The month of September is recognized nationally as cholesterol education month. Today in the United States, it is estimated that over 100 million adults over the age of 20 have high cholesterol. High cholesterol can affect children, adolescents, young adults and older adults. Therefore, it...
The month of November honors Diabetes awareness. Bringing awareness to others about diabetes helps promote education, prevention and disease management. According to some statistics from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), over 30 million people have diabetes and a quarter of those people don’t know...
It’s springtime and that means it is time for spring fruits and vegetables! Spring foods include asparagus, avocados, broccoli, lettuce, pineapple, strawberries and much more. Shopping for foods that are in-season means getting them fresh, in larger quantity and usually cheaper. Not to mention, they...
Have you been looking for a way to improve your health and physical performance? This may not be the answer you were expecting, but incorporating stretching can be a solution. Stretching is defined as intentional movement to improve a muscle’s elasticity. Stretching warms up your muscles...
Yogurt, barbeque sauce, ice cream, flavored coffee, and cereal… what do all of these have in common? Added sugars! I don’t know about you, but I find all of those to be rather appealing items that I have consumed, or sometimes find myself craving. But,...
Today, there are thousands of types of exercise and different ways people go about losing weight. Just by surfing the Internet, picking up a magazine, or accessing any type of news outlet and you will find one topic or another on exercise/weight loss. There are...
