temp-post-image Childhood obesity poses a serious threat to children and adolescents, and unfortunately, it can happen to any child. Being overweight as a child can lead to many problems socially and health-wise. Obesity can cause serious health problems such as heart disease or diabetes. Children who are obese from a young age may also develop poor habits that can affect …
Heels And Foot Health
Imagine your heels walking 5 miles in 3 inch Stilettos? If you have every walked long distance in high heels or uncomfortable shoes, this can have damaging affects on the foot of the wearer as well as on their muscles. Many people fail to realize that when you where uncomfortable shoes and you walk long distances this can affect the …
Skin Care Myths
SKIN CARE MYTHS With an increasing emphasis on beauty and age defiance in North American society, everyone seems to be seeking ways to make themselves appear younger with better skin care. While it is true that skin is one of the keys to a healthy, youthful appearance, not all skin care treatments that are proposed, or even that are popular, …
Most Common Side Effects Of High Blood Pressure Medication
MOST COMMON SIDE EFFECTS OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION Some of the drugs listed below to treat high blood pressure can affect certain functions of the body, resulting in bad side effects. However, drugs that lower blood pressure have proven effective over the years. The benefits of using them far outweigh the risk of side effects. Most people who’ve taken …
Men’s Health Issues that you Should be Concerned About
MEN’S HEALTH ISSUES THAT YOU SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT It is well known that men are much less likely than women to sbe concerned about health issues and seek basic or routine preventative medical care. However, there are certain common men’s health problems that are treatable if caught early enough, but can be permanently debilitating or even fatal if they …
Health Blunders By Men Who Are Doctor Averse
HEALTH BLUNDERS BY MEN WHO ARE DOCTOR AVERSE Men- it’s time to avoid health blunders and take care of your bodies! Most of you take better care of your cars than you do your health. Why is this? According to new medical information, the essential male health blunder is the notion many men have that a real man is a …
Common Cardio Exercise Workout Mistakes On Cardio Machines
COMMON CARDIO EXERCISE WORKOUT MISTAKES ON CARDIO MACHINES Cardio exercise machine workouts are great and fun for burning excess body fat and building good cardiovascular health. These exercises not only help to burn body fat fast it will also strengthen your heart and lungs and thus reducing your chances of getting high blood pressure, stroke and heart diseases. Regular cardio …
Common Gym Exercise and Training Mistakes
COMMON GYM EXERCISE AND TRAINING MISTAKES Gym exercise and training should only have one main purpose- to stay fit and healthy through exercise. Going to the gym should be trying to achieve that purpose and nothing else. But sadly, there are certain mistakes that many people going to the gym make that can keep them from fulfilling this purpose. There …
Common Exercise And Training Excuses
COMMON EXERCISE AND TRAINING EXCUSES Exercise and training programs can take some motivation and effort in order to make into a habit. And building such a habit out of exercising can be pretty difficult especially if you see it as just some other task that needs to be done. Looking at a fitness program this way can easily make one …
Combatting Atherosclerosis With Good Nutrition
COMBATTING ATHEROSCLEROSIS WITH GOOD NUTRITION Atherosclerosis is like hundreds of cars zooming down an eight-lane highway. One lane disappears, and then another, until the same cars crawl bumper-to-bumper along a one-lane country road. That’s sort of what happens when you have atherosclerosis. Your arteries, the highways for your blood, harden and narrow, and the same amount of blood has to …