Our present society promotes the idea that being thin is the in thing. Most every television or print ad you see would give support this idea. Yet are our kids receiving the right kind of input? When they see those ads, how is their way of thinking affected? This is where the parent comes in. Guidance is the keyword. Too many times, we hear children saying they have to diet. As parents, it is up to you to help your kids realize that dieting isn’t really the way to go. According ...

We’ve all heard about diets which target the carbohydrate intake of people.  Some say they’re dangerous.  Some say they’re useless.  Others say they work.  You’ll never know until you try it for yourself.  However, the fact remains that diets like this are akin to starving yourself.  Basically, no carb diets disallow the intake of some of the most common foods we eat everyday – pasta, bread, rice, potatoes, and similar foods. Recently, I came across a new idea (at least it’s new to me) – carb cycling.  So what is this thing all about?  Basically, you do not ...

January is one of the most looked forward to months, perhaps simply because it is the start of the year. Yet it has some repercussions on our health. January is a time when it can be quite cold, forcing many people in temperate countries to spend much more time indoors than outdoors. Contrary to popular belief, staying indoors may be more harmful to your health than going out. This is because the air indoors may actually be more polluted than what is out there. How can this happen? In the winter, houses need to ...

You know the drill – each time the New Year comes around, we make our own resolutions to try and have a better life for the next 365 days. My question is, have you made your health resolutions for 2007? To be honest, I haven’t really sat down and thought hard about mine. Yet what better time to do this than now? One important thing to do in order to evaluate and monitor your health is to know your numbers. What do I mean by that? The word numbers should give you a ...