Written byKris Gunnars, BSc on August 20, 2018 When you lose weight, your body fights back.You may be able to lose quite a lot of weight at first, without much effort. However, weight loss may slow down or stop altogether after a while. This article lists 20 common...
Helpful ways to strengthen your immune system and fight off disease Updated: April 6, 2020 Published: September, 2014 How can you improve your immune system? On the whole, your immune system does a remarkable job of defending you against disease-causing...
By Ed Shepherd CHC, CPT“ Eating Clean” The best diet is the one that works for you. There are over hundred diet books presently, and many of those have made the best seller list. So, they must work, right? They do, for some, but seldom are they lasting or sustainable....
By Ed Shepherd CHC, CPT 1. DRINK WATER Hunger is often confused with dehydration. Next time you feel like having a snack, have a glass of water. Even mild dehydration can alter our body’s metabolism, so aim to drink eight glasses a day and limit soda and fruit drinks....
Ed Shepherd CHC, CPT Never eat before you go to bed. Always choose foods that are low-fat. Never eat more carbs than protein. When it comes to dieting advice, if someone tells you to “never” or “always” do something, it’s likely they’re promoting a nutrition myth. So...
By Jennifer Fox Chances are you’ve eaten some processed food today. Whether it was breakfast cereal, a granola bar, lunchmeat or a frozen dinner, some part of your diet likely contained one or more of the many preserved, refined, prepared or otherwise...
By Nicole Reino Building a healthy eating plan doesn’t have to be confusing or overly restrictive—it just requires an easy-to-remember strategy.Use these simple tips to make a lasting change, and discover the clarity that nutritious food brings to your mind and body....
By David Wolfe What is detoxification? And why cleanse? Toxins exist all around us, in particular in the more than 70,000 chemicals that have been added to the environment since the 1940s. We tried the idea that “it’s a better world with chemistry,”...
Find out how consuming too much protein can harm your body. By Miriam E. Nelse, PhD Seems like everyone at the gym is doing it: filling up on protein to bulk up those biceps. But it’s a misconception. Eating extra protein actually doesn’t do much toward boosting your...
By Eva Lana, MSc. It’s 2pm. You’re at the office, or working from home, when the midday fatigue rolls in. Then your stomach grumbles. You might even feel a little chilly? The “midday slump”, as it’s known, is a real issue a lot of us face. Most of the time, getting up...