Signs and Symptoms of Obesity Per Dr. Simeons
In his manuscript, Pounds and Inches: A New Approach to Obesity, Dr. Simeons explains that weight alone isn't an indication of obesity. A number of… Read More
10 Overhyped Health Products…according the U.S. FDA
Informed consumers try to keep up with the latest health news. Unfortunately, many of the health products hyped in the media and promoted by celebrities… Read More
Insomnia is Bad for Your Health. Thankfully, It’s Treatable!
The National Institute of Health cites insomnia as one of the most common, yet easily treatable, health problems in the U.S. Up to 70 million… Read More
Is Vitamin D Deficiency a Major Health Risk?
Vitamin D is an essential vitamin your body needs in order to absorb calcium for strong bones. It's also an important vitamin for regulating the… Read More
5 Foods You Thought Were Healthy — But Totally Aren’t
In our constant quest for good health, we pay a lot of attention to our overall diet and strive to consume healthy food most of… Read More
How Do I Know When My Teen is Stressed?
The typical teenager is on an emotional roller coaster in the years leading up to becoming a young adult. Hormones, peer pressure, and the general… Read More
Surprising Foods Making You Fat
A calorie is a calorie, right? Wrong. “Sugar calories” — the calories that come from carbohydrates (aka sugar) — are the only calories that… Read More
What Do Different Dreams Mean?
"So I was in my grandma's house, but it wasn't really her house, more like a barn with small rooms and hallways, and Grandma… Read More
Low-Carb Diets: Good or Bad for Your Health?
Not a week goes by without another diet appearing in the news, accompanied by hundreds of personal testimonials from people claiming to have lost massive amounts of weight effortlessly. Low-carbohydrate diets have been going in and out of fashion ever since the work of Dr. Stillman in 1967 and Dr. Atkins in 1972. Although they are effective for short-term [...] Read More
7 Ways to Lower Your Risk of Breast Cancer
Roughly one in eight American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Breast cancer accounts for 30 percent of all cancers in women, and while there are risk factors that can't be changed, there are some factors that are within your control.Unfortunately, the risk factors that can't be changed include having a [...] Read More