Real Wellness
You cleaned up your diet. You stopped buying cookies, chips, and sugary soda. Now your kitchen is stocked with yogurt, granola, smoothies, protein bars, and other foods marketed as “healthy.” So why isn’t the scale moving? The problem may not be that these foods are inherently bad. It’s that certain versions are highly processed, easy […]
Eating plenty of vegetables can help reduce your risk for many chronic diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, stroke and certain cancers. For example, one 2010 study found that eating just one extra serving of leafy greens a day reduced the risk of type 2 diabetes by 14 percent. Fresh vegetables are a nutritional cornerstone, as […]
Is this even possible? You may be surprised, but many countries around the globe have already adopted or are currently toying with the idea of a three-day weekend in order to promote a healthier work/life balance and increase the productivity and creativity of employees. In the Netherlands a workweek is approximately 29 hours, Denmark and […]
Obesity has become a plague that is sweeping the United States. Approximately one third of American adults are obese, and the prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents between two and 19 years of age is around 17 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The startling obesity statistics have been […]
Let’s be honest—few things feel better than a cold glass of water after a tough workout. It’s deeply refreshing, almost instinctive. In those moments, your body is clearly telling you what it needs. Yet outside of that post-exercise thirst, many people overlook hydration, often drinking far less water than their bodies require. Over time, that […]
Ulcerative colitis can be a painful and difficult disease to manage. There are treatments available, but there is no cure. Fortunately, there are some complementary therapies available that can help provide significant relief to people with ulcerative colitis. Ulcerative colitis is a chronic disease affecting the large intestine or colon. It is one of the […]
Narcissism is a very widespread issue today in our society. Most of us have heard the term “narcissistic” thrown around in conversations from time to time. This term is often used to describe an individual who is full of themselves or overly cocky. However, a true narcissist is an individual that is completely selfish, has […]
Big food has made many attempts in the past to trick consumers and rename harmful ingredients. One of these ingredients is high fructose corn syrup. High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has had many different names, including fructose, corn syrup, corn sugar, isoglucose, and glucose syrup. And these are just a few of the many names […]
Being prepared in any disaster is essential to survival and could very well be the difference between life and death. You may be asking yourself, “What do I get, how much of it and where or how do I store all this stuff?” The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) suggests that households have three days […]
Tilapia has become the ubiquitous fish in America today. It’s cheap, not “fishy” tasting, boneless and skinless, and is hard to mess up by overcooking, which is a problem with many other fish varieties. However, the tilapia we’re eating is almost entirely a farmed fish, meaning it’s almost impossible to find wild tilapia in a […]
