YOU’RE a man, and you’re getting older. When it comes to heart health, this is a serious combination. Increased age and being male are two of the leading risk factors for heart disease. They are among the…
BREATHING is a way to change our chemistry. Just try holding your breath for a period of time, and you will notice some very definite changes taking place in you. When you breathe, you introduce oxygen into…
BLOCKAGE of the arteries supplying the heart with blood is termed “coronary heart disease” or simply CAD. The problem develops because the coronary arteries become narrowed or completely blocked by plaque. When this occurs, blood, with its…
YOU probably already know that saturated fat, the kind abundant in animal sources such as meats, cheeses and whole dairy products, is nasty, clogging arteries and linked with scores of other health problems. And you may have…
As a result of aerobic exercise Some remarkable things are happening at the level of the muscle cell as you become more aerobically fit. These are: •There’s an increase in a substance called myoglobin which stores oxygen…
UNLESS you watch your diet and exercise regularly, you’ll naturally put on more body fat as you get older. One main reason is lifestyle. People tend to be less physically active with age. Their muscle mass shrinks,…
I HAD a client who threw out his back maybe two or three times a year. He always did it in the simplest way–sleeping a little awkwardly or getting out of a chair too quickly. One time,…
ONE of the most common mistakes people make when they attempt to lose weight is radically changing what or how they eat. This usually involves severely limiting the quantity and amount of their food choices. When you…
IF THERE is a secret to the mystery of permanent weight loss, it is the complete elimination of what we call “emotional eating.” If you are like the majority of people who want to lose weight, you…
HAVE you ever noticed that some people eat so much and stay so thin? We have all known people who eat a lot and stayed thin. We may have heard that their metabolisms were high, but what…
NOT everyone is in danger of becoming drug-dependent. But it cuts across all boundaries. You certainly don’t have to be a poor urban youth to become hooked on drugs, says Joan Mathews Larson, Ph.D. director of the…
IT’S easy to shrug off a case of lethargy or poor stamina as just another sign that you’re getting older or that you’re coming down with something. But for most of us, it’s neither. Most fatigue is…
