Good blood circulation is essential for the body's overall health and proper functioning. Improving it can benefit the heart, as well as muscles and arteries throughout the body. While a healthy lifestyle, including a nutritious diet and regular exercise,...
According to evidence compiled by the Pesticide Action Network of Europe, the heath commission of the European Union known as DG SANCO and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) are trying to sidestep legislation that would ban the use...
Fact: Over 13 million youth in America are obese, and childhood obesity has quadrupled in the last 40 years.
Fact: Over 70 percent of obese youth will be obese adults with an increased risk of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and...
There's no question about it: stress can certainly be a killer. When we are exposed to chronic stress, it dampens our immune systems' ability to respond to foreign invaders, opening the door to a wide array of diseases. Stress...
Most of us are so busy that we don't make time for self-care, but it's really essential for good health and well-being as a little pampering can go a long way when it comes to reducing stress. Too much...
In a three-year study presented recently at the European Congress on Obesity in Sofia, Bulgaria, researchers revealed that children as young as five years old seek to relieve stress by turning to unhealthy foods.
Researchers asked about 500 elementary school...
When we pull an all-nighter to get a project done, or go for several days with fewer Z's than normal, can we really set our sleep record straight by getting extra snooze hours over the weekend? According to experts,...
Many of us suffer from fatigue at least occasionally, making it difficult to accomplish our numerous daily tasks in addition to taking the joy out of life. If you wake up feeling tired and have difficulty getting out of...
While a number of studies have linked versions of the FTO gene to chronic obesity, researchers from the National Institutes of Health believe they may have discovered why people that have it struggle to maintain a healthy weight as...
With the dangers of sugar consumption - obesity, diabetes, inflammation, the list goes on - becoming increasingly well-known, the market for sugar alternatives is booming. As more and more research has also come to light on the dangers of...
