Making Small, Health-Boosting Changes Throughout the Year
The fresh beginning that every new year offers prompts many of us to make sweeping changes for the good of our health. While the results are certainly worth the effort — living longer, reducing your risk of disease, and improving your energy level and outlook — you don’t need to make a dozen changes at […]
Metabolism Makeover
Do you believe you’re doomed to be overweight due to a sluggish metabolism? New research indicates that what’s wrong with your engine can be fixed. It is possible to improve metabolic functioning, and that means you can be healthier, feel younger and look better. Doctors once thought all our bodies worked pretty much the same way […]
How can I prevent high blood pressure?
To prevent high blood pressure, first consider your diet. A healthy diet can go a long way toward preventing high blood pressure. Trying following the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension eating plan, also known as the DASH diet, which emphasizes plenty of fruits and vegetables and low-fat or nonfat dairy products. Studies conducted by the […]
Healthy Aging Takes Preventive Care
When you get sick, you go to the doctor to get better. But do you ever go to the doctor when you aren’t sick? If the answer is no, it’s time to rethink your healthy aging strategy and schedule a doctor’s visit with the goal of staying healthy. Preventive elder care involves regular exams, check-ups, and screening tests […]
What’s the Best Time to Eat — Before or After Working Out?
We’ve always been told that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Yet when it comes to exercise and weight loss, this advice might not be right for everyone. Though weight loss should simply be the result of fewer calories consumed than expended, intriguing new research from Belgium shows there might be more to this […]
Diagnosing Diabetes: Will the A1C Test Be the New Standard?
If uncontrolled, diabetes can lead to many serious complications like heart disease, circulatory problems, and even blindness. The hemoglobin A1C test is given twice a year to people with diabetes to monitor the risk of those complications. It offers such a clear picture of the patient’s blood glucose profile that a panel of diabetes experts has suggested using […]
Robust link between psoriasis and diabetes
If uncontrolled, diabetes can lead to many serious complications like heart disease, circulatory problems, and even blindness. The hemoglobin A1C test is given twice a year to people with diabetes to monitor the risk of those complications. It offers such a clear picture of the patient’s blood glucose profile that a panel of diabetes experts has suggested using […]
About antioxidants: Protect Yourself from Free Radical Damage!
You have no doubt been hearing that antioxidants are good for you and that you should be getting lots of them, right? But what exactly are antioxidants and why are they good for us? What are Antioxidants? First let’s look at the word. We’ve got “anti” and “oxi”. So does that mean antioxidants are […]
Improve Your Living By Drinking Water On Empty Stomach
It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven a its value. We publish below a description of use of water for our readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment had been found successful by a Japanese […]
Diabetes attack on memory power
Diabetic retinopathy could be associated with poorer memory and diminished brain power in people with Type 2 diabetes, according to a new research. For the study, researchers at Edinburgh University looked at 1,066 people with type 2 diabetes aged between 60 and 75. Participants in the study completed seven tests focusing on memory, logic and […]