Interested in Eating Chocolate for a Year?

If you’re a woman and you both like and are interested in eating chocolate, then you should consider a scientific study that is being conducted in the UK which is seeking women who are willing to eat chocolate every day for a year. The study, which is being held at the University of East [...]

5 Foods to Help You Sleep Better

The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.-Charles Caleb Colton-
It is no secret that Americans don’t get nearly enough sleep. [...]

The Mystery Behind Yawning

The next time you go to a board meeting or are talking to friends, pretend to yawn and then wait to see how long it takes before others suddenly start yawning. Yawning is both incredible and bizarre all at once. According to Wikipedia, a yawn is a reflex of deep inhalation and exhalation [...]

5 Ways to Get Fat

You would think that in such a health-conscious nation, that Americans wouldn’t have the type of obesity numbers that we have. Despite all of the dieting gimmicks, weight loss videos, aerobics classes, low-carb diets, weight loss pills and fairly new surgical procedures, we are still a nation that is dominated, if not bursting at [...]

10 Important Tips for Sun Exposure as well as the Importance of Sunscreen

Summertime means long days at the beach, traveling, vacations and precious time spent with family and friends. It also means a lot more exposure to the sun, since most of us will be out and about versus being cooped up in an office all day. Therefore, it is extremely important that we educate [...]

Get Energized!

Feeling a little sluggish lately and not really sure why? Did you know that your energy levels can be affected by the kinds of food you put into your body? It’s true, and in this day and age (especially with all of the workaholics out there), having as much energy as you can [...]

Going, Going, Gone: The Cost of Prescription Medication

When I switched my health insurance over, everything remained the same or better except for the cost of my prescription drugs. Thankfully, I only have one prescription to fill once a month, but the cost went up from having to pay $40 (which was already too high) to paying $50! So, what gives? [...]

5 Tips to Better Sleep

If there is any one thing that you should spend a little money on, it’s your bedroom, specifically your bed. In this day and age where it is not uncommon to work more than 40 hours a week and still have other miscellaneous things to tend to (i.e. family, social events, etc.), it is [...]

How to Lose a Couple of Pounds a Week

If you are like most Americans, chances are you work long hours and seldom find any time for yourself. However, there is growing concern with the rising obesity rate that is making more and more people pay attention to what they’re eating. For some people, they think that simply taking a diet pill [...]

Insurance Charges More For Obesity

America is getting fatter by the year. If you don’t believe me, check out it out. Why is it that obesity is so out of control in the United States? Some critics might blame the food industry for being at fault. However, the food industry are not necessarily what we should be [...]