That runny nose, body ache and headache could signal a cold. But wait! Is it a cold or the flu? Before you reach for some soup and over the counter medicine, stop. You need to know if it is a cold or the flu before you start any treatment. If it is the flu, treatment is effective when it is started within 48 hours of experiencing its symptoms. The flu…
It is easy to ignore joint health when we are young and active. Our joints give our skeletons the ability to bend, thanks to their location at the meeting point of any two bones. This bending lets us go about our routine, performing various tasks with ease. Can you imagine life without joints? We’d just be a bag of bones! Our joints also have cartilage that lines both ends of…
You haven’t been great at heeding the warnings of your physician and now your prediabetes condition has progressed into full-blown Diabetes. Is it too late to fix this?! Of course not. But how to make the shift in treatment and management? How to update your care routine? While diabetes cannot be reversed, certain measures such as monitoring your carb and fat intake, regularly checking blood sugar levels, and getting sufficient…
Given the hectic lifestyles that rule our existence these days, never has it been more important to find a way to keep our brain healthy and alert. This is especially crucial for those tied to desk jobs working late hours, which can result in sleep deprivation and perpetual fatigue. There is a reason why we must follow a healthy lifestyle to be consistently productive. This can be as simple as…
Just stroll down the aisles of your local supermarket, and you’ll be bombarded by packaged products that claim to be rich in fiber. The world is becoming more conscious of a high fiber diet; however, the answers to these two questions are not always clear: what really constitutes a high fiber diet? what are the real health benefits of including fiber in your diet? Let’s look at the answers to…