The Best and Worst Low Carb Foods: What to Eat and What to Avoid

Denise Deschanel

Food labels, especially on the products you buy, can be misleading. For example, not everything that is called low-carb is actually good for you. There are also low-carb foods to eat and those that you should try to avoid as much as possible. This will allow you to lose weight and stay healthy at the same time, without stopping yourself from eating delicious food.   Low-Carb Foods To Eat  Meat  Any kind of meat, from poultry, beef, pork, and even game, is at the top of the list. You do not…

7 Quick Fixes for Your Post-Workout Sore Muscles

Denise Deschanel

This is a guest post by Joseph Martin. Be it an end to your sedentary lifestyle or be it an endless effort to build and maintain those huge muscles, sore muscles will absolutely hinder your way to success. What can you do about it? Can you prevent the ache? Can you heal the sore muscles real quick? The answer is YES! Read on to find out how you can take control post-workout sore muscle pain. What are Sore Muscles? Before digging into the healing process, it is important to know…

Staying Fit While on Holiday Vacation

Denise Deschanel

Going on a holiday vacation simply means taking time off from one’s very hectic schedules. It’s the perfect time to unwind, to de-stress, and to enjoy life’s small yet greatest pleasures that we often take for granted in our everyday lives. Unfortunately, if you’re not careful you’d end up with a whole lot more health problems after taking a much-needed holiday break if you also disengage from your fitness and sensible dietary regimen. The good news is that your holiday vacation doesn’t need to suffer while making sure that you…

What Makes Wine Good for the Health

Denise Deschanel

People often reserve wine for special occasions, but a growing number of studies suggest that regular intake of wine yields several health benefits. If you’re thinking of waiting for the Queen’s Day to open that bottle of Penfolds, this article might convince you to shake up and serve the goods for your health sake. Learn the health benefits of wine: It helps fight free radicals. Several types of cancer are caused by free radicals that invade the body system. Your body needs antioxidants to fight these free radicals. A research…

The Surprising Health Benefits of Gardening

Denise Deschanel

This is a guest post by Nisha Sharma If getting a garden started has ever been an idea you have entertained, there is no better time than now to start thinking about what you need to do to plan one out. Gardening and the associated landscaping work involved is an excellent way to get started on a healthier you- in more ways than one. Even if you are already in shape, you can most definitely reap the benefits of gardening in other ways as well. Yard work, in general, is…

Wellness Checkup: Why Seeing a Doctor Matters Even When You Aren’t Sick

Denise Deschanel

Medical check-ups are burdensome for young, healthy, and busy people. Deadlines that can cost your career are lurking at the corner, so the last place you want to be is in a doctor’s clinic with a long line of waiting patients. Yet if you think closely about it, seriously sick patients now were once adamant individuals like you. Severe medical conditions could have been diagnosed, prevented or treated early had people been open and willing to submit themselves to regular doctor appointments. To encourage you further, below is a list…

5 Resources for Assessing If You’re Getting Enough Nutrition

Denise Deschanel

This is a guest post by Andrej Kovačević. Are you getting enough nutrition? That’s a tough question to answer accurately, especially if you don’t have the help of a qualified dietitian. Nutrition is a multi-faceted thing. Two of the major aspects: How many nutrients you consume How much of that nutrition your body actually assimilates – because most people’s bodies don’t assimilate all the nutrients they consume. Aside from having professional help with nutritional screening and assessment, there is no easy way to know how much nutrition your body has assimilated.…

Healthy Snacks That Will Delight Your Family

Denise Deschanel

One of the secrets to a healthy and happy family is giving them highly nutritious food. But if we are to look at the concept of ‘healthy’ in our dinner tables, it is often dull, bland, and boring. It doesn’t have to be this way. With a little imagination and creativity plus some of our helpful tips, you can always prepare some really healthy snacks to delight your family. Banana Sushi Rolled in Chia Seeds Fancy a Japanese sushi? While this delicacy is indeed one of the healthiest in the…