Sleep Cycle Guide

Shortly after you crawl into bed your body shifts into 5 different sleep cycles. During each cycle, your brain goes through different patterns that are important for your overall health.

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Weight Issues & Your Thyroid

People gain weight for a number of reasons that go beyond your calorie intake and workouts. You might be on a new medication or even stress can be ...

Metabolism

As you know, your metabolism slows as you age. Research shows that getting older is associated with a progressive decline in basal ...

8 Ways to Eat and Exercise For Quick Weight Loss

There are times in our life when we need to lose weight quickly, either for weddings, reunions, ...

Why Is It Essential?

Fiber is essential for a healthy digestive tract even though it’s the structural part of plant foods that our bodies can’t even ...

Weight Loss Goals

Daily or weekly weigh-ins can be beneficial and it’s important to keep in mind that sustainable weight loss involves focusing on ...

This Too Shall Pass: Treating and Preventing Kidney Stones

More common, frequently less painful and far more preventable than reputed, kidney stones have, thankfully, entered a new era of highly effective, noninvasive procedures. We ...

This Too Shall Pass: Treating and Preventing Kidney Stones

More common, frequently less painful ...

What is Somatotype?

A person’s body type — somatotype — used to be defined in simple terms: ectomorphs are thin, mesomorphs are muscular and endomorphs tend to hold ...

Serving Size Vs. Portion Size

We’ve all been there: after enjoying a quick snack, we check the nutrition label only to learn we’ve just eaten ...