Following a healthy diet and deciding how much exercise is right for you can be a real juggling act. We know we should eat right and exercise regularly, but putting a program into practice is difficult. It's easy to make excuses. So try planning a two-week regimen of low fat meals and moderate exercise, [...]
If you would like to consume the recommended amount of protein without eating meat, it can be done with a little extra planning. A vegan or vegetarian diet is highly rewarding and many food scientists actually believe that the proteins received from non-meat foods are actually stronger than the proteins found in meat. Protein [...]
Your metabolism is the rate your body converts the calories you eat and drink into energy. Each person’s natural metabolism rate varies. The rate of metabolism naturally begins to slow down for most people after the age of 40 because the amount of muscle tends to decrease. A slowed metabolism reduces the calorie burn [...]
Ever since the Walkman became sturdy enough to jog with, people have been looking for more ways to incorporate technology into their workouts. Many exercise gadgets are about motivation, and this next one is no different. If you could benefit from having yet one more obstacle to your enthusiasm for getting up and going [...]
Eating for health reasons isn’t the only incentive to attack those fruits, veggies and low-carb grains. The secret to having a younger looking body lies in three easy diet tips. Eat Three Meals with No Snacking Between Although the six to eight meals a day plan is popular, many people leave out the mini [...]
As you know, most produce tends to only be available in certain seasons. Therefore, with each change in seasons, you may have to adjust your diet to align with the fruits that are currently in season. Now that spring is here, consider incorporating these healthy spring fruits into your diet. Peaches and Apricots Two delicious [...]
In recent years, more and more studies on diet sodas and their effects on the human body have been an interest within the scientific community. Theories have been thrown back and forth, but no concrete correlation between obesity and diet sodas have been found...until now. According to a recent study by Eran Segal and [...]
It happens every spring. You toss open the windows, shed your winter coat, and suddenly get the urge to clean your house. But do you ever think about "spring cleaning" your body? Although staying healthy in the winter may seem limited, there's plenty of excellent ways to keep your health regimen out of the cold. [...]
Creating a workout schedule that's more routine than random is fairly difficult, if no motivation is involved. However, we've provided a few excellent tips to help one keep their "eye on the prize" and hold a lasting workout routine for years to come. Here's a look at some excellent motivators that will place your fitness routine at the top of your [...]
Research shows that losing weight is harder now than it’s ever been. Even with calorie-counting and exercise, it’s often difficult to shed extra pounds. It isn’t necessarily that we’re eating more or exercising less. What’s causing our waistlines to widen and our scale readings to skyrocket? One primary contributing culprit is processed food. Genetically modified organisms [...]