Remember when you were a little kid and claimed that your dog ate your homework, when really you just didn’t get around to writing your book report? While most of us are past blaming the dog instead of taking responsibility for our actions, this doesn’t mean that we’re past using excuses—whether we realize it or…
Most of us have at least one part of our body that, however hard we diet and exercise, just never quite looks the way we’d like. For a lot of women (and men too) that problem area is the belly. The quest for a flat stomach (or a flatter stomach at least) is one that…
These days everyone talks a lot about how stressful their jobs are. We tend to do this in a rather casual way though. After all, its only a bit of stress, not a major physical ailment. Feel lucky that you have your health and learn to live with fact that most days you leave work…
Osteoporosis is a serious chronic health issue that threatens to strike older people, primarily women over the age of sixty. One of the defenses against this potentially devastating condition though is following the right diet, even if that means making some changes to what they may have thought was an already fairly healthy diet. What is…
Most of us are more than aware of the fact that health trends come and go and do so with increasing frequency. For instance, how many of you can remember when following a Jane Fonda aerobics workout on VHS – while also aping her tight leotards and legwarmers fashion styling – was all the rage?…
Hot, crunchy, salty and oh do delicious. Most of us really do have a thing for French fries. However, even if they are baked instead of fried, a continual diet of them is not good for anyone (and fried does taste so much better.) While there is no harm in occasionally indulging in a plate…
Looking on the bright side of things is certainly not always easy and it can often be very hard in fact. Keeping a positive outlook intact when there always seems to more month than money, or when you romantic life is more than a little rocky is no easy task. When the problems are even…
Is brown bread really better than white bread? Is it really such a big deal in terms of your overall diet if you opt for a soft white loaf instead of the wholewheat that various diet plans always seem to be trying to push down our throats? Especially as there is really no difference in…