Fruit: Not Good for Weight Loss?
If you’re like most people, you probably think that fruit is healthy, and even may boost your weight loss. What you don’t know is that fruit could be the culprit behind your weight gain, or struggle to lose those last 10 lbs. Unfortunately, fruit and its sugar,...
Egg Yolks: Why They’re Egg-cellent
Remember in the movie Runaway Bride when Julia Roberts’ character could never decide how she liked her eggs? We say, don’t worry about it Ms. Roberts, with so many health benefits associated with the consumption of eggs, you should eat ’em however you can get ’em! On...
A Healthy Gut = A Smaller Gut
Consider this: Right now, as you’re sitting there, there’s a battle raging in your belly. Some 1,000 species of bacteria are duking it out, trying to establish dominance. Why should you care? Because whether the good bacteria in your gut or the bad triumph doesn’t...
BMR: Why It Matters
Is it possible to lose weight if you stay in bed all the time and do nothing? Sure, as long as you eat just enough to stay alive. What is BMR? The energy needed for our body to function at rest, while doing nothing, is called basal metabolic rate or BMR. It is the...
How Body Fat Affects Your Health
The term ‘body fat’ is a familiar one. However, most people associate this word to obesity, cholesterol and an unhealthy constitution. Although excess body fat content can have severe implications, the body requires a specific content of body fat for various metabolic...
Mermaid Workout
Get ready to feel like a beautiful, toned mermaid with this incredible TOTAL body workout! We designed your Mermaid Routine to target all the areas you want to tone up for summer, including your abs, obliques, thighs & arms. Oh YES!! What you need for your Mermaid...
Walk This Way
Even though some of you may be tired of people saying this, it needs saying. We say this a lot because it’s important: you need to walk more. In fact, if there’s one goal everyone should make, it should be to walk more. Many of you made this the centerpiece for your...
Why You Should Choose Natural Supplements
As a part of the health world for over 30 years, we’ve discovered one thing about supplements or vitamins and that is this: When it comes to supplements, natural is always better. Here is why: Mystery Ingredients The problem with many synthetic vitamins is that you...
Stress vs. Your Health
For most of us, stress is a part of our everyday life. Stress at home, stress at work, stress about our weight – it’s everywhere and no one is immune to the stressors that life has to offer. The problem is that when trying to lose weight, stress plays a bigger role...
Fat is Your Friend
When we say fat is your friend, we mean dietary fat (not body fat) of course! Since the low-fat diet fad stated around the 1980s, fat has got a bad rap. However, in recent years, research has proven that the science behind the “low-fat” craze is not only incorrect...