Go to any health food store (or almost any store for that matter!) and you will see shelves upon shelves of “dieting” aids– Fat burners, diet pills and more. But do these products really help you lose weight? And how do they affect your health?
Most of us remember the Phen-fen fiasco. […]

Traditionally, pilates has not been considered an effective way to lose weight. It has always been considered a great toning exercise but the pace in traditional pilates was not fast enough to elevate your heart rate and the effect on the muscles was limited to toning and not building.
However, Winsor pilates claims […]

Over the weekend, on one of those debate shows, a group of three gave opinions concerning Oprah’s affect on Americans. The makers, advertisers and web site designers of practically every hoodia gordonii diet pill on the market, mention the hoodia / Oprah connection.
Why does America value Oprah’s opinion so highly? Books mentioned by Oprah become […]

Ever eaten something that made you break into rashes? How about itchiness of the throat, around the eyes, your ears, and even your hands and feet? These are actually symptoms of food allergies.
Food allergies are a condition where the body’s immune system becomes hypersensitized. As a result of this hypersensitized state, it mistakenly believes that […]

By: Dianne Villano, CPFI
Considering the Bulging Waist Lines of 66% of The Population it is obvious that sticking to a healthy eating plan is a challenge for many people . If your are having problems sticking with that resolution that you set in January, here are some simple tips to help you start to create […]

By: Adrian Bryant
1. Start Exercising first thing in the morning.
As soon as you wake up in the morning workout for at least 30min to an hour. Studies show that working out in the morning has been shown to burn up to 3x as more fat as opposed to working out at any other time […]

Only a migraine sufferer understands the pain. Regardless of how the migraine starts the end result is the same - excrutiating pain that renders you helpless. Walking hurts, breathing hurts. Even thinking hurts.
People often discount migraines without any true understanding of the suffering a migraine can inflict. They treat migraine sufferers like hypochondriacs or […]

All of us will like to see ourselves well groomed and fit enough to look great and flaunt those athletic physiques among friends and relatives. Unfortunately, it is not always possible for the most obvious reasons; we simply can not maintain our body weight. For some people the dilemma of being overweight starts first in […]