3 Tips To Help Use Remaining Health Account Funds
Sunscreen may not top many shopping lists this time of year, but stocking up now can keep you from wasting money. December is the final month for many people with employer-sponsored health coverage to spend the remaining balance in their health care flexible spending account. More than 15 million workers have these accounts, which gave […]
Advice You Can Use To Assist You With Weight Loss
There is more than enough advice for folks who are planning to lose weight. It is sometimes hard to know which program or diet to try since there are so many to choose from. They all promise the same thing – a quick and easy weight loss solution. Sadly, as with most things one knows […]
Whatever You Do, Don’t Exercise!
You can’t turn left, right, go forward, backwards, or even just stand still these days without someone telling you that you have to exercise. Whatever happens, DON’T do it! People talk about the many benefits of exercise, and indeed, the list seems very long, and it seems to touch pretty much every aspect of our […]
How 40,000 People Reverse Heart Disease
Written by the Editors at Weight Loss Buddy Press in colaboration with Hans A. Diehl, DrHSc, MPH, FACN, CNS It is well known that about two-thirds of the U.S. population is either overweight or obese. The U.S. Surgeon General has stated that approximately 75% of Western diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, gout, […]
Family criticizing your weight? You might add more pounds
Women whose loved ones are critical of their weight tend to put on even more pounds, says a new study on the way people’s comments affect our health. Professor Christine Logel from Renison University College at the University of Waterloo led the study, which appears in the December issue of the journal Personal Relationships. “When […]
Personal Trainers From The Co-rec Offer Workout Tips For Winter
Jawbone, a consumer technology and wearable products company, analyzed hundreds of thousands of their consumers steps every day for a year and correlated them with weather conditions in their users area. Not surprisingly, they found that as temperatures dropped, so did the level of physical activity. As temperatures in the area continue to slump into […]
Are Home Diagnostic Kits Reliable As A Substitute For Professional Medical Opinions?
Let’s face it. A trip to the drugstore is a whole lot easier than a costly and time-consuming trip to the doctor’s office. No time wasted waiting for the physician; no embarrassing questions to answer; and no sticker shock when the bill comes. Just head for the section of your pharmacy with all of the […]
Top Five Tips For Enjoying The Holiday Party From A Loyola Dietician
Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Newswise The countdown for the holidays is on and so is the calorie-counting. For many, the fear of gaining weight is significantly greater than the actual number of pounds that may accrue at holiday time, says Lauren Zuro, registered dietician at Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery & Bariatric […]
When you lose weight, where does the fat go? Most of the mass is breathed out as carbon dioxide, study shows
Despite a worldwide obsession with diets and fitness regimes, many health professionals cannot correctly answer the question of where body fat goes when people lose weight, a UNSW Australia study shows. The most common misconception among doctors, dieticians and personal trainers is that the missing mass has been converted into energy or heat. “There is […]
Yoga Promotes A Healtheir Life
What goes on in the body when you are doing your asanas? Most of us realize that yoga increases and maintains flexibility, strengthens muscles and increases one’s stamina. All forms of yoga invite the participant to attend to their breath and notice the inward quieting. Most individuals who participate sense a uniqueness in this movement […]