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Kidney disease
by daisy wright | December 08, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Diseases
Kidney disease is a main health obstruction, causing problems some eight million Americans. Harm to the nephrons effects are in kidney disease. This damage might leave kidneys incapable to eliminate wastes.
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Can The Diet You Are Following Hurt You?
by Katie Weston | October 27, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Weight Loss
Some of the crazy diets out there might be harmful to your health, this article looks at how to choose a diet which will get you long term results and teach you to eat healthier at the same time.
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Does Traveling Kill your Diet?
by Gerald Fitz | October 06, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Nutrition
One of the side-effects of summer travel and vacationing is that it often is the killer of many a well intentioned dieter. Fast food, airline food, new restaurants can all very easily turn a conscious calorie counter into a calorie junkie.
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Staying Fit at 30,000 Feet: Flying and Exercise Tips
by Gerald Fitz | October 06, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Nutrition
Many of us are seemingly always traveling for business or pleasure. While the rewards are often great, some of the costs are hard to identify. Not having access to a regular gym or spending time commuting on restrictive airlines can really take a toll on your physique.
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5 Exercise Tools to bring when Traveling
by Gerald Fitz | October 05, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Exercise
Anyone serious about fitness must dread traveling for business or pleasure. While many hotels have gyms; you never know if their gym hours will match your availability or if the equipment is what you want.
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Obesity Can Lead to Pregnancy Complications
by Gerald Fitz | October 03, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Nutrition
A recent study says that the number of babies born to obese mothers who die in infancy has gone up seventeen percent. Women who are obese could have many complications when they are pregnant. Other studies have found that there is an association with birth defects and being obese. Some of these
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Snowshoe for a Great Aerobic Workout
by Gerald Fitz | September 30, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Exercise
If you’re tired of the winter, and more importantly if you’re tired of the gym, you might explore what snow shoeing has to offer. If you’re looking for a good alternative to the treadmill or elliptical machine, most outdoor retail shops sale or rent show shoes for a very reasonable fare, pick yours
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What Gym Class is Right for You?
by Gerald Fitz | September 30, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Exercise
When trying to decide what gym class to take it all depends on what you are looking to gain from the workout. Some want to gain muscle, others endurance, others a mind-body harmony, some want to train for something specific, and others just want to burn calories.
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Why Cut Back on Sodium?
by Gerald Fitz | September 29, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Nutrition
Sodium creeps into your diet from lots of different places, the result is, every day most people consume twice as much sodium as they should. Where does it all come from? It is important to realize what kinds of high sodium foods you eat every day that are raising your sodium level to dangerous lev
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Don’t Get Too Much Vitamin B
by Gerald Fitz | September 29, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Nutrition
It seemed as if the common thought was if a person would just exercise, eat right, and take a vitamin they would live a long and healthy life; however, that might not prove to be true.
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Maximize Your Performance by Sprinting
by Gerald Fitz | September 29, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Nutrition
Most elite athletes, regardless of their sport, maximize their performance by training, at least on occasion, with sprints. Sometimes known as “wind sprints,” these activities can help you increase your speed, quickness, and even your vertical jump while burning a huge amount of calories
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Are Organic Foods Worth the Money?
by Gerald Fitz | September 28, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Nutrition
Food prices have risen faster in recent years than ever before. As many of us are feeling the pinch, it is time to reevaluate some of our food purchases. The term “organic” has been thrown around in the shopping aisles like sprinkles on the jelly donut you’re trying to avoid.
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Should You Avoid Dairy Products?
by Gerald Fitz | September 26, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Nutrition
There is a lot of conflicting information circulating about dairy products. While some tout its calcium rich health benefits, others claim it is the cause of a long list of health problems. What are some of the arguments for and against dairy, and who’s right in this debate?
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Protect Yourself from the Common Cold
by Gerald Fitz | September 25, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Supplements
The common cold has a lot of commonly accepted home remedies. Gurgling salt water, drinking orange juice, eating vitamin C tablets, eating a warm bowl of chicken noodle soup, the list of supposed remedies goes on and on. What, if any, of these cures actually works?
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Get into Baby Shape
by Gerald Fitz | September 24, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Nutrition
Fewer and fewer women who are between the ages of 20 and 34 years old are living a lifestyle they should before becoming pregnant. If you are thinking about having a baby, then there are many things you can do to help your body be ready to have a baby.
