Tag: heart disease
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Vitamin supplements: More harm than good?
Another study about vitamin supplements and another nail in the coffin. After decades of health advocates telling us vitamins in pills are good for us, we’re now learning they aren’t. Or at least they’re not beneficial. Despite this new evidence, nearly a third of adults take vitamins and over 70% in people over 65 years.…
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How kicking the habit of late night snacking is good for you
It’s 9 pm. You’re hungry. Even though you had dinner a few hours ago, you’re starting to get the feeling it wasn’t enough. Do you grab something to eat, knowing you’ll be in bed shortly? Or do you ride it out until breakfast, but then worry you’ll wake up in the middle of the night…
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Six hacks to get you to stop sitting and be more active
Sitting is now called the new smoking. It’s associated with poor health and we do so much of it, one might even say sitting is addictive. While I don’t think sitting as bad as smoking, it still increases your chances of getting diabetes, heart disease and cancer, and can lead to early death. So what…
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Will this egg give me heart disease?
One egg, two egg, good egg, bad egg. No single food comes close to being studied or stirring up so much controversy. Eggs are the Jekyll and Hyde of foods: the nutrient rich egg white surrounding what many people believe to be a disease-causing egg yolk. Eggs are the food we love, and also the…