What Sleeping has to do with Your Waist-line

When you are sleeping, many systems in your body are not. They are busy repairing, renewing, and restoring the damage done to the body throughout the day. Without sleep, this repair work cannot be done as efficiently and you may suffer some adverse effects the next day or longer if your sleep deprivation continues. One of the most important things your body restores at night is hormone levels.

Why this Weekend is the Best One to Exercise

Exercise benefits the body, mind, and spirit in so many ways! It is almost overwhelming to keep track of the continuing flow of research that explains the advantageous "return on investment" when people go out and start moving a little. Want to see at least some of the paybacks? Click on the link below.

Some of the Benefits of Exercise

Even if you don't understand the medical terminology, the size of the list itself tells you that this weekend it the best one to start exercising because it is THIS weekend!

To Sanitize or not to Sanitize

Hand sanitizers were originally designed to help those in hospitals and health care settings who work in relatively clean places and frequently wash their hands. Sanitizers do not work well on dirty hands. In fact, the longer it has been since someone has washed their hands, the less effective a hand sanitizer is likely to be.

The Most Disgusting Ways to Prevent a Cold

Remember the Seinfeld episode where Jerry’s girlfriend thinks she caught him picking his nose? Well keep reading, there may be some perks to being a “picker,” if you do it right.

Is Gatorade Good For Kids?

For people who like straight answers, you’re not going to like this one. The answer is, it depends.

Why Diets Don't Work

(Part 1 of 3) Our ancestors had to physically work hard for their food. The foods that they ate provided calories, but rarely the surplus of calories that we easily find in our foods today. There were also times of shortage, or famine when food was scarce and they went hungry. Through the ages, the DNA in our cells has remembered that.

This is part of the reason our bodies crave

Release the Grease!

(Part 2 of 3) In the article “Why Diets Don’t Work” we learn that in the long run, dieters actually gain more weight. But don’t worry there is a solution. Your body can train its fat cells to release the grease. Here’s how.

Boost Metabolism While You Sleep

(Part 3 of 3) Remember in biology class when you learned about the parts of the cell and you wondered why you had to know this stuff? Really, when would you ever use this information in real life? Well here it is.

The Dimensions of Health and Wellness

On the first day of class every semester, I usually ask the students, “What is a healthy person?”
Typically, I get answers like, someone who exercises, eats right, is thin, has good hygiene, gets enough sleep, doesn’t do drugs, has nice skin, is in shape, isn’t sick, is tan, isn’t overweight, someone who has lots of energy.

Did you notice something about all of these responses?
They all have to do with a person’s physical health. That is usually what people think of when they think of health, but there are other aspects to a healthy person. What else is a healthy person?