Winter Exercise Tips To Help You Stay Fit

With the temperatures plummeting this time of year, many of us tend to hibernate inside our homes. But, hibernating is for bears. As humans it's important to stay active through all four seasons. Yet, a poll of 5,000 people found that 30 percent get no exercise at all during the winter months.

How To Avoid Holiday Weight Gain

This holiday season don't be trendy - avoid the Seasonal Seven (the average weight
most Americans gain between Thanksgiving and New Year's). That's one trend you don't
want to participate in!

5 Keys to Minimizing Holiday Stress

In an ideal world the holidays are a time when family comes together to celebrate, there is peace on earth and goodwill abounds, children are well behaved, teenagers are happy and cooperative and visiting family bring smiles, compliments and gifts.

Keeping Children Safe - How to Prevent Choking and Suffocation Hazards

With Christmas around the corner, excitement fills the air. It might be easy to forget the added dangers that could fill your home at this time. Ornament hangers, tinsel, ribbon, etc. , while festive and pretty, can also be dangerous to toddlers. Read more to find out how to keep your child safe all through the year!

Is your child getting enough sleep?

The consequences for lack of sleep are hardly unknown to parents who have themselves been victims of sleepless nights during the early childhood years. But what are the specific problems that affect children who are lacking sleep?

Tricks To Avoid Workout Burnout

When it comes to getting and staying fit, consistency is a major component to success. Ensuring that you regularly eat nutritious meals and exercise week after week is mandatory. But, too much of a good thing can actually be harmful.

Ease Menopause Symptoms With Aromatherapy

Menopause can be a physical, psychological and emotionally challenging time for many women.

Are Your Cosmetics Wreaking Havoc On Your Skin?

We all have times when our skin looks less than gorgeous. At those moments we inevitably reach for the miracle products -- foundations, concealers, powders -- we rely on to cover up the flaws we’d like to hide. Yes, makeup is a great temporary fix, and it’s a wonderful tool for enhancing our best features. But depending on cosmetics to cover over your troubled complexion could actually be making the problem even worse.

Top Tips For Clean Indoor Air

Indoor air can contain up to 5 times as much pollution as outdoor air. Allergies and asthma are on the rise so cleaning indoor air in your home and work place is more important than ever as this can greatly reduce symptoms

Aromatherapy Candles - How to Select the Right Scent

Feel sad, tired, or a little bit stressed? Something as simple as an aromatherapy candle could help you relax and feel happier. But not all scented candles have this effect. Let’s find out how to select an aromatherapy candle that can lift your mood.

Bigger than the Baby Blues - Signs of Postpartum Depression

The joy of bringing a child into the world, a baby to love and cherish, may be the plan but to 50-80% of new mothers suffering from a form of depression known as the Baby Blues that dream is not the reality.

Weight Loss and Exercise Myths - Test Your Fitness IQ

You've tried virtually every "diet" you can think of and still haven't lost weight. Or, perhaps you've lost weight only to quickly gain it back. You feel like you are
in a never-ending battle that you just can't win. Does this sound familiar? Stop beating yourself over the head in frustration!

20 Common Pregnancy Questions & Answers

Dr. Nisha Bunke provides answers to these common health questions for moms-to-be...

Great Summer Workouts - Just Add Water

With warm weather season now in full gear, exercisers want to take their workouts outside and breakout of their indoor fitness ruts. But, when temperatures reach record highs and humidity levels soar, traditional outdoor workouts become less appealing. So how can you stay cool while still enjoying outdoor physical activity?

Transform Your Body For Beach Wear In Just Six Weeks

Spring is here. Flowers are blooming, jackets are being put away and chances are that you're beginning to panic about putting on a swimsuit again. Hold on. Don't pack your bags for the North Pole just yet. You can get a body makeover in six weeks or less.

Stress Relief for Stay-at-home Moms

While stay-at-home moms deserve a lot of respect, let's face it, spilled cheerios, dirty diapers, and screaming children can really get to someone after a while! Dealing with personal stress can be tricky, especially when 5 page "de-stress your life" lists end up stressing you out even more! While attempting to avoid another huge list, here are four simple suggestions that are not only doable, but will definitely help the stay-at-home mom feel a little saner!

Getting F.I.T.T Is Easy

For most people the hardest part of exercising is just getting started. Hectic schedules and lack of time certainly contribute to the excuses. But for many people, lack of basic workout knowledge intimidates them and prevents them from even getting started.

10 Tips for Making Daily Physical Activity Part of Your Child's Life!

Forty percent of children ages 5 to 8 show at least one heart disease risk factor, including hypertension and obesity, which among children has doubled over the past two decades. The first signs of arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) are appearing at age 5 something never before seen in anyone under the age of 30. Children 6 to 10 are dying of sudden cardiopulmonary arrest. According to a recent Centers for Disease Control study, American children born in 2000 face a one-in-three chance of developing Type 2 diabetes what used to be called adult-onset diabetes! This is thought to be the first generation of children that won't outlive their parents.

10 Depression-Blasters for Overcomers

Are you living under gloomy skies of mental misery When dark clouds of depression come into your life, blow them away with these 10 powerful depression-blasters.

Brush Your Teeth the Natural Way

Pick up a box of toothpaste at the grocery store and what do you see listed under ingredients? Nothing. Thats because the Food and Drug Administration does not require toothpaste manufacturers to include this important consumer information on their packaging. Do you want to brush your teeth with sodium hydroxide or benzo sulphimide? Do you know what it is and what it does? Most of us are concerned with good health and maintaining a healthy diet, and understandably want to know what were putting into our mouths.

Head Lice: Tips for Parents and Teachers

If the children in your life get head lice ("Pediculosis humanus capitis"), do not panic. Head lice can be prevented and cured. Just follow these tips:

How to Give Your Family a Fighting Chance against a Household Fire

Fire Protection More Affordable and Reliable Today

Help Your Kids