Nutrition
Her Living (NE) August/September 2011
Celiac disease is a genetic digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with the absorption of nutrients from food. People with celiac disease cannot tolerate gluten, a protein in wheat, barley, and rye. Although gluten is found ... Read More
Her Living (NE) August/September 2011
Mary Prusa has always been an avid exerciser. So when she joined a new health club and started losing weight – she thought she had finally found the magic bullet. But the weight kept coming off. Within a couple of months, she had shed 30 pounds ... Read More
Her Living (NE) February/March 2012
National Nutrition Month began as National Nutrition Week in 1973 and has since grown from a week of sharing nutrition information, increasing public awareness, and encouraging healthy food decision-making to activating you to a healthier lifestyle. ... Read More
Her Living (NE) February/March 2012
Think Fit, Act Fit, Be Fit! Ask yourself this question: How many times have you joined a gym at the beginning of a new year, with hopes for a new you, only to find yourself re-joining again the following year with the same hopes? It’s almost sp ... Read More
Forsyth Woman Magazine (NC) Jan 2012
As we look to the New Year, many of us make the same resolution we did previous year - “I’m going to start exercising and get healthy!” With intentions high, we may find our resolution is easier said than done. To get you the ... Read More
Forsyth Woman Magazine (NC) Jan 2012
Television’s Dr. Oz frequently tells his audiences to “let food be your medicine,” which echoes advice first given by Hippocrates in 400 B.C. Many Americans still don’t fully embrace this message, despite recommendations from ... Read More
Womego Archive () April 2009
As I sit here, writing this article, I am two weeks from delivering my first child and gathering information about eating disorders. I am having a daughter and I can’t tell you the millions of times I have hoped she will not struggle with one o ... Read More
Cleveland Women's Journal, The West Edition (OH) Dec/Jan 2012
Do you suffer from joint pain or stiffness? If so, today’s column about a little known supplement could be just what the doctor ordered – literally.
Recently, I spoke with Dr. Douglas Kiburz, a practicing orthopedic surgeon. In the inter ... Read More
We have certain expectations as vitamin consumers, don’t we? We expect that the vitamin or supplement bottle that we purchase is full of pills that match the description on the label of the bottle. We also expect that each pill in the bottle wi ... Read More
Parent News (SC) January 2007
Is this the year you start cooking more and eating out less. Here we have some helpful tips for making your meals healthier:
. Vow to decrease the meat and increase the vegetables called for in stews and casseroles.
. Substitute whole- ... Read More
By Rose Padrick Weight loss gurus attest to Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners being the weight gain epicenter of the year, but I have learned it’s not so much what you eat that makes you gain weight but who you eat it with.Most of my chil ... Read More
Vive Magazine (FL)
WE ALL DREAM of having skin as soft as a baby’s derrier and plenty of cosmetic companies promise their topical products (cleansers, moisturizers, toners and wrinkle creams), can jettison you on your way to a miraculously flawless mug. Many topi ... Read More
Maine Women Magazine (ME)
Road to wellness paved with, you guessed it, good intentionsBy Kathy EliscuKathy Eliscu is a nurse and freelance writer who lives in Westbrook. She credits her way of looking at the light side of life to her mother, the late Marge Eliscu, whose &ldqu ... Read More
Maine Women Magazine (ME)
By MaryAnn MolloyMaryAnn Molloy is an ACSM-certified personal trainer who runs Healthy Body, Fit Mind of South Portland, which helps baby boomers and seniors with fitness, weight loss and lifestyle management. Contact her at maryann@ healthybodyfitmi ... Read More
As you sit at the table feeling guilty about the extra piece of pie you just ate, you may ponder the question: what are my risks of becoming overweight or obese?
Analyzing data from the recent Framingham Heart Study, 4117 men and women from 1971-2 ... Read More
Brevard County Woman Newspaper (FL) Oct-Nov 2011
Tomato sauce, tomato juice, tomato soup, ketchup. Tomato slices, tomato wedges, salsa. Tomatoes in salads, on sandwiches, or just by themselves. We eat tomatoes in so many different ways and we know they are a healthy food. But what do they actually ... Read More
Her Living (NE) August/September 2011
Celiac disease is a genetic digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with the absorption of nutrients from food. People with celiac disease cannot tolerate gluten, a protein in wheat, barley, and rye. Although gluten is found ... Read More
Her Living (NE) February/March 2012
Think Fit, Act Fit, Be Fit! Ask yourself this question: How many times have you joined a gym at the beginning of a new year, with hopes for a new you, only to find yourself re-joining again the following year with the same hopes? It’s almost sp ... Read More
Cleveland Women's Journal, The West Edition (OH) Dec/Jan 2012
I hear it all the time, “But I have a slow metabolism.” People rarely understand what “Metabolism” actually is or how it is affected. Metabolism is a combination of two processes:
Catabolism, when food is broken ... Read More
Parent News (SC) Oct 2011
Fall, for many, is a fresh start. A new school routine, new school clothes, and new friends, to name a few. As I approach this fall, I have given great thought and consideration to what I will be putting in my kid’s lunchbox for the ... Read More
On Purpose Woman Magazine (MD) November/December 2011
Recently a friend said that sometimes she feels like it is inevitable that she or someone she knows will be diagnosed with a major illness like cancer or heart disease. If y ... Read More
Her Living (NE) August/September 2011
Mary Prusa has always been an avid exerciser. So when she joined a new health club and started losing weight – she thought she had finally found the magic bullet. But the weight kept coming off. Within a couple of months, she had shed 30 pounds ... Read More
Her Living (NE) February/March 2012
National Nutrition Month began as National Nutrition Week in 1973 and has since grown from a week of sharing nutrition information, increasing public awareness, and encouraging healthy food decision-making to activating you to a healthier lifestyle. ... Read More
Forsyth Woman Magazine (NC) Jan 2012
As we look to the New Year, many of us make the same resolution we did previous year - “I’m going to start exercising and get healthy!” With intentions high, we may find our resolution is easier said than done. To get you the ... Read More