Category: Health Fitness

There have been many fads in weight loss methods, from the Atkins diet to Fen-phen and everything in between. Some of them seem to live up to the hype and some don’t. A newer and trendier weight control aid is Artichoke supplements. This trend started in Mexico and is now becoming more and more popular …

Most health and fitness books for seniors miss the mark when it comes to losing belly fat and lowering blood pressure. Almost every article and book on the shelf preaches the same approach to flattening your belly and lowering your blood pressure: dieting and exercising. I used to accept that theory until I met a …

Chakra Energy Balancing, when combined with hypnosis, can help a person lose weight and feed the “Hungry Heart” of emotional eating. I have noticed that many overweight people are “losing” energy in what I have called the “Hunger Chakra” located in the “basin” of the lower stomach, also known as the Sacral Chakra area. If …

In the 1970s, Gert F Kolbel, a German inventor, took an existing patent and created what could be considered the first “isometric exercise equipment.” It was called Tensolator. The original patent belonged to Arthur A. Pons. His was a simple device consisting of two tubes with a handle at the end, with a resistance spring …

Acupuncture is now widely used to help with infertility. Chinese medicine also uses nutrition in conjunction with acupuncture to increase fertility. Here are some tips to increase fertility: Hot cooked foods are strongly recommended, especially root vegetables. Chicken ginger soup is often recommended in China for women trying to conceive. Add vegetables like cabbage, broccoli, …

Well now, that’s a question, isn’t it? Until the other Sunday I would have said vaguely, “Oh well, I guess everyone, to some degree.” Then that Sunday I got up, had breakfast, and got ready to go to church. All the time with the uncomfortable feeling that I was going to collapse. – That? Strange, …

Watch for more hype about brown fat. Brown fat was believed to be present in newborn babies and then gradually disappear and/or convert to normal fat as age progresses and more muscle begins to develop. It was once thought that by the time you reach full adulthood, it is no longer present in your body, …

Lowering your cholesterol level doesn’t have to be something that only drugs can do. Not all cholesterol is bad. You have two types in your blood; one is considered good and the other is considered bad. The two types are known as low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and high-density lipoproteins (HDL). It is the LDL levels that …

CrossFit is a series of training methods primarily intended to improve strength and conditioning. It focuses primarily on Olympic-style weightlifting, but at the same time consists of various routines that aim to develop various physical attributes such as stamina, strength, speed, coordination, balance, and more. What separates CrossFit workouts from all other methods is that …

Seventy (70) is the new Forty (40). To many of you that sounds like a lot of BS, as you sit there with aches and pains in places you never knew you had. I’m 70 years old, so I know how you feel. As we age, our metabolism slows, muscle mass shrinks, and our hormone …