Diets Make You Fat
In 1919, Dr. Lulu Hunt Peters wrote the book Diet and Health. In it she presented the concept of counting calories. A calorie is a...
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What Carbs Are Best for Breakfast When You Have Diabetes?
For most people, breakfast is not the most planned meal of the day, sometimes it is even skipped until brunch or lunch, and depending on...
Veggies Boost Brain Power
A new Harvard study highlights another reason why a mother’s advice to “eat your veggies” is spot on for long-term health and, in particular, cognitive health....
Benefits of One on One Fitness Training
Is there a way to stay fit or achieve your weight loss goal without visiting the gym? Sure there is! Setting up a one-on-one fitness...
Does Stevia Help with Weight Loss?
In the U.S., the average intake of added sugars reaches up to 270 calories or more than 13 percent of calories per day based on...
Better Cognitive Health in India?
Back in February of 2010, the BBC reported on Ballabrarh, a village in northern India that had an unusually low rate of Alzheimer’s disease (AD)—lower than...
Selecting a Health Club
Before you can get started with a physical fitness program, decide what type of equipment you want to use (free weights, machines, Nautilus, Cybex, etc.)...
A Sunny Workout Is Best for Your Heart
Want to get fit? Check your vitamin D levels. Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) may well be linked to serum vitamin D levels. A study, published in...
Mediterranean Diet Can Prevent Blindness
Evidence is mounting that a poor diet plays an important role in the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the...