When you overeat on a consistent basis you can begin to worry that you are controlled by food. There is nothing wrong with you, in fact the problem might be as simple as the fact that you enjoy eating and hate to see it end. Let me explain this further… Let’s say you love [...]
This article was contributed by by Jonni Good Is true long-term weight loss really possible?We’ve all heard the statistics that say most people who lose weight will gain most of it back again in a very short amount of time. Those statistics can be discouraging, because losing a significant amount of weight, from 5% to [...]
Caroline Shannon posted this interesting question on Her Active Life website. In the article she points out that some researchers are starting to find evidence that discounts the widely held dieting belief that eating in the evening packs on the pounds. One nutritionalist, Monica Reinagel, states that there are differences in how our body handles calories at [...]
The debate over the health benefits of artificial sweeteners has come to a peak…again. This time researchers are not focused on whether the chemicals that make up these zero-calorie sweeteners are harmful to the body, they are actually asking if they are making us fat. Researchers at Purdue University studied two groups of rats. One group was fed yogurt sweetened with non-calorie [...]
I am always up for a good article on the benefits of coffee. I love coffee in the morning and I love reading about the benefits coffee, or more specifically in this case, caffeine, can produce. Leslie Baumann, M.D.recently wrote an article outlining how caffeine can improve your skin. It seems caffeine has been used in topical ointments for [...]
Some of you may not know that I began working in health care as a chiropractor. I think this is the reason that I am so drawn to noticing people’s posture. It is either that or the fact that my mom always harped on me to stand up straight. :-) It is very [...]
Did you ever compare yourself to the model on the front of the magazine? Did you wish you just had her hair or skin? Well this video might change the way you look at those cover girl photos. Outer beauty can be manufactured, true beauty is a product of feeling good about yourself inside.
The decision to lose weight is often a knee-jerk reaction. You realize you have a wedding in a few months and you want to look good for it, or you no longer fit in your clothes and decide in an instant that things must change. These events can be useful for getting out of [...]
A study from 2006 revealed some interesting facts about habits. As it turns out habits are not just behavior patterns, they are also patterns of thought. The study showed that habitual activity actually changed brain activity, more specifically it changed activity patterns in the basal ganglia, an area of the brain involved in habits, [...]
The American Institute of Cancer Research (AICR) recently confirmed what many of us suspected, there is a link between carrying excess body fat and cancer, but how does this work? It is explained by looking at the science of the body. Stored fat does not just sit on our body taking up space, [...]