What Foods Are Heart Healthy
With the winter months in full swing, this is a popular time of year to think about heart health and foods that may be helpful to consume to keep your heart healthy and pumping strong.
Cryotherapy: Does It Work and Why
The term cryotherapy is used to refer to any type of therapy that involves the use of cold temperature for treatment. It has been used for many years in Japan and more recently in the Western countries. Thus, cryotherapy can be used to treat a variety of ailments. Topically liquid…
Why Do We Seem to Get Weaker as We Age?
As you start to age, you might feel that you just don’t seem to be able to have the strength, stamina, or vigor that you used to have in your youth. Well, the good news is that aging doesn’t have to be like that, and there are definitely steps you…
Why Do We Weigh Less in the Morning?
Very often, when you go on a diet, the most commonly used tool to help you stay on track is the scale. Weighing yourself often can be a helpful indicator of success, but it also helps if you understand what occurs to your weight over the course of the day…
Electrolytes, What are they and Why are they Important?
Your body is made up of a large portion of liquids containing substances called electrolytes. These electrolyte substances are small substances that a body needs to stay in good electrical balance. Items such as sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium and phosphate carry electrical charges that are responsible for stimulating muscles and…
Why Is My Hair Thinning?
It seems like everything changes as we age, including your hair. It seems normal when men lose their hair as they age, but when it happens for women, it seems to be more concerning. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, most of us lose about 50 to 100…
Why Do I Yawn During a Workout?
Have you ever noticed that you seem to yawn sometimes while working out or that you yawn sometimes even when you aren’t tired? This is a curious occurrence and continues to baffle scientists. We know that yawning is a normal and common event for your body, but the reasons…
Tips to Help Prevent and Relieve Nocturnal Leg Cramps
Have you ever had that experience where your legs just seem to ache and feel stiff and painful? These symptoms can also be known as leg cramps and can occur at any time of day in both men and women. Often, leg cramps seem to be more common with age,…
How Does Stress Affect Your Body?
We often hear phrases like “I’m so stressed out!” What exactly are people talking about when they are sharing stories about stress? The simple way to understand stress is basically to recognize that anything that changes or upsets your body’s delicate balance and causes your body to react in a…
What Is Rhabdomyolysis and How Can You Prevent It?
Have you ever wondered if too much of a good thing can be bad for you? Have you ever worked out to the point of extreme exhaustion and experienced severe prolonged muscle aches? How hard is too hard and how much is too much? Those questions are very important as…