The sure way to avoid an allergic reaction is to avoid the allergen. However when an allergen trigger is part of your environment, this is easier said than done. You find yourself staying indoors when you would prefer to be outside, or feeling miserable in your own home surrounded by your indoor allergens. While avoiding ...
Can Obesity be Cured? Being classed as obese is very different from carrying a few extra pounds: being obese means you are chronically overweight and your levels of body fat are dangerously high. Unfortunately, thanks to unhealthy diets and poor lifestyle choices, thousands of people are admitted to hospital for obesity related health every year, ...
Yes, sunscreen is safe to use. No published studies or research has show that sunscreen is toxic to humans or hazardous to human health. Scientific studies actually support using sunscreen. Research shows that wearing sunscreen reduces your risk of getting skin cancer and premature aging. Everybody needs to became serious how to take care your ...
The Goal Is Weight Loss High-protein diets take a page from the low-carb craze. The goal is to lose weight by eating more protein-packed foods, which often means consuming fewer carbohydrates. The portion of total calories derived from protein is what defines a high-protein diet. In a typical diet 10%-15% of daily calories come from ...
Can one hour in a dermatologist’s office do more than eons at the gym? Here, a report on the new wave of extreme-temperature fat blasters I’ve always assumed that if I ever bit the bullet and went in for liposuction, or even one of its newer, nonsurgical body-slimming cousins, it would be a last resort, ...
I’ll admit my journalistic bias right off the bat: I’ve been rooting against Atkins and the other high-protein, low-carb diets since they first got popular more than a decade ago. First of all, I’m not a big meat, fish, or dairy fan, so those programs don’t appeal to me. And second, my mom is a ...
It turns out that how you go about slimming down has a profound impact—all too often negative—on your chances of success. The latest findings offer some clearer-than-ever guidelines on how to sort fad diets from healthy, sustainable ways to achieve your best weight. So what’s the message for women trying to lose weight?” asks Marcelle ...
