As we gradually make progress this year 2013, and with the much-talked about and most celebrated love festival known as Saint Valentine’s Day come and gone, has our lifestyle changed for better? St. Valentine’s Day is a season when love is shared and expressed with family and friends in different ways. Exchanging gifts, cakes, wine, [...]
One morning, not long ago, my motivation was at a major low point. I had plans to meet a friend at the aerobic class, but when I woke at 7 a.m., it was raining, I had a cramp in my leg, and, frankly, staying in bed and finishing that dream about great exploits seemed a thousand [...]
It’s been eight days now and Lara has not said a word to her neighbours. She leaves home every morning and gets back late in the evening. “This is very unusual of Lara,” Mariam says. ” I feel like walking up to her this evening whenever she comes back to find out what the problem [...]
Nutrients do not perform their specific functions alone; they work as teams. If one member is missing, the body functions will be performed poorly or the job may not get done at all. A woman I know ate mostly junk food. When she broke her wrist in an accident, her body did not contain the [...]
Metabolism is that organic process in man that is necessary for life. As important as this process is, certain factors can interfere or interrupt this process; hence, there is need to boost your metabolic rate! And this doesn’t occur by spending endless hours just hoping and feeding on low carb diets; it calls for serious work. Here [...]
Oh, the beginning of January, you know what that means right? It means every gym and stadium is super packed, every diet book is flying off the shelves, and every supplement company is trying to push their latest “fat loss pill.” Why? Because losing weight and exercising is one of the top New Year’s resolutions…every [...]
Our markets are filled with an over-whelming number of food products from which to choose. But how do we know which food will give us the most nutrients for our money? Eating nutritiously in this day and age can be a challenge. Many professionals agree that the pesticides, hormones and additives in our diets are [...]
