Sometimes it’s not just diet or exercise that is holding us back from reaching our health and fitness goals, it’s our mind. Our mind is a powerful thing that can push us to new heights when we approach things in a positive way, and can prevent us from reaching our goals when we let it [...]
The Health Benefits of Peanut Butter
September 9, 2012 by
Peanut butter tends to get the cold shoulder for people who are trying to watch their calorie intake because it packs a hefty fat and calorie punch for a fairly small serving, making it easy to overeat and ultimately contribute to weight gain. However peanut butter isn’t quite the black sheep of health foods that [...]
How Diet Pills Can Support Your Weight Loss Targets
August 28, 2012 by
Losing weight isn’t easy. It’s often a long road that requires hard work, determination and, for the best results, a little knowledge. That last factor is especially important if you find it difficult to lose weight. If you’ve spent several weeks, months or even years trying and failing to achieve your target weight despite putting [...]
Not Your Grandmother’s Brussels Sprouts: Ways to this Leafy, Delicious Green
August 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Not Your Grandmother’s Brussels Sprouts: Ways to this Leafy, Delicious Green As a little girl, I would cringe cry every time I saw Brussels sprouts hit the dinner table. Even though I had never tried them, I was convinced through school-yard tales that I would most certainly not like them. I had heard friends tell [...]
Mental Health Awareness—Educating to End the Stigma
July 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In the United States, the month of May is observed as Mental Health Awareness Month. The program began in 1949 in an effort to better educate people on the effects, prevalence, and history of mental illness within our society. While these programs have done a lot to educate the general public on mental illness and [...]
Yoga postures for weight loss
July 19, 2012 by 6 Comments
Weight loss isn’t easy for everyone but, if you have the right mindset, you can make a big difference in your physical appearance. There are quite a few ways through which weight loss results can be obtained. One of the most appropriate ways for weight loss is to practice yoga. Yoga is indeed an excellent [...]
What You Should Do to Reduce Sweating (and Body Odor!)
July 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Human skin is slightly acidic when it is dry. That condition is an excellent deterrent to bacterial buildup. But when the skin gets wet due to perspiration, then that’s when you get body odor issues. Stay poised and sweat-free even in the most harried situations. Sweating can lead to body odor. Body odor can then [...]
Vegetarianism: Adopting a New Diet With Cancer
July 2, 2012 by 3 Comments
Cancer is a difficult and scary disease. For those patients who are diagnosed with cancer, it can seem like the end of the world. Aside from the physical pain and fear that a cancer patient may have, someone who was recently diagnosed, who is going through chemotherapy, or who has finished treatment and is in [...]