Adults should sleep seven to nine hours per night on a regular basis to promote optimal health according to recently developed recommendations from The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and…
Ballet-Inspired Barre Workouts
It’s never too late to develop your inner ballerina! These simple barre exercises combine the grace and flexibility of ballet with roots in yoga and Pilates. With roots in ballet, yoga, and P…
Exercise to help your arthritis
Arthritis can be so crippling for some that it interferes with their social life and their ability to work, a new study finds. But, physical activity can help ease pain and improve quality of life.…
Body image affects women’s overall health
The media is a forceful transmitter that feeds ideas and sometimes values into the minds of its consumers, and despite the recent push to diversify the size of models, body image issues continue to…
High fat + high salt = weight loss?
People typically attribute a fast metabolism to the fact that some people can eat fatty and salty foods on a daily basis without gaining a pound. However, researchers now may have another explanati…
Trans fat is getting the boot
The Food and Drug Administration has given the food industry a deadline to phase out partially hydrogenated oils, the main source of artificial trans fat. Companies have until June 18, 2018, to eit…
Are you living with a hernia?
Hernias can be a very painful thing, but most people don’t know the pain can be prevented by dealing with them before they rupture. A hernia is a defect in the abdominal wall and can occur when a w…
Is the obesity epidemic getting even worse?
The obesity problem in America is not going away anytime soon, according to a new health report that found that 36 million men and almost 29 million women in the U.S. are overweight and 32 million …
Sharing exercise goals on Facebook not the best motivator
You’re ready to get back into a workout regime to help hit weight-loss goals and you update your status on Facebook hoping for some extra motivation, but think again. A new study finds that people …
Protein powders go mainstream
Once reserved for body builders and those looking to build muscles fast, protein powders have gone mainstream with entire sections of grocery stores filled with many varieties. As they gain popular…