How Stress Is Affecting Your Health
31 March 2017, 20:57
Stress is literally a killer. If you suffer from chronic stress it can damage your heart, mess with your mind, and even ruin relationships. There is help out there when it comes to managing your stress, and there are things that you can do at home, on your own, to deal with stress. (more…)
Eating ‘Clean’: What Does It Mean?
23 February 2017, 22:13
Eating clean involves a few simple dietary practices that consist of filling the body with pure and natural sustenance. Clean eaters avoid processed and refined foods, which include the majority of snack foods currently on the market.
Eating clean can help manage chronic illness, flush the body of harmful toxins, and facilitate healthy weight loss in some. While the practice of eating clean is important at any age, it becomes even more paramount as you get older. Osteoarthritis, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and dementia are just some of the issues that stem when you get older. Though healthy eating can reduce your chances of experiencing these ailments, it isn’t always the case, and some may be required to move into facilities like Chelsea Senior Living (chelseaseniorliving.com/locations/new-jersey/east-brunswick/) if it becomes too much.
But if you want to ensure that you are as healthy as you can be when you enter your golden years, you must Embrace and enjoy whole foods like local farm-fresh fruits and veggies. Eat healthy proteins and fats, and cut out refined sugars. (more…)
Tips For Kicking Addiction Yourself
28 November 2016, 21:55
Many people start taking substances as something they think is innocent or perhaps as simple as a stress reliever. A cigarette once in awhile can easily transform into 2 packs a day depending on your biological makeup. (more…)
Tips For Staying Healthy This Winter
3 November 2016, 10:06
The winter is a time when we are most susceptible to illness. Tis the season when germs are rampant, the weather is chilly, and we are often breathing recycled air with no windows open in the public spaces. (more…)
Lessons Learned from a Game of Drinking-Roulette
2 November 2016, 05:56
I have absolutely no idea why on earth we decided it would be fun do this to ourselves — winding the clock back a bit with a game of drinking roulette. It definitely made for a rather refreshing twist to the Friday afternoon book club some of my girlfriends and I tried to get up and running (I know hey, which book club meets on a Friday?). (more…)
Myths and facts about resveratrol supplements
4 October 2016, 14:39
Resveratrol is a popular compound found in the skin of red grapes. It is one of those compounds that have shown proven health benefits. It is very popular in western world for general health benefits related to aging. The benefits of resveratrol are related to blood circulation, aging, heart health, protection from oxidative damage and many more. The list of benefits of this compound is constantly increasing, and one can see significant improvements in overall health. (more…)
2 Foods That Act Essentially Like A Drug to You
26 September 2016, 18:58
Food is one of the only things that every living thing needs to survive. That and water. Food plays such an important part in the lives of all living things. It’s the very thing that sent nomads on the hunt for wild edibles and wild game. People today are still on the hunt, but thanks to agriculture and the domestication of animals, the hunt looks a lot different. (more…)