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Healthy Living
If you burn 500 more calories than you eat every day for a week, you should lose about 1-2 pounds. If you want to lose weight faster, you'll need …
Healthy Living
Weight gain is harder to avoid as you age, but it’s not impossible. By making simple changes, you can dodge that spare tire. Read on for 10 expert tips …
Food & Nutrition
Heliotherapy, or sun therapy, is when you use sunlight directly without removing or altering any part of the light spectrum. Early examples of heliotherapy include the use of sunlight …
Food & Nutrition
Processed foods are loaded with preservatives, artificial colors, and artificial flavorings. Once you become a label reader, you’ll realize just how ubiquitous they are.
Food & Nutrition
The cardiovascular benefits of folate have been known for decades. Studies begun in the 1970s have shown that people who said they consumed more folate had fewer strokes and …
Food & Nutrition
People over age 65 who drink diet soda daily tend to expand their waistlines by much more than peers who prefer other beverages, possibly contributing to chronic illnesses that …
Fitness
Endurance exercise can increase oxygen utilization from 10 to 20 times over the resting state. This greatly increases the generation of free radicals, prompting concern about enhanced damage to …
Food & Nutrition
What we know about metabolism is that it is the amount of energy or calories needed by your body to maintain itself throughout the day. Studies have shown that a …
Food & Nutrition
Everyone is looking for a way to lose weight quickly and easily. Instead of searching for a weight-loss "magic bullet," try these underrated health foods.
Fitness
Take your pick - depending on your schedule - include any or all of the below excellent ways to boost your health.
Food & Nutrition
According to new research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, young women who follow six lifestyle guidelines can all but "heart attack-proof" themselves.
Food & Nutrition
People infected with food-borne organisms may have no symptoms or may have many different symptoms.