Eating Habits To Avoid if You Don't Want to Gain Weight, Say Experts

15/11/2024

Whether you're trying to lose weight or simply maintain it, one of the most important ways to keep the weight off is by adopting healthy eating habits into your lifestyle. Creating healthy habits is the key to success when it comes to staying healthy, but if you're not careful, it can be easy to adopt a few unhealthy eating habits that make you gain weight...

A Guide to the Essential Nutrients — and Why Your Body Needs Them

12/11/2024

It's no secret that foods such as fruits, veggies, and whole grains are integral components of a healthy diet. But what makes these eats so good for you, exactly? It's all thanks to their essential nutrients, aka compounds you need to survive but your body can't make on its own. Specifically, "essential nutrients are important for overall health because...

Dieting and Still Not Losing Weight? This Could Be Why

09/11/2024

Losing weight isn’t always as easy as it seems. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), while approximately 17 percent of U.S. adults are dieting on any given day, 42.4 percent of American adults are still classified as obese. However, the reasons you’re not succeeding on a diet aren’t always as obvious as indulging in too many cheat meals...

How Art Therapy's Powerful Methods Can Help People of All Ages Overcome Mental and Physical Health Conditions

06/11/2024

Art therapy is a way of using art and creative expression to support healing and health. 

Anyone can benefit from art therapy, but it's particularly useful for people who might have difficulty processing their emotions in words. That includes...

Yoga vs. Pilates: Which One Is Better for You and What Are the Benefits?

03/11/2024

Post-workout nutrition is a yummy part of exercise recovery, but what to eat after a workout—and when you should start refueling—isn’t as clear-cut as you may assume.

Ready to try a new workout, and wondering whether you should take the advice of your friend who swears by her yoga class or the one who never misses...

This Is Your Step-by-Step Guide To Finally Conquer Pull-Ups

31/10/2024

Pull-ups are one of those exercises that will instantly have you feeling like a badass whether you can do one amazing rep or 10. But we'd be lying if we said they were easy to nail. If you're up for a challenge and ready to learn how to do pull-ups, we've got the game plan straight...

Some Stress Is Actually Good for You. Here’s How to Get Better at Dealing with It

27/10/2024

You might think of stress as good or bad. Planning a wedding? Good stress, right? Losing your job? Bad stress. But that’s not exactly the right way to look at it.

“Stress is just our body’s natural way of responding to demanding circumstances. It’s a programmed neurobiologica...

10 Key Ways to Keep Your Heart Healthy for Life

24/10/2024

We all want a healthy heart for life. Diet can make a huge difference in achieving that goal.

On Tuesday, the American Heart Association released its list of the 10 key components that make up a heart-healthy eating pattern...

Working Out at Home? Common Mistakes That Can Lead to Injury

21/10/2024

Taking our workouts virtual is just another one of the adjustments we’ve all had to make this year. And while continuing to exercise at home is important for maintaining our physical and mental health, it also presents the opportunity for injury.

Not having a trainer by your side to keep you in check means that you could be performing...

Dangerous Side Effects of Drinking a Whole Bottle of Wine

18/10/2024

We're sure you can recite 30 reasons to polish off that bottle of cabernet—you got a promotion… it's Friday… antioxidants and other benefits of wine! All can be argued, perhaps, but have you thought about the reasons you shouldn't drink a full bottle all by yourself (even if it's alongside friends)? And why it's much healthier to share the grape?