Posts by: ana

Staying healthy while you fly

This traveling season it’s the perfect time to look at tips for staying healthy when flying. Be germ-smart. Wash your hands often. Avoid touching your mouth, nose and eyes. They’re the most common points for a virus to enter the body. Use disinfectant wipes on tray tables, seat arms, the window and especially the bathroom. [...]

How Water retention affects your weight

Retaining some water is normal, after our entire organism is 60% or more water. Retaining extra fluids can cause weight gain, increased blood pressure and swollen extremities. There are two main things that help stop water retention, the first one is drinking more water. Even if it sounds counterproductive. Water retention is common when dehydrated [...]

You can lower your cholesterol!!

You can lower your cholesterol; it all depends on what you eat. It is hard to avoid consuming cholesterol entirely because so many foods contain it and your body needs some to perform its basic functions. Too much cholesterol in the body can lead to serious problems like artery clogging and heart disease. Many factors [...]

Eat Plenty of Fruits and Vegetables

Fruits and vegetables are an essential part of our diet, providing a wide range of vitamins and minerals that serve a vast array of important functions in the body. Many people, however, are still deficient in their fruit and vegetable intake. Recent research has measured the total antioxidant power of various foods, fruits and vegetables [...]

All about Proteins

A need for all. A very important component of every cell in the body is protein. It is an organic compound, composed of 22 amino acids, otherwise known as the basic building blocks of life. Protein is stored in muscles and organs and the body utilizes it to build and repair tissues, as well as [...]