How to Speed Up Metabolism When it comes to weight loss, a fast metabolism makes the difference between reaching your goals and spinning your wheels without seeing much progress. Not only does a speedy metabolism help you burn more calories, but it allows you to eat more during your weight loss journey, making you more…
Heart Health and Aging The heart is an amazing muscle that beats around 100,000 times a day. It is essentially a complex pump that is able to adjust blood pressure, flow, and volume in order to provide your body with all the blood it needs. Your heart is constantly adjusting to what you are doing…
Tips for Creating a Weight Management Lifestyle Most of us are aware of how challenging it is to lose weight (let alone keep it off). For years, health researchers have warned us of the low rates of weight loss success suggesting that approximately 2- to 5-percent of weight losers will successfully keep off the pounds….
Cardiovascular disease is known as the silent killer—especially for women. It takes the lives of roughly one million Americans every single year, which equals approximately 1 in 4 deaths (more than half are female). Heart disease is considered a silent killer because it often doesn’t display telltale symptoms like cancer or lung disease. And many…
Eating for Eye Health Have you had your spinach today? The savory dark-green leafy green, among many vibrantly colored vegetables and fruits, is frequently overlooked, and often nonexistent on the plates of Americans across the country. We often hear why we need fruits and veggies – for heart health and cancer prevention. Now we can…
5 steps to help you lose weight quickly. Practical and proven weight loss methods. Cut out the sugar. It’s easy to say and hard to do for most of us but if you want to start seeing results you need to put down the cookies. If you’re serious about losing weight this should be your…
Your Body Needs Magnesium Magnesium is a major mineral that needed for so many things, including muscle and nerve function (including your heart muscle), and regulation of blood sugar and blood pressure. It’s also essential for energy production, and bone health. Men need about 400 milligrams per day and women need around 300 milligrams per…
An article that appeared in the Journal of Sexual Medicine reports the findings of researchers at George Washington University of a greater risk of depression and depressive symptoms in men with borderline testosterone levels.* “In an era where more and more men are being tested for ‘low T’—or lower levels of testosterone—there is very little…
Too many of our older population give up and give into aging because they feel it is too late to start being active. But you know what? That is a bunch of prunes! So you are a little slower, your reflexes aren’t as sharp as they used to be, and your joints make more noise…
Vision and Aging Problems As you age, your eyes change. Certain parts of the eyes become less elastic, which impacts how well you can focus at close range. Cells may clump, causing floaters. These and other changes are a natural part of aging. This is a list of some common vision problems that happen along…
