November is Diabetes Awareness Month. Every November, National Diabetes Awareness Month is recognized by organizations, charities and individuals in order to increase visibility of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, Read more...
There’s a reason why the abuser in a relationship can be smaller and physically weaker than the victim. Read more…
This incredible veiny forearm belongs to a 71-year-old woman! ------------------------------------------------------ The vascular forearm in that top photo belongs to Sharon Smith of Denver, Colorado, who began training in her late 50s. A forearm like that Read more...
You may be promoting unhealthy eating habits and eventually obesity by teaching your overweight child that she’s perfect just the way she is. • This isn’t about body shaming. • This isn’t about demeaning a Read more...
Every woman needs to work on getting big heavy curves. Trust me, once you have big heavy curves, you will have more confidence than you ever imagined possible. Read more…
The latest in the fact-denying movement is that “obesity” is an insulting word and should not even be used by doctors as a medical term. Read more…
What yo-yo dieting may do to a woman’s heart health should be incentive to stop this “weight cycling” and fight very hard to permanently maintain a healthy body weight. Yo-yo dieting, also called weight cycling, Read more...
If you had to choose between napping or medications for lowering your high blood pressure, do you know which would be more effective? Hopefully, you know that napping and pharmaceuticals such as beta blockers aren’t Read more...
If obese people can be fit and healthy, then why don’t doctors ever advise their normal-weight patients to pack on some pounds? Read more…
Men with buff physiques who preach that NEAT can help dad bods transform their body are feeding you nonsense. You’ve been doing NEAT since birth yet still have a dad bod. Read more...
How many times have you seen a headline like “Which Foods to Avoid to Lose Weight”? From a purely hormonal and physiological aspect, you do NOT need to avoid any particular food or type of Read more...
Many obese women in the “healthy at any size” camp claim to be healthy and feel great. But is this actually an issue of being habituated to aches and pains and not really knowing what Read more...
Joyful Movement has caught on – a pal to the intuitive eating approach – but there are five problems with this excuse to avoid hard effective work. Read more…
Do you know the first three things you should do if someone’s having a stroke? Even a middle aged person can be stricken by this very common condition. Time is truly of the essence when Read more...
Heart problems can cause neck pain. But so many benign conditions can cause neck pain as well, such as TMJ disorder and a pinched nerve. Read more…
Why doesn’t body inclusivity in the modeling world extend to faces? White, black or Asian, runway models including plus-size have the same face. Read more…
Pay no attention to fitness headlines claiming that planks can burn belly fat – because they can’t. Never. Planks will not flatten your stomach, either. Read more…
Fibromyalgia can affect isolated body parts such as the shoulders and neck, but what about literally being on one side of the body, such as affecting only the left leg, left hip area, left shoulder Read more...
Fibromyalgia can cause breast pain, and so can breast cancer. Is there a difference in the way a woman would feel these different sources of pain? Though pain in a breast from cancer isn’t a Read more...
Are YOU fed up with the “body inclusivity” fanatics who refuse to include older women in photo shoots promoting “all sizes, abilities and walks of life”? They are age-phobic. Dove pulled this stunt with its Read more...
There are 3 serious conditions – OTHER than muscle or nerve problems, injury, poor posture, arthritis, infection and cancer that can cause upper back pain. Read more…
Are you wondering if running can lessen the density of your breasts and thus lower your breast cancer risk? Or maybe they’re mostly fat tissue and you’re afraid that running will bring density to them Read more...
Is the top number of your blood pressure reading sometimes 89 and the bottom number 69? Does a blood pressure of 89 over 69 necessarily indicate a medical problem? Read more…
On one hand, a benign pink mark from trauma can resemble the pink or “red” of a blood clot. A harmless bruise can also be large and quite ugly, while a blood clot that looks Read more...
Why can some people have uncontrolled high blood pressure for so long without any problems? Can it ever NOT harm the body (e.g., the person is fit and healthy otherwise in that they don’t smoke, Read more...
“Fit Mom” Maria Kang apologizes for promoting an “unnatural body standard,” yet if anything’s unnatural, it’s obesity, and this IS being promoted by many body positive influencers. What’s Actually Unnatural The human body was not Read more...
If you’re scared you might develop type 2 diabetes, then you should be working to increase your muscle mass. Bulking up is not necessary, but the more muscle tissue you have, the more protection you’ll Read more...
Body positive enthusiasts insist it’s impossible to tell a person’s health and fitness by their looks. Read more…
Have you been hearing lately that it’s not healthy to have a lot of muscle? This isn’t the same as saying that a very muscular person can still be unhealthy. What’s being said is that Read more...
When you stick your tongue out, do you see a dent near the middle? Perhaps the dent or depression is there only when you stick out your tongue. Read more…
Though it’s not known just how many plus-size influencers become irate when followers point out mistakes in their workout form and how to exercise with better technique, at least one made the news in late Read more...
A physically fit person who regularly works out should not have recurring or chronic knee pain. • Do you have a dull but annoying ache just underneath your knee cap? Read Read more...
If you’re experiencing facial twitching prior to a root canal, it can be explained by anxiety. But what about twitching of your face after the root canal treatment? Read more…
If you’ve been grinding your teeth overnight (bruxism) you should undergo testing for obstructive sleep apnea. Left untreated, sleep apnea can lead to very serious health problems. Read more…
Predators will sometimes try to lure a child by saying their mother was in a terrible car accident and that he’ll drive them to the hospital. Here is how to teach your child not to Read more...
Here’s why an adult should never pick up a child he/she doesn’t know to comfort them. Read more…
If you’ve been having blackouts or even almost-fainting episodes – even for a long time – get your heart checked out and don’t delay this for another minute. Read more…
Think your teenager would never get into a car with a stranger? Ever wonder why ANY teen would do this? It’s inherently dangerous because you have to ask yourself why the super-vast majority of ride-offers Read more...
Can a regular exercise program, if begun sooner in life, actually prevent the occurrence of peripheral artery disease? Read more…
Why can’t young healthy women scared of ovarian cancer just have their ovaries removed, instead of going through life “waiting for that shoe to drop,” so the saying goes? Though ovarian cancer isn’t common at Read more...
