – we are only used to holy…