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If you struggle with exercise, this 6 week program walks you through a basic fitness program that includes cardio, strength training and flexibility exercises. Each week, you'll receive a schedule with progressively more challenging workouts, allowin...

If you struggle with exercise, this 6 week program...

Treadmills and elliptical trainers are two of the most popular pieces of exercise equipment and are excellent tools for getting an aerobic workout indoors. When you compare treadmills vs elliptical trainers, you will quickly realize that ellipticals ...

Treadmills and elliptical trainers are two of the ...

Why Have a Personal Trainer? A trainer will: assess your individual abilities and needs. help you set realistic goals. personalize your workouts so that they help you achieve your goals. ensure you are doing exercises correctly and provide instant f...

Why Have a Personal Trainer? A trainer will: asse...

Ben had just started eating his lunch when his mom noticed him trying to scratch an itch in his mouth. After he vomited and began wheezing, his mom took him to the doctor. Ben was diagnosed with a food allergy — in this case, to peanuts. Along with ...

Ben had just started eating his lunch when his mom...

Helping your child manage an egg allergy means being aware of what he or she eats and reading food labels carefully. It's work, but it's important. About Egg Allergy Eggs in themselves aren't bad, but when someone is allergic to them, the body think...

Helping your child manage an egg allergy means bei...

My 15-year-old daughter has been exercising multiple times a day and it's beginning to take over her life. Can this be bad for her? - Julie Excessive exercising can indeed be detrimental to your daughter's health. Over-exercising, often associated wi...

My 15-year-old daughter has been exercising multip...

You've probably noticed the increased quantity and variety of organic foods available in regular grocery stores. Once the specialty of health food stores, organic foods are spreading to shelves throughout major food stores. So you may be wondering i...

You've probably noticed the increased quantity and...

Involving the whole family is the best way to promote better eating habits and healthy activities for your kids. A whole-family approach simply means that everyone — parents and kids alike — works together as a team to achieve good health and well be...

Involving the whole family is the best way to prom...

Is it really true that "breakfast is the most important meal of the day"? - Michael Breakfast is indeed a very important meal. A good breakfast fuels you up and gets you ready for the day. In general, kids and teens who eat breakfast have more energy...

Is it really true that "breakfast is the most impo...

When my 14-year-old daughter and her friends are hanging out at our house, it seems like they’re always raiding the refrigerator! I didn’t think anything about it but then I heard about this thing called a binge eating disorder. What is it? And shoul...

When my 14-year-old daughter and her friends are h...

My son is 6 years old, and I just got his BMI report card from school. It says he is overweight. What does that mean? What do I do now? - Amy BMI, or body mass index, is a calculation that uses height and weight to estimate how much body fat a person...

My son is 6 years old, and I just got his BMI repo...

Delicious, grapefruit is very low in calories, consists of just 42 calories per 100 g. Nonetheless, it is rich in dietary insoluble fiber pectin, which by acting as bulk laxative helps to protect the colon mucous membrane by decreasing exposure time ...

Delicious, grapefruit is very low in calories, con...

Does skim milk provide the same vitamins and minerals as whole milk? - Jayne Yes, skim milk has the same nutritional value as whole milk — with less fat. Since the fat portion of whole milk does not contain calcium, when you take out the fat, you do ...

Does skim milk provide the same vitamins and miner...

My son isn't a big candy eater, but he does drink lots of juice throughout the day. His front teeth are starting to become discolored. Could the juice be to blame? - Claire Yes, the juice could be causing the problem with your son's teeth. Studies ha...

My son isn't a big candy eater, but he does drink ...

I know that only a certain amount of your calories should come from fat, but how do you calculate that percentage? - Brian The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommends getting about 25% to 35% of our total calories each ...

I know that only a certain amount of your calories...

Fig fruit is low in calories. 100 g fresh fruits provide only 74 calories. However they contain health benefiting soluble dietary fiber, minerals, vitamins and pigment anti-oxidants that contribute immensely for optimum health and wellness. Dried fi...

Fig fruit is low in calories. 100 g fresh fruits p...

Delicious, tart cranberries have significantly high amounts of phenolic flavonoid phytochemicals called pro-anthocyanidins (PAC’s). Scientific studies have shown that consumption of berries have potential health benefits against cancer, aging and neu...

Delicious, tart cranberries have significantly hig...

Wonderfully delicious with rich flavor, muskmelons are very low in calories (100 g fruit has just 34 calories) and fats; but rich in numerous health promoting poly-phenolic plant derived substances, vitamins and minerals that are required for optimum...

Wonderfully delicious with rich flavor, muskmelons...

Blackcurrants have significantly high amounts of phenolic flavonoid phytochemicals called anthocyanins. Scientific studies have shown that consumption of blackcurrants have potential health effects against cancer, aging, inflammation and neurological...

Blackcurrants have significantly high amounts of p...

Avocados, like olives, are high in mono-unsaturated fats and calories. However, they are very rich in dietary fiber, vitamins, and minerals and packed with numerous health benefiting plant nutrients. Their creamy pulp is very rich source of mono-uns...

Avocados, like olives, are high in mono-unsaturate...

Gooseberries are low in calories; 100 g of fresh berries provide only 44 calories. As in blackcurrants, they too have significantly high amounts of phenolic phytochemicals especially flavones and anthocyanins. These compounds have been found to have ...

Gooseberries are low in calories; 100 g of fresh b...