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…
Weight loss. The Holy Grail for most of us. I mean, even if you lose those extra pounds, keeping that ideal weight can be a challenge. Keeping fit means getting enough protein–the building block for lean muscle and burning fat. And there are many foods that will deliver your protein quota. For vegetarians and vegans, this can be through fruits and veggies that can give you the same amount of…
Detox is the buzzword today, and it can apply to physical, mental, and emotional detox. After all, it makes sense to get rid of any kind of toxins in order to enjoy good health. With reference to physical health, detoxification relates to the conversion of toxic substances into wastes that our body can naturally eliminate. Toxins in our body can come from the medication we take, our hormones, chemicals, food…
That stubborn fat can be so annoying. Sometimes no matter what you do, you feel like smashing the scale when it refuses to budge, eh? The thing is, eating the right food alone is not enough. We hardly need a fitness expert to tell us that a critical part of any weight loss program is exercise. With regular exercise, we not only lose weight, but promote our overall health. Just…
If you have diabetes, there are major health benefits in losing excess weight. The most important benefits of weight management in diabetes are better control of your blood glucose levels and blood fats including cholesterol and blood pressure reducing the risk of developing long-term complications. Why weight management in diabetes? Being overweight makes it tougher to control diabetes since excess weight makes it harder for the body to use insulin…