Just Sitting Causes Belly Fat; Stand Up!
Is it possible that simply by standing up you can make your belly disappear? While it won’t happen overnight, moving from a sitting position to a standing position has immeasurable health benefits. When combined with a healthy diet and regular exercise program, standing instead of sitting is a practice well worth undertaking. Where Does Belly Fat Come From? Call it your...
Meditation Improves Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients
Meditation has been hailed since ancient times as a key practice to support physical and psychological health and balance. For cancer patients, the benefits of meditation to the mind, body and spirit have been found to boost recovery and reduce stress during treatment. Recent studies have specifically focused on women afflicted with breast cancer, and the slew of positive data...
Frightening Frankenfish: Why GMO Fish Should Not be on Your Dinner Plate
If you aren’t familiar with the term Frankenfish, it’s something you should certainly be aware of and avoid – if you hope to avoid health problems that is. The term refers to genetically modified salmon. At the end of December, the FDA recently released an assessment with their findings showing “no significant impact” from these highly controversial AquaBounty AquaAdvantage...
Choose Your Stevia Wisely
Stevia leaf is a delightfully healthy way to add sweetness to your meals without the use of sugar. Unlike other sweeteners, stevia is not a sugar at all, and therefore does not raise blood sugar levels and contribute to nasty conditions such as diabetes and heart disease. This naturally sweet-tasting herb has actually been found to regulate blood sugar...
The Detriment of the Western Diet
The human body is meant for extreme endurance but not without adequate rest, proper nutrition and some degree of stress management. In our fast-paced, often stressed, accomplish-oriented society we often neglect the needs of our body. In the end, we reap what we sow. If we neglect our body long enough it will start to speak up, demanding that...
The Gift of the Emu: Chronic Pain Relief Oil
While the emu may not be the friendliest or the most attractive bird on the block, it has something that other birds don’t have, health promoting oil. This large bird native to Australia has been providing Aboriginal people with oil used to treat a variety of medical conditions for hundreds of years. We are just now catching on to...
Eat More Beans to Burn Away Fat
Beans are much more than a meat substitute, they’re packed with fiber and antioxidants and can even aid in disease prevention. Even if you’re a meat eater, you should be incorporating them into your diet. They’re also extremely versatile and inexpensive, allowing those who are on a tight budget to eat healthfully and save money. Vegans, vegetarians, meat eaters, and...
Are You Getting Enough Vitamin D From Your Supplements?
The health supplement business in America is huge. The most recent figures indicate that well over $28 billion is spent each year on herbs, vitamins and other, mostly unregulated, supplements. Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, is amongst one of the most popular supplements taken by Americans. However, a recent analysis conducted by Kaiser Permanente reveals that consumers may not...
High Intensity, Short Duration Workouts Yield Big Results
Do you dread waking up a 4am so that you have time to get in your 3-mile run, stretch, eat breakfast and get to the office in time? Are your 45-minute weight training sessions starting to get boring and interfering with time with your kids? Don’t fret. According to a growing volume of information, high-intensity training (HIT) may be just...
The Major Health Crisis That’s Also a Big Business
Generations of Americans have trusted prescription medications and the companies that supply them with their very lives. Many people look for a seal of approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for reassurance that what they are ingesting is tested for quality and safe for use. Sadly, the very drugs being prescribed to treat our ailments are actually...
