Childhood obesity is an epidemic that is happening all across America. With the proliferation of junk foods and sweetened drinks that are available to kids, it can be hard for parents to monitor exactly how much they are consuming. Also, the rise of mobile entertainment and video games have resulted in an increasingly sedentary population [...]
More and more people are beginning to avoid gluten. Whether it be because they are a celiac, going on a diet, don’t like empty carbs, or are just really picky eaters; it is also becoming somewhat of a fad. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that occurs genetically in people where eating gluten will damage [...]
Americans are more obese than the majority of other countries in the world. This is probably due to the Western culture of larger meal portions, lack of exercise, and our love of unhealthy habits. In fact, more than one-third of US adults are obese. That is 78.6 million people. What is more astonishing is that the estimated [...]
Around the holidays you might feel as though you’ve put on 10 pounds, but research indicates that the average American gains about one pound between Thanksgiving and New Year's. Unfortunately, this data from the New England Journal of Medicine, is nearly a decade old and sure to be outdated by now. In more recent studies, the Journal of Clinical Medicine [...]
We were all told to drink milk as a kid. But is it really as beneficial as we originally thought? While calcium does have many great benefits such as healthy bones, teeth, and skin; if you exceed the recommended amount of calcium per day you are at an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. What [...]
Most Americans these days are more concerned about the latest cell phone than focusing on something as simple as their health. A shocking 23 million Americans have Type 2 diabetes. What’s even worse is that 5.7 million of those with Type 2 diabetes don’t even know that they have it. This is alarming because adults [...]
It seems like common sense, but your parents were on to something when they told you to eat your vegetables and exercise regularly. According to recent studies, in many cases, lifestyle plays a huge role in whether or not you will end up with cancer. In a five year long study with over 7,000 scientific [...]
Heart Disease is a general term used to describe several different conditions. It is any disorder that affects the hearts ability to function normally, for example; heart attack, stroke, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, etc. The most common cause of heart disease is a narrowing or blockage in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the [...]
What is ‘Fibromyalgia?’ Like all medical words, it can be broken down into several parts: ‘Mya’ means muscle, ‘algia’ means pain, and ‘fibro’ means the outer coverings of the muscle. While widespread back pain is not new, the term ‘Fibromyalgia’ is! FM was first identified by Moldofsky & Smyth, two Canadian rheumatologists, who named the [...]
After an intense workout, our bodies experience significant depletion of key nutrients, water and energy. For many, this loss is seldom replenished and bodies are left running on little fuel until the next meal. The hard work of a particularly grueling workout will hardly be worth it if you're not refueling your body properly. [...]
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