Obesity is becoming more of a public health crisis all over the world. This problem is defined as being more than thirty percent overweight based on guidelines formed on body height and frame size. Obesity is becoming more of a problem due to many factors including the expense of healthy foods, the prevalence of fast [...]

Maintaining a healthy weight can do more than just make you look good. Obesity can lead to many types of diseases which can cause life altering consequences and sometimes lead to premature death. Therefore it is very important to do what is necessary to get to a healthy weight if you are not there already. [...]

Studies have shown that people who are at least markedly obese (30+BMI) are twice as likely to die prematurely than people who are at an ideal weight. Obesity is linked to hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, atherosclerosis, coronary and peripheral artery disease, respiratory problems, stroke, fatty liver disease and even some cancers.
People with hypertension can develop [...]

The Dash Diet Plan is a plan written by Marla Heller who is a registered dietician. The diet was designed to help people who have hypertension or have been diagnosed as prehypertensive by their physician. The diet can also be utilized by people who need to lower their cholesterol levels, reduce insulin resistance (which slows [...]

Sugar is sweet only as far as the tongue is concerned as it is the sweetest poison that damages our insides if consumed in large quantities. All the sugars and starches (carbohydrates) are converted into glucose, which is the body’s key source of energy. After each meal, the glucose levels in the body rise in [...]