If you’re a parent to one of the six million children in the United States affected by food allergies, you understand that family meal time can be a struggle.
It is a constant challenge to ensure your entire family gets to enjoy their favorite meals when so many food allergens lurk within your most-loved recipes.
What’s a meal-time prepper to do?
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Setting specific goals to stop smoking, shed weight, or start exercising can be the first steps to better health. However, the hard work needed to reach those goals can feel like climbing a mountain. Try these five tips to help overcome common obstacles to making lifestyle changes, and you’ll soon be on your way to better health.
Ever been at a doctor’s appointment and thought “this doctor might as well be speaking Greek”? It may seem like your doctor is talking in code when using health acronyms.
We’ll help you decode some of this medical shorthand so you can get the most out of your next visit!
Read MoreSummer trips usually go one of two ways:
Or…
You’ve put hours and hours into planning your summer vacation. Your family is beyond excited. A significant investment has been made in this once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Don’t let headaches keep you indoors this summer!
If you have ever experienced the pain that a headache brings, you know how important it is to get proper treatment, and get it fast.
It is important to remember that not all headaches are created equal. They exist in various forms that may manifest at certain times due to specific triggers. It’s crucial to know exactly what you’re dealing with as this determines the treatment you’ll need in order to kick that headache to the curb.
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If your cholesterol is high, you will probably need a multi-faceted approach of diet changes, exercise, and medication to help lower it. Many people struggle with the best way to tackle dietary changes. Will it work to just cut out fast food? What is the best kind of cooking oil? Can I still have snacks?
While there is no magic approach to lowering your cholesterol, try these guidelines to help drop your numbers.
Read MoreTrue or False?
I’ll never look like that, my metabolism is just too slow.
I’d like to lose a few pounds, but I can’t change my metabolism so what’s the point?
I’ve got a fast metabolism, so lucky for me I can eat as much junk food as I want.
If you answered “false” to the above statements, you’re well on your way to understanding your metabolism and how it works. So often we want to blame our metabolisms for weight gain, but it’s time to learn the facts about what’s truly going on in our bodies.
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Men, and especially men who view themselves as “tough guys,” are less likely than women to visit the doctor and tend to downplay their symptoms, according to several recent studies around gender and medicine. This tendency to avoid medical care may explain why men do not fare as well as women in health outcomes, outlined in a recent article published by Medline Plus.
It’s estimated Americans spend 11 hours or more on their technological devices a day, scrolling through social media pages, texting, listening to music, watching videos, and more.
We’d like to propose four healthier, more active ways you could be using your devices.
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You have every intention of hitting the gym after work. You feel energized on your morning commute as you catch sight of your workout gear riding shotgun in your car. Then, 5 p.m. hits. You realize, for the fifth time this week, the gym is just not going to happen.
If it seems impossible to accomplish both work and exercise during separate parts of your day, why not blend them? Why not engage in some “deskercises”?
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