A ground breaking pilot study was published last year linking healthier habits to healthier DNA.  Recent research has found longer telomeres are associated with a longer, healthier life in addition to looking younger (this point alone had me sold).  Telomeres are at tips of our chromosomes, and like the tips of our shoe laces, keep our DNA healthy and stop it from unraveling. But the goodness does not stop ...

Historically the most popular resolutions are health and weight related but unfortunately most of them are not fulfilled. Most people want to lose weight, exercise more, fit into a certain dress or look good in a bikini come summer. How about taking a different more sustainable approach this year? First, do some soul searching. Why do you really want to lose the weight? Try to find a positive reason for wan ...

The holidays are full of sweets and good food for most people whether they choose to celebrate or not. Grocery stores showcase a huge array of beautifully decorated pastries, commercials depict happy, healthy individuals blissfully enjoying holiday treats, friends and families constantly discuss food, recipes and preparation methods. In western societies it is difficult to escape the sweet eating holiday fr ...

As Thanksgiving approaches, daydreaming about pumpkin pie, roasted turkey, and mashed potatoes is on the raise.  The holidays bring great times, loving company, exquisite food, and dreaded pounds.  If Thanksgiving dinner was the only event, weight gain would not cause a problem but the continuous gatherings, cocktails, events, cookies at the office and everything else results in quite a few unwanted pounds ...

One out of eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point during their lives.  That number scares me, because I have a lot of friends and according to those numbers a few of us will end up with cancer.  We all care for our friends and family, we worry about their well being.  We do our best to make them happy and help out when we can.  We support them through difficulty and listen when they ...

Grocery store shelves are over flowing with snacks, some claim to be healthy and others do not.  You can always find a huge selection of cookies, donuts, cheese, cakes, granola bars, protein snacks, and even an entire aisle dedicated to chips. Obviously most of the exhibited foods harm your health but how about the snacks that claim to be healthy? Are there other alternatives?   When asked: what is you ...

Is ‘Clean Eating’ the newest fad diet? What exactly does it mean? I wash my produce, and I use clean plates and utensils; does that count as clean eating? Eating Clean means avoiding processed foods and chemicals in the diet and eating whole foods harvested from nature.  In others words, avoiding foods with words that look like something from a science experiment listed in the ingredients. Nothing about thi ...

Girls and women of all ages have been under pressure for years to be extremely thin. I was relieved to read an article called ‘Strong is the New Thin’ a couple weeks ago. I got all pumped up and decided to go to the gym to reach my goal of strong instead of skinny. But then I realized, why do I have to become strong in order to be attractive and socially accepted, why can't I just be healthy? Don't get me w ...

Most health conscious individuals frequently wonder if they should eat organic.  If organic produce cost the same as conventionally farmed produce the answer would be easy but unfortunately organic food costs much more than its inorganic rivals. But organic food also has another downside the selection is limited. So what do you do: fork out the extra cash for all organic products and make due without fruits ...

As the temperatures finally begin to rise, many of us look forward to having fun outside.  Whether it is jogging our favorite paths or riding bikes with the family, most of us are itching to get outside and maybe even shedding some weight while having fun. Stop there! Hold that thought, weight loss due to exercise alone, not according to current research. Imagine this scenario: a woman looking to lose about ...