When you’re traveling, it can be hard to keep to a health and fitness regimen. You get tired from traveling and it just seems easier to eat something convenient or skip your workout. This can be disastrous for your health, because once you get back...
It’s been a hectic day at work. You woke up a little late this morning, and you didn’t have time to pack a lunch. Now, it’s lunch time, but you don’t even get a full hour before you have to be back, and the only...
Feeling Tired? It May Be Your Thyroid Right in the middle of your neck lies a small, butterfly-shaped organ. Through the power of hormones, this organ is responsible for regulating almost every single other organ in your body. This organ is called the thyroid gland, and...
How To Stay Fit During Vacation Season The summer season of warm weather and exotic vacations is in full swing. But with all the traveling and summer food (I’m looking at you, s’mores), keeping our fitness routine and healthy diet can be challenging to say the...
Lower Your Blood Pressure The Natural Way If there’s one phrase that strikes fear into nearly every adult Americans’ heart, it’s “high blood pressure.” We know it’s dangerous; we’ve heard it from dozens upon dozens of books and daytime television shows. The numbers are certainly there:...
I’m not afraid to admit that I have a major sweet tooth. Maybe more than one. After all, if there’s anything more universally appealing than a devil’s food chocolate cake, I certainly don’t know what it is. Our culture surrounds us with food that is...
Foam Rolling vs Stretching For years, we’ve been taught that the best way to warm up for your workout and to reduce the risk of injury is a simple stretching routine. You touch your toes, pull your arm over your chest, pull until it hurts. Everyone...
Resist Craving In 3 Simple Step One of the hardest things about living a healthy lifestyle is simply resisting temptation. Diets are easy for a week, but then, inevitably, we start to go back to our old habits. Why is this? The holes in the armor of...
If you ask just about anyone what their personal goals are, odds are that weight loss is pretty high on their list. Very few people are happy with their current body weight, especially in the United States. It’s for this precise reason that the weight loss...
St. John's Wort Natures Antidepressant In the grand scheme of human’s time on Earth, herbs and medicinal plants had been the go-to form of healthcare for every ailment--until very recently. Things have changed since then. Nowadays, you can hardly walk down the street without seeing an...