Here’s some great news for people hoping to control calories-the key could be your favorite snacks; as long as they’ve been portioned into 100-calorie or less packages.
Convenient, portion-controlled packages are new to the market, but you don’t have to buy processed foods to take advantage of this healthy trend.
For example, if sweet and juicy appeal [...]

A marathon is the ultimate dream for many runners. People who have been running for years and some that have never run a day in their life love the idea of finishing a marathon. There seems to be something magical about the concept of a marathon, almost as if it seems super-human to compete in [...]

A group of muscles that often gets neglected in stomach exercise routines are the transverse abdominals, the core muscles that lie below the rectus abdominus. Most abdominal exercises target the rectus abdominus and the vertical abdominals, ignoring the transverse abdominals. Even crunches, the staple of most abdominal workouts, do nothing for the transverse abdominals. These [...]

Is this familiar to you? After getting through a long day of work, engaging in obligatory social activities and then doing the upkeep on your house or apartment you may feel as if every last second of your time and every last drop of your energy have been spent.
By that point, you just want to [...]

In order to try to lessen the bad feelings of being called fat or overweight, we tend to use lesser dreaded and offensive words such as “larger size” and “big” instead of plain “overweight” and “fat”. But it took just one comment from a buddy friend, a nurse in the local hospital, to bring home [...]

Not long after John  turned age 65, he was 25 pounds overweight. By strict dieting, he shed the extra pounds, but he lost more weight; he also lost his energy and vitality. He was always exhausted, and his friends, seeing his gaunt, drawn face, worried about his health.
When John eventually  volunteered for a particular fitness [...]

With the onset or conclusion of menopause, women will experience changes in their body shape, size and overall energy level.  Women may not be able to avoid menopause, but with the right exercise program, they can avoid some of the physical changes that go along with it.
Exercise for Weight Loss
Regular weight training can help [...]

The numbers on your scale do not indicate whether you are fit or fat. Far more significant than your total body weight is the composition of your body tissue. If a man’s fatty tissue is bigger than 14% up to 15% of his body mass, or if a woman’s is more than 20% to 22%, [...]

Did you know that the National Institute of Health has estimated that 4 out of 5 Americans suffer from back pain at some time or the other in their lives?
Unfortunately, back pain afflicts a person suddenly and without giving any prior symptoms. When affected, one must use their body’s own healing ability to combat the [...]

The focus of research on vitamins these days is how antioxidant supplements may play a role in reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. Antioxidant supplements – E, C, and beta-carotene (a form of vitamin A) – have potential when it comes to health promotion. However, most data available about such health promoting properties of antioxidant [...]