Which is the winner in the battle against weight gain. Is it better to diet and eat right or workout all the time? When it comes to losing weight the clear champion is diet. My friend and business colleague Jackie Keller Founding Director of Nutrifit, www.nutrifitonline.com says weight...
Just when you think it’s safe to take a bite the labels have you fooled. Here are a few foods in your grocery aisle that you should think twice about before tossing into your cart.
1. We love to snack on granola or granola bars. It’s one of my favorite treats but it is actually...
Ladies you need to take care of your heart. And I’m not just talking about your emotional well-being (though very important to nurture). More women will die from cardiovascular disease than from any other affliction including breast cancer. Eighty percent of heart attacks in women...
It was just announced that the Obama administration has more than doubled spending on cycling and walking initiatives to $1.2 billion in an effort to coax Americans out of their cars. Hallelujah people, we are on the move!
The number of reported walking trips has more than doubled...
For a reasonably solid half of our lives our bodies do a good job of providing us with the necessary hormones, estrogen and progesterone to function in the world like normal rational human beings. Our ovaries produce these important hormones primarily for child bearing. When the...
There is a new H2O in the market, one that promises to decrease the signs of aging and increase our bodies’ functionality, now that is a welcome relief my Gen Jones gal pals.
The product is called Evolv http://archaeaactive.com/
Aptly named it is not just any old cool clear drink...
There is an extraordinarily important hormone in your brain called leptin and you are gonna want to get in tune to your fellow L’s. They are the buddies in your head that let your belly know when it’s full. We’re talkin’ appetite control people.
Back in 1994...
It’s been two years and you’re still night sweatin’. what! When are the roller coaster emotions, hot flashes, night sweats, irregular periods, no or low libido and dryness gonna go? They should have been over long ago. It turns out that according to studies menopausal...
“You can never be too rich or too thin”. Not true. I believe that in both there is a perfect balance. Too much or too little bank is no good and so it goes for carrying around too much or too little weight. That’s right! At a certain age, my gen Jones gal pals, being...
Cue the stress relievers! Every time we exercise we stimulate the creation of new brain cells (neurons), calm ones. For years it has been a given that exercise enhances mood. But how a physiological activity affected our psychological state was unclear. Now it seems that science is...
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