Nutrition

Obesity In America

Obesity and being overweight, while not the only important focuses in wellness, are major contributors to the wellness crisis in America. Here’s why: 6 out of 10 people in the U.S. are overweight 60 diseases are directly related to obesity Obesity contributes to over 300,000 deaths per year in the U.S. Obese people are discriminated [...]

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Health In Okinawa, Japan

Okinawa, Japan has long been known as an area of the world associated with people who traditionally live longer than their counter-parts throughout the rest of the world. But they don’t just live longer, they also live healthier more active lives at more advanced ages. So what are the older Okinawans doing right? Apparently, they [...]

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Engage In Personal Development For A Better You!

Here, we talk a lot about wellness from the physical standpoint, meaning that we look at diet, exercise, and the physical things we can do to contribute to our wellness, but we don’t want to neglect the mental and spiritual side of things either. The best way to address your mental and spiritual needs is [...]

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Super Sizing is a Super No-No!

The reflex to “Super-size” our meals has become almost as natural as asking for fries with your burger, and while it would be best to avoid junk food altogether, if you must eat it, don’t make a bad situation worse by doubling it! The fact that you can walk into a popular convenience store and [...]

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Truth About Vitamins

Everyday, Americans spend millions of dollars of vitamin supplements in hopes of replacing the nutrients we don’t get from our diets, even when we are eating healthy selections, but do we really know what we are getting when we buy food supplements? “There never was anything in the world that some man could not make [...]

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Carbohydrate Cravings Can Lead to Diabetes

Excessive consumption of carbohydrates can create a viscous cycle with devastating health consequences, yet we as Americans consume increasing quantities of them as if we were breathing in fresh air. Super Sized drinks and meals, all-you-can-eat buffets, and sugary sweets all contribute to the over-consumption of carbohydrates in our diets. And these factors eventually lead [...]

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