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…
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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…
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…
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,…
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…
I recently started enjoying avocados. I had read a lot about its health benefits but had no clue where to get them. Some friends suggested trying an organic store, but when I got there, their avocados did not look appetizing. Somewhat skeptical, I bought just the one and kept it…
Most fast food is junk. And Junk Food is NOT Food. Unfortunately, it is easy to be fooled into eating things that are not good for our health. As a result, we develop health issues that open the doors for Big Pharma companies to further exploit us. Processed foods, which…