Flu Facts: Understanding the Flu Winter is just around the corner but flu season is in full force already. Chances are you know what I’m talking about! Consider yourself lucky if you’ve never caught the flu, though this post will teach you a little bit about what you’re missing. The…
Signs That You Are Too Sick To Work Out Now that cold and flu season has started, it’s time to start thinking about what you can do to keep up with your workouts during this time of year. As the temperatures drop and the days shorten, you may start to…
What to Eat for Lower Blood Pressure The Harvard School of Public Health reports that high blood pressure (also known as hypertension) is responsible for about 395,000 preventable deaths in the U.S. each year. Blood pressure is a measure of the pressure that exists inside of your blood vessels…
Health Risks and Benefits of Using a Sauna A sauna is a small room specifically designed to heat up to very high temperatures. There are two distinct types of saunas: wet and dry. The wet saunas are more commonly known as steam sauna rooms. Temperatures in wet saunas are lower…
Headaches are extremely common. Nearly everyone has a headache occasionally. When they occur repeatedly, they are a symptom of a headache disorder. The most common headache disorder is tension-type headache. In developed countries, tension-type headache affects over one third of men and over one half of women. Up to…
Is it safe to refreeze food that has thawed completely? Its late. You’re tired, hungry and when you realize when you get home that you forgot to thaw something for dinner. So you grab a package of meat or chicken and run it under hot water to thaw it fast.…
Fighting Allergies and Asthma with Exercise … Winter is (finally) waning, but while we’re recovering from the wrath of colds and flu, the hay fever season is fast approaching. It’s common for people to blame sniffles and sneezes on allergies when in fact it may really be a cold; it…
4 Things About Your Health Your Hair Might Be Telling You Did you know that your hair can tell you a lot about your general health and well being? Most of us don’t pay much attention to our hair until we need it cut, colored or styled, and for a…
Improve Your Health – Adding Probiotics to Your Health Under normal circumstances, your body maintains a healthy balance of good and bad bacteria. Trouble can arise when the bad bacteria overpower good bacteria, potentially compromising digestion and your immune system. You know the feeling: occasional bloating, poor digestion, irregularity, occasional…
Germ Alert - Stop Touching the Face! Remember when your mom would tell you to "wash up" before dinner? She was definitely onto something, moms usually know best. Well it's that time of year, the dreaded cold and flu season. However, mom's advice could actually go a long way in…