Wellness Tip:- When trying to lose weight, low-calorie diet soda may seem like a good beverage option. If the consumption of artificial chemicals doesn't dissuade you in its own right, consider this. Those who opt for a diet soda often consume more overall calories. You may think you have some leeway, but if you are not careful you can easily exceed any calories saved with your food intake. Artificial...
Wellness Tip:- High protein-low carbohydrate diets have come a long way from frying a pound of bacon in butter for breakfast and eating a whole package of hot dogs for lunch. Today's approach features fresh, non-starchy vegetables and lean meats. This approach switches the body's fuel from glucose to fat. Although weight loss is often rapid, it is safe and permanent. Eating low carb can also stabilize...
#1. Happiness Isn't Just in Your Mind - Our mental health and happiness is more closely connected to our physical health than you might think. When we don't feel well physically it's hard to feel well mentally. Exercise, sleep and eating well appear to have a drastic effect on mental health and happiness. If you knew for certain that exercise, sleep and eating well could reduce depression better than...
Wellness Tip:- With today's hurried lifestyles, people often fail to eat enough real nutrient dense food. The reality is that most of us are living with micronutrient deficiencies and imbalances which lead to a myriad of health issues. Even if you do eat reasonably well, you can still struggle to get the nutrients you need from anything grown in modern day nutrient depleted soils. Taking supplements...
Wellness Tip:- Iron deficiency anemia occurs when your body is low on iron. Women who have borne children or are currently pregnant are especially at risk. A simple blood draw will tell your doctor what your iron levels are and then he or she can direct you on how to bring your levels back up. Iron-rich diets are usually the best way to increase the iron in your blood, but supplements can also help....
Wellness Tip:- Omega-3 fatty acids are essential nutrients that are not manufactured by the body, but must be ingested through diet. Omega-3s are necessary for blood clotting, cell health support and reduced inflammation. Evidence suggests they prevent cardiovascular disease. The average western diet is lopsided with Omega-6 fatty acids, which promote inflammation and compete with Omega-3s to metabolize....
Wellness Tip:- People often give up on a diet and exercise plan because they do not see results as quickly as they would like. While it is important to have a goal in mind, such as losing a certain number of pounds, these larger goals should be for the long term. Set a variety of short-term goals as well, such as losing a pound a week, walking for 30 minutes every day, or increasing the number of push...
Have you heard it said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day? Do you know why? -Wellness Tip:- The body is an exquisitely engineered machine - with muscles, nerves, and hormones, all operating within a cycle. You sleep, you eat, you play, you flex your muscles and you rest. After a full night's sleep of, say, seven or eight hours, while your body has been resting and regenerating, you...
Wellness Tip:- You may be puzzled to read an entry about love under Wellness. But your emotional life is every bit as important to your overall well-being as your heart or blood pressure. In fact, your emotional state may be the greatest influence upon your overall physical health. Much has been written about stress being a detriment to good health; but not much has been said about how positive feelings...
Wellness Tip:- If you are struggling to lose weight, feel sad or moody without a specific reason or have been feeling especially tired, have your thyroid checked. A lagging thyroid gland is common in women, especially those who have had children and are over 35 years in age. You can also have an overactive thyroid, where you would have the opposite symptoms, such as feeling too jittery and losing weight...