It’s that time of a year again. We often indulge ourselves during the winter holidays, eating sweet and fattening foods during celebratory feasts that make it easy to pack on the pounds. In addition, frigid temperatures make our bodies crave rich, heavy comfort foods. To add to the equation, we simply aren’t as active during the winter. Once the new…
Month: December 2014
4 Ways to Break the Habit of Smoking
Almost 100 years of research shows that smoking cigarettes is extremely harmful to a person’s health, and the best way to avoid these negative health effects is by never starting to smoke in the first place. For people who already smoke, modern advances in nicotine replacement therapy offer several options to help smokers reduce their consumption of cigarettes or stop…
The Top 6 Spa Treatments to Reduce Stress
Today’s world is stressful for almost anyone, no matter what your job is or where you live. The world moves at a fast pace and it can be hard to find time to step away and relax, because it can feel like you’re missing out on progress even if you take a short break. It’s important to relax once in…
Accomplish Your New Year’s Resolutions with a Personal Fitness Trainer on Your Side
As the holiday season ends, the new year will be upon us all, and this is often the time when people begin making their New Year’s resolutions. If you’re like many people, you may have set goals for yourself related to your overall health and well-being. There’s is one way to meet those goals, especially if you’re looking to become…
Should You Get Uterine Fibroid Surgery?
Of all the uterine fibroids treatment options available, surgery is the only one that offers a permanent solution. Many medications and noninvasive treatments will only — at best — shrink the fibroids and mitigate the symptoms. If you want to properly get rid of them, you need to consider uterine fibroid surgery. To help you decide whether it’s worth going…