How Food Can Affect Your Mood...

You can stop looking for that make-me-happy food aisle at your local grocery store. It's official; a square of dark chocolate won’t dig you out of depression, but there are ways that your diet can help keep you happy. With new research and old insight, we give you a better understanding of how what you eat can alter your disposition. Read more

Anaerobic Exercise Vs. Aerobic Exercise...

To achieve an optimal level of fitness, your regimen needs to include both aerobic and anaerobic exercise. Aerobic exercise increases your breathing and heart rate for an extended period of time, while anaerobic exercise involves concentrated bursts of energy. Because they are performed at different levels of intensity, your body responds differently to them. Consult with your health care provider before beginning an exercise program. Read more

Top 10 Fitness Trends Picked for 2013...

A new survey of fitness trends shows body-weight training, including back-to-basics exercises like push-ups, planks, and pull-ups, is expected to be one of the top 10 fitness trends of 2013.


Researchers say people have been using their own body weight for centuries as a form of resistance training. But this is the first time it has made it into the trend survey, because gyms are now packaging it as part of exercise programs. Read more

7 Tips for Staying Slim During the Holidays...

With food, food, food, drinks, food, food, and

some more food during the Holidays,

it’s realy, really hard to maintain our figure!

Check out these 7 tips on how to stay

slim during the holidays! Read more

Exercise: 7 benefits of regular physical activity...

 

You know exercise is good for you, but do you know how good? From boosting your mood to improving your sex life, find out how exercise can improve your life. Read more

Popcorn Ingredient Found To Be Linked With Alzheimer's...

Movie popcorn has often been criticized for its high calorie count, but now the tasty treat may harm more than just your waistline. A recent study has found that diacetyl, an ingredient in popcorn responsible for its buttery flavor and smell, may be linked to Alzheimer’s disease, UPI.com reported. Read more

6 Nutrients for Faster Weight Loss...

For years scientists have searched for a magical ingredient that would help people shed fat. In 2008, Dr. Shalamar Sibley of the University of Minnesota put 38 obese people on an 11-week diet where they consumed 750 calories less than their estimated daily need. Study participants whose blood levels of D were higher at the study's start lost more weight than participants whose blood levels of D were lower. They actually lost a lot more—70 percent more, to be exact. Read more

The High Art of Handling Problem People...

Dealing with difficult people is a special skill—and an increasingly necessary one.

Is someone making you  feel that you are the problem? Do you doubt your own perceptions? Feel thrown totally off balance by another person? Find yourself acting crazy when you're really a very nice person? Manipulation comes in many forms: There are whiners. There are bullies. There are the short-fused. Not to forget the highly judgmental. Or the out-and-out sociopath. But they often have one thing in common: Their MO is to provoke, then make you feel you have no reason to react—and it's all your fault to begin with! Read more

Blood Fat May Be New Biomarker for Alzheimer’s...

A new study suggests an elevated level of a certain kind of fat in the blood is associated with the development of Alzheimer’s. Researchers say that screening for the fat, called ceramides, can help authorities launch protective measures to mitigate the impact of the disease. Read more

5 Ways to Get In Touch With Your Inner Bitch...

I don’t know about you, but for the longest time, I was afraid of my inner bitch.

In the old suppressed, sexist tradition of ‘you’re either a whore or a saint’, women are too often taught that we are either ‘nice’ or ‘bitches’ and never the twain shall meet. Read more