Developing an exercise habit increases your ability to reach your desired outcome. But two of the biggest barriers towards people getting healthy is that they simply don’t know where to start and the lack of time. Gym memberships, workout clothes, nutritional supplements, it’s all too intimidating. How can you possible fit all that into your …
HBA1C (sometimes also called A1c or hbA1c) is a complicated mash of alphabet soup used to describe glycated hemoglobin. That doesn’t clarify much, does it? What is HBA1C and what does it have to do with you? Well, hemoglobin is a protein found in red blood cells that helps carry oxygen throughout the body as …
America’s population is aging rapidly. 40 million people are over the age of 65 in the United States today, and that number is expected to climb to 89 million in the next few decades (Jacobsen, 2011). This is a wonderful sign for the efficacy of healthcare techniques, but it does bring its own challenges. An …
It is accepted for people to combine foods when eating lunch or dinner as this activity makes eating more enjoyable. What is not accepted is for people to combine the use of medication, which is known as drug interactions. A drug interaction is the act of mixing incompatible medications that can cause dangerous side effects …
A recent study found that half of all Americans are pre-diabetic or already have full-blown diabetes. Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in the United States, thanks to increases in the number of people who are overweight or obese and the ongoing decline in healthy, nutritious diets. Fortunately, diabetes can be prevented through lifestyle. To educate …
