It’s cardiologist vs. personal trainer when it comes to how to properly use a treadmill and aerobic exercise in general. Who wins? I pointed out to a personal-training client that holding onto a treadmill was [...]
If you have Parkinson’s disease, you’ll be interested in a study that looked at low intensity and high intensity exercise for people with this condition. […]
Are you very plus size and wondering if lifting weights can harm your joints, due to your obesity? There are various exercises that plus size women and men do that are more threatening than lifting [...]
Ready for some HIIT? Okay, but which type of cardio equipment is best? There are many things to consider like impact, comfort and boredom! I vote for the treadmill. If you dread a particular piece of [...]
“Intuitive eating” is an approach pushed by the health-at-all-sizes movement, but this flawed approach can really make you gain unhealthy fat weight. If you’ve taken any pledges or have simply visited a website that promotes [...]
There are clear signs that indicate your child was misdiagnosed with ADHD. ADHD is an acronym that describes a large group of features in an individual. There is no diagnostic test known that definitively confirms [...]
What is squamous cell carcinoma? It’s the second deadliest skin cancer. Squamous cell carcinoma, which is directly tied to sun exposure, kills about 3,500 Americans yearly. […]
People should NOT come in all sizes. Though height variation doesn't cause bad health, obesity does. Size variety is no excuse for accepting fat prevalence. Science does not support the mantra that "people should come [...]
It’s normal for eyes to tear during facial extractions. I’ve had quite a few facial extractions, and after every one, my eyes were very watery. […]
No WONDER the fat won’t come off your stomach; you’re spending too much time working your stabilizer muscles and not the force production ones. […]
Sick of being skinny-fat? Don’t worry, no amount of treadmill walking will make this condition worse. However, there IS something that WILL make it worse. […]
A woman does not have an eating disorder just because her hip bones show; visible bones should not be the gold standard for malnourishment. Though the hip bones on all women with anorexia nervosa are [...]
If you think you’re fit because you use a staircase in your house, keep reading. Because you are being deceived into thinking that simply climbing the stairs every day will automatically make you fit and [...]
Can obstructive sleep apnea ever be diagnosed without a sleep study in which someone sleeps through the night with wires attached to their head and other devices recording their vitals? Diagnosis of OSA is not [...]
Migraine headaches can interfere with sleep, but there are numerous things you can do to finally get a good night’s sleep, without the interruption of the migraine headache pain. “Migraine headaches can happen at any [...]
If your behind is huge and mushy, you need exercises for a fat butt that will shrink and tighten your rear-end. The majority of a big rear-end is fat, not muscle. [...]
Do you hold onto the treadmill? Are you aware this may ruin your posture & eventually cause hip problems? It’s bad for the hips & spine, especially for older people. […]
This is about the TIP of your pinkie being numb, rather than the entire finger. Are you freaking over sudden numbness in the tip of your pinkie? […]
We really can't be putting all the blame on "scary skinny" celebrities on the rash of eating disorders like anorexia nervosa. A teen girl with anorexia nervosa, and more so her alarmed family, may blame the so-called [...]
Many cancers, some you’d never even think of, cause chest pain, soreness or aching. Does this mean that next time your chest hurts, you should fear it’s cancer? […]
Have you ever wondered why some gyms have only rubber coated weight plates? Why not just use the cheaper metal-surfaced plates? There are very logical reasons for this. So why do some gyms use rubber [...]
Any reason women don’t grunt, at least loudly, during their gym workouts? Is this an alpha male thing or what? Sure, some hardcore women do make vocal sounds when pushing out those last few heavy [...]
Just what does “low body fat” mean, if there’s a such thing as “skinny fat,” and is a person with low body fat necessarily what we’d consider as thin or skinny? […]
Find out what research says when the back squat is compared to the leg press for activating quadriceps muscles. […]
How should parents approach daughter’s college weight gain? Has your daughter gained weight while in college and you’re wondering how to approach this topic without offending her? So what’s a parent (usually, the mother) to [...]
Specific exercises will help prevent osteoarthritis of the knees. But which exercises, specifically, just might prevent this common painful condition? A study has some surprising results, and enthusiasts of prolonged running won’t like these results. [...]
Obese women absolutely need to do strength training, especially with free weights! I continue to see a severe shortage of obese women lifting weights, i.e., strength training, especially in the free-weight area. The free weight [...]
Before scheduling surgery for your diagnosed knee osteoarthritis, see what happens when you lose weight. Obesity is a major risk factor for knee osteoarthritis. […]
Do you have belly fat that won’t go away, no matter how much you exercise? There truly is a secret to burning fat, and this fat-loss technique has been proven time and time again with [...]
Counting steps with a pedometer can lose its steam after a while. It can become a boring way to lose weight, and not only that, but relying only on pedometer step counting for weight loss [...]
Tall, long armed women (and young ones at that) are considered the most attractive, according to a study published in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology. The comprehensive study was conducted by scientists in Australia and Hong [...]
You know you’ll have hell to pay if you injure a tendon. You know there’s no such thing as an injured tendon that heals in five days. Or don’t you? […]
“GERD can cause symptoms of nausea and regurgitation of food,” says Franjo Vladic, MD. Morning nausea can make you vomit…sort of. […]
Don’t get your hopes up that your newly narrow stools are a side effect of Miralax. “The mechanism of action for Miralax causes water retention in stool, producing a laxative effect,” explains Franjo Vladic, MD, [...]
If you see what looks like blood in your poops, this COULD be from the canned beets you ate yesterday. The sight of this in the toilet bowl has been known to freak people out [...]
Does food lately hurt going down your chest and you can’t help but wonder if this means cancer? Cancer can cause chest pain depending on where the tumor is located. For instance, lung cancer can [...]
The causes of a sore stomach when awakening are many, including colon cancer and other organ cancers. […]
Cancer cell Are you seeing clumps of white goop or film with your poops? Cancer may come to mind. As yucky or scary as this white film or goop looks when it’s mixed [...]
Is there a difference in the way nausea feels when it’s caused by cancer vs. IBS? Or is all nausea the same, whether it’s caused by cancer or irritable bowel syndrome? Nausea, regardless of whether it’s [...]
You have that backwards; chronic pancreatitis will increase the risk of cancer! This means that if you have chronic pancreatitis, you probably don’t have cancer, but you DO carry the risk of it down the [...]
