Scientists are learning more and more about the impact that stress plays on your health. It’s not just your mental health that can be hurt by both acute and chronic stress.
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Our excessive snacking habits can easily lead to unwanted weight gain over time. While snacks are great for staving off hunger in between meals, for most of us, snacking can quickly become addictive and lead to overeating.....
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A southern California man recently discovered how dangerous his phone use could be when he ruptured the tendon in his left thumb after gaming for six to eight weeks straight.
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If you’re over the age of 20, you’re probably gaining nearly a pound a year. In 2011, the New England Journal of Medicine released results from a decades-long study that found the average American adult gained 3.35 pounds every four years.
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Like anything, running is an activity where you have to work to make it stick. For example, I thought I couldn’t run more than four miles at a time just five years ago.
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Hitting the treadmill is good for everything from your heart to your mood—but if you’re not also strength training on a regular basis, you’re missing out on some major health benefits.
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Many people think they can’t workout or eat healthy because they don’t have time. Here are ways to hack your day to start dropping pounds! If packing your lunch, cooking dinner every night, and getting....
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Working out has been made out to be more confusing than it actually is. But at the same time, it’s hard to know what really works, what doesn’t, what exercises you should be doing and how often you should train.
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Easter is coming. And as the weekend of April 5th nears, dieters will start to panic. Once those supermarket shelves are stacked sky-high with tasty Easter eggs, all we can think about is getting our next chocolate fix.
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Fat gets a bad rap, but healthy fats are essential for a healthy body and normal hormone function—and they definitely don’t make you fat. There are lots of great ways to get healthy fats, including almonds, coconut oil, and flax oil. Including more healthy fats in your diet is great for your brain function....
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Hands up if you started 2015 with all of the best work-out intentions but recently your motivation has taken a nose-dive? Yep, us too. To get you back on your fitness track we’ve scoured Instagram to bring you the celebrity gym selfies....
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A workout can be the perfect antidote to a stressful workday filled with endless emails and demanding deadlines. But that “my brain is fried” feeling could make your sweat session less effective, according to new research published in the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
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Containing a wide variety of vitamins and minerals, reducing high blood pressure, decreasing the risk of heart disease and protecting against cancer, citrus fruit, which are indispensable in wintertime, have much more benefits than you realize
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One out of every three US adults has high blood pressure (hypertension),1 while another 59 million Americans have pre-hypertension 2 (which means you may soon develop full-blown hypertension).
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Avocados are an excellent source of heart-healthy monounsaturated fat that is easily burned for energy, while being low in fructose. Not surprisingly, improved weight management 1,2 is one of the health...
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Pine nuts have been enjoyed since ancient times. Roman soldiers ate them and they’ve been mentioned by Greek authors as early as 300 BC.1 Nutritionally speaking, pine nuts contain many of the same healthy nutrients as other nuts, including healthy....
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Dr. Robert Lustig, Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, has been a pioneer in decoding sugar metabolism. He’s become quite well-known in recent years for stating that excessive amounts of sugar in your diet has toxic effects.
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Does your 2015 resolution have something to do with eating healthy, getting in shape, losing weight and in general feeling fitter/stronger/better? To firm up in the new year, hitting the gym is not even half the equation. To drop pounds and maintain weight loss....
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If you’re lacking energy, easily annoyed, and generally feel sort of off, look to your diet. While iron deficiencies may get all the ink, it’s not the only mineral that could be missing from your meals. Lack of magnesium, a common but silent deficiency impacts about half of the population, data suggests.
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Tempted to munch on potato chips instead of carrot sticks? You’re not weak — your brain is just naturally driven to favor caloric foods. A new McGill University study, published in the journal Psychological Science, found that our brains tend to favor the more calorie-dense option when choosing between foods.
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