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Decreasing your Appetite
by Gerald Fitz | September 23, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Nutrition
In the battle to lose weight often the greatest initial hurdle is to eat less food. You need to decrease calorie intake and increase calorie burn in order to start shedding pounds. So the question is—how do we decrease our desire to eat food?
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Rewarding Yourself in Healthy Ways
by Gerald Fitz | September 23, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Nutrition
Sometimes we just deserve a reward. We accomplish something difficult or do something that we don’t want to but that needs to be done. Let’s face it, things in life are often difficult and it is ok to reward yourself!
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Positivity for Better Health
by Gerald Fitz | September 22, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Supplements
We live in a world where it is easy to be pessimistic. Things can go wrong at any given moment and they sometimes do. Positivity however, is to roll with punches. Things will go wrong or differently than planned but it is ok to laugh about it and realize that things are not as bad as they seem.
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Adding Size to Your Strength
by Gerald Fitz | September 21, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Supplements
If you feel at all like I do, then you know how difficult it is to work out five days a week and to be stronger than you’ve ever been, yet still find the size you’re looking for a little bit elusive.
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Get the Edge on the Ice
by Gerald Fitz | September 19, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Supplements
Ice Hockey is one of the most demanding sports out there. Hockey players are known (sometimes notorious) for toughness out on the ice. Maybe hockey has a history of fighting because it requires such toughness just to be a hockey player, these are naturally the type of guys who like to fight.
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How to Play Like a Tennis Pro
by Gerald Fitz | September 19, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Supplements
Tennis is one of the most popular sports in the world. Players like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have taken tennis to levels that the world has never seen before. As the world watched while Federer won his 15th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, it was amazing to see what can be achieved with such a
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How to Increase Your Vertical Jump
by Gerald Fitz | September 19, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Supplements
One of the fundamental measures of a great athlete in almost any team sport these days is the height of their vertical jump. In some sports, it’s an obvious necessity - basketball, volleyball, or the high jump.
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Goalsetting Your Way to Strength
by Gerald Fitz | September 19, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Supplements
If you’re a gym rat, odds are you’re strong. But if you’re a smart gym rat, you know it’s not just the time you spend in the gym that has made your strength increase. Most elite athletes use a combination of specific nutritional and exercise fundamentals to reach their peak, and most have very part
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An Easier Way to Count Calories
by Gerald Fitz | September 16, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Nutrition
If you’ve never done it before, counting calories can really be tedious. You probably aren’t used to putting a number to the quantity and type of foods that you eat every day. The truth is, if you don’t start learning how to count your daily calories, you won’t know what progress you’re making and
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8 Cups of Water Per Day an Urban Legend?
by Gerald Fitz | September 15, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Nutrition
You’ve probably heard that it takes 8 glasses of water per day to have a healthy diet. Is it possible that this could be an urban legend?
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Fiber Craze—What is Fiber?
by Gerald Fitz | September 11, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Nutrition
Lately you may have seen a few commercials on television for products containing fiber. What is fiber? How can it benefit me? There are two types of fiber, dietary and “functional” fiber. Functional fiber is what is being added to these products we are hearing about in commercials.
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Daily Decisions: Uncover Your True Dieting Motivations
by Gerald Fitz | September 04, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Nutrition
Every day you make thousands of decisions. From the time you wake up in the morning, to the time you lay down to bed, you are constantly making decisions.
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Nutrients for Mothers and Babies
by Gerald Fitz | September 04, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Nutrition
It is important for women to be healthy when they are trying to conceive. You want your body to be in the best condition possible because you are creating another human. You want your child to be as healthy as possible, so you need to be as healthy as possible yourself.
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Weight Training With Essential Fatty Acids
by Gerald Fitz | September 04, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Build Muscle
Weight training is an important part of weight loss. You need to include it in addition to cardio exercises to increase the productivity of any weight loss program. Weight training creates lean muscle.
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Healthy Living as a Student
by Gerald Fitz | September 03, 2009
Category: Health and Fitness / Nutrition
Student life is a unique mixture of excitement and stress. Finding a healthy balance is often difficult when faced with so many demands for your time. As a student you are responsible for your emotional, social, spiritual, and physical needs as well as your schooling and perhaps a job.
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