High blood pressure—also known as hypertension—is a condition that increases the risk for heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, coronary heart disease, and other serious health problems. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the inside walls of arteries. The harder your heart pumps and the narrower your arteries are, the higher your blood […]
With your goals set for 2014 on becoming a healthier better you, here are a few secrets to help you to keep pushing forward in your progress. Boosting your metabolism will help you in more ways than just losing weight, by giving it a kick start you will notice that your energy levels increase as […]
Two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, and several clothing stores are marketing cute clothes for bigger people. We’re getting used to big figures and we start accepting facts that being overweight is a part of our society and it’s tolerable. Unfortunately it’s a very dangerous trend. It is a big difference between body shape […]
Another year has passed and resolutions were made, conquered, broken, repeated, attempted, you name it but can you say you’ve successfully stuck to yours? It’s okay to fall off the wagon just as long as you have the motive to get back on! Don’t dread making a resolution for the year, make it fun […]
Apples have remarkable health benefits, fighting everything from dental problems to diabetes, heart disease, at least 8 types of cancer, and possibly even Alzheimer’s. One of the latest discoveries is that eating at least 2 servings a week of whole fruit (specifically apples, blueberries, or grapes) trims the risk for type 2 diabetes by up […]
Our body is about 70-80% water. That’s the base of who you are and how healthy you are. You probably had been lead to believe that consuming drinks containing water is the same as drinking water itself-not so! When things are put into water to make them into some other drink, it changes how […]
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