Category: Health Fitness

Do you like to wear elegant and fashionable clothes? For a woman over 40, there is often a problem with them: they are tight and reveal excess fat. Especially belly fat doesn’t look good in tight clothes. Recently, a woman in her 40s told me, “I need to lose...

“SMORGANIC?” Is that a word? It was at my house before the repeated arguments and comparisons changed Butch and Tabby’s minds. I think it was the difference in taste of fresh organic produce that finally convinced them that organic food was not only better for the human body, but...

With more emphasis on losing weight, it’s easy to forget about people who are underweight or too skinny. Just as being overweight can put you at risk for various health problems, so can being underweight. We tell you how fats like Omega 3 help you gain weight in a...

Thyroid imbalance is much more common today than it was a decade ago. Despite all the information available through books, magazines, and articles like this, more needs to be done to educate the public and the medical community. It’s become a hidden epidemic in the United States, so it’s...

Because I write about health topics, I get a lot of spam emails from people who want to sell me magic pills that cure diseases. I got one today from someone who said garlic pills can cure diverticulitis. Let’s examine that claim. With the purpose of cure diverticulitisa pill...

Vigorous exercise is great for losing weight and improving muscle tone, but it’s not enough to raise your fitness level. It is very important to remember the recommended foods for before and after training, as they will help you optimize the benefits that you can obtain from your exercise...

A common problem I see among men (and some women) is that they tend to have very thick and sometimes protruding waistlines. This is almost epidemic among former heavy weight lifters or athletes, especially soccer players. Many times the problem is not even that they have too much body...

Joining a gym offers many health benefits. You can find amazing gym services in your local area. Just go to Google Maps, enter your location and enter keywords. You can use keywords such as “slimming centers”, “gym”, “health and fitness centers” and “wellness and spa centers”. In just a...

It’s colder outside. Perfect time to bake! Speaking of bread, one of the best recipes for this fall is definitely potato bread. Not only does it taste amazing, but it’s also healthy. Potato bread, as the name implies, is whole wheat bread flavored with cooked potatoes. So that you...

Not everyone wants to be a competitive bodybuilder, but we all want to be as fit and healthy as possible. The normal dietary needs of an active person; someone who has a regular exercise regimen gets about twenty percent of their calories from protein, forty percent from complex carbohydrates...