Category: Health & Wellness
Book Offers Techniques for Self-Improvement
The ability to be happier, rechannel fears into something constructive, improve your health, remove barriers to your success and become more prosperous is all a matter of training your mind.
Ensure Your Pets Health with L-Carnitine
L-carnitine helps transport fatty acids inside to the cell’s furnace (that is, the mitochondria), where they can be converted into energy for the body to use for breathing, eating, resting, metabolism, activity and so on.
Diabetes Association Offers Online Resource for Healthy Eating
Eating right helps with weight loss, managing diabetes and preventing the development of type 2 diabetes. But making healthy choices can be challenging.
New Program Aims to Help Make Your Home Asthma-Healthy
People around the United States are enjoying warmer weather, but for those with asthma, the summer season can be problematic. Warm weather can increase production of outdoor “triggers” such as pollen and mold from flowers, trees and grasses. And while many people with asthma may see their home as a refuge, it’s important to know [...]
Reducing Calories with Upgrades to Food and Activity
When it comes to fighting childhood obesity, a new poll from ORC International finds that 76 percent of mothers don’t know when their child is overweight and are not taking simple steps to improve their children’s weight status. This wakeup call charged Shape Up America! and the National Turkey Federation (NTF) to launch the Meal [...]
Taking Healthy Eating to Heart
More women of all ages are getting the message that heart disease is their #1 killer. However, one-third of women still underestimate their own risk for heart disease and most fail to make the connection between risk factors and their chance of developing heart disease. To help, The Heart Truth, a national awareness campaign for [...]
21 Days to a New You
Popular media personality and nutritionist “Dr. Jo” Lichten has come up with a 21-day meal plan to help you look and feel better. The 21 Days to a New You meal plan is a guide to utilizing the popular Pollo Tropical® menu of fresh, healthy and grilled items over a 21-day period. The meal plan [...]
Crystal Bowersox Inspires Diabetics to Live Their Dreams
Diabetes is a growing epidemic-nearly 26 million Americans are affected. Crystal Bowersox, 25, is among them. You may know her as the girl with the wild hair and soulful voice that all but dominated the ninth season of “American Idol.” But at age 6, Crystal was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. She hasn’t let it [...]
Six Simple Ways To Get Ready for Swimsuit Season
Two years ago, Valerie Bertinelli rocked a bright green bikini. Just recently, Sara Rue sported a sassy retro-inspired two-piece. And while Jason Alexander might have wanted to follow in their footsteps, he wisely opted for a tight pair of shorts instead. What do these Jenny Craig star clients have in common? Certainly, they all lost [...]
New Therapy Approach May Help People with Major Depression
There’s new hope for people who suffer from hard-to-treat depression—and it may be as simple as adding a form of folate to existing therapies. Scientists have long suspected an association between folate deficiency and depression. Recent findings reported by the American Psychiatric Association show that adding Deplin (15 mg L-methylfolate), a prescription form of folate, [...]
