Health Tips

General information only — not medical advice.

• Adjusting Calories

  One problem with diets is when you go off the diet, you tend to return to your old eating habits. If you weigh 180 pounds and maintain…

• Before Meal Exercise

  Exercise before eating, even a 10 minute walk, can decrease your appetite.

• Cholesterol Help

  Moderate aerobic exercise for 4 hours a week was shown to improve cholesterol profiles even when no weight loss occurred, in a study in…

• Controlling Blood Pressure

  People with high blood pressure can benefit from aerobic exercise. A 45-minute run can lower blood pressure for up to 24 hours. If you…

• Deter Night Time Eating

  After you eat dinner, brush your teeth. You are not as likely to eat late at night with the feeling of freshly brushed teeth.

• Diet and Exercise Together

  Exercise helps maintain muscle mass when you lose weight, so don´t think you have to lose weight by dieting before you start working out.

• Don't go hungry

  This is the most important weight loss tip of all.Hunger is Public Enemy No 1 for anyone who wants to lose weight.Kill it, stab it, stamp…

• Eat by Volume

  You may do better controlling your calories by eating food that has a high volume for its caloric content, and fills you up faster. This…

• Eat Frequent Small Meals

  Eating more often is recommended as one strategy for weight loss. Remember, when you decide to eat several meals throughout the day, that…

• Eat Water-Filled Foods

  Foods high in water content, like fruits and vegetables, will fill you up without adding many calories. Eat your veggies first.

• Eat Well!

  Regular, nutritious meals are a must for recovery. A healthy diet is prevention for the family and maintenance for the patient. Plan…

• Eat Your Beans

  Eat your beans! Nutrient compounds called 'flavonoids' have been found to be effective antioxidants that help protect against heart…

• Eating Pizza

  If you must eat pizza, make it veggie and pat the top with a paper towel when it´s warm to remove excess fat.

• Exercise and Cholesterol

  Exercise can help improve your cholesterol levels, even if you don´t lose weight.

• Fat Burning Range

  If you´re trying to lose weight through exercise, the total number of calories is all that matters. Training at a lower intensity burns a…

• Get adequate sleep!

  Rest frequently and take short naps to compensate for fitful or disrupted sleep at night. Respect the pace of your energy returning. Don't…

• Green Tea

  Consider green tea as your beverage of choice if you´re trying to lose weight. People given green tea extract burned more total and more…

• Heart Disease

  New Test for Predicting Heart Disease: If you're over 40 and have any family history of heart disease, take heart! A new speedy scan warns…

• Heart Failure and Exercise

  Most people with heart failure, a weakened heart muscle, can improve their endurance and activity levels through aerobic exercise. Get…

• Heart Health

  You can strengthen your heart and help yourself live longer and healthier with aerobic exercise. However, if you clog up your arteries by…

• High Fiber Eating

  High fiber foods fill you up with less calories. If you try high fiber eating, you will usually find yourself eating fruits, vegetables…

• Longer Workouts

  Add 5 minutes to your regular workout each week for a month, and you will burn more calories easily

• Mental Health

  Exercise is a proven treatment for depression. Both aerobic and resistance training help depression, but only aerobic exercise is…

• Optimize Your Heart Rate

  Depending on your age, level of conditioning, and your fitness goals, you should train in a particular heart-rate zone. Beginners should…

• Overcoming Anger

  Too much anger can be bad for your health as well as your social life. In a situation that could cause you to lose your temper, physical…

• Rate of Weight Loss

  You should lose no more than 1 or 2 pounds per week for lasting weight loss. Dramatic loss is usually fluid and will come back quickly.

• Relax

  Breathe fully and deeply, listen to beautiful music, laugh aloud and find something to feel grateful about each day as you journey through…

• Rubber Suits

  Don´t even think of exercising in a rubber suit or similar garment. It won´t melt off fat and is dangerous. Any weight loss you see…

• Small Meals

  If you´re trying to lose weight, divide your food into several small meals throughout the day so you don´t get hungry.

• Take Vacations

  Men who take more vacations live longer than those who never get away. Take an active vacation and get double benefits.

• There's no rush

  Most slimmers are in far too much of a hurry.They want to solve their entire weight problem in a couple of weeks.Preferably sooner! So if…

• Too Tired to Exercise

  Feelings of fatigue do not always indicate physical exhaustion, but may be due to depression or stress. Often if you exercise in spite of…

• TV Watching

  For each hour of television you view per day, you have a 2% increased chance of becoming obese. It probably works in the other direction…

• Walk every day!

  Your spirit is refreshed by the warmth of the sun and the earth underfoot. Walking with your mate is a special activity you can do…

• Water Works for Weight Loss

  Nothing quells the appetite like water, lots and lots of water. Start out with two quart bottles in the morning and carry one with you to…

• Weight Training & Your Heart

  Weight training can help your heart and is even being recommended to people with some heart disease. When your muscles are stronger, your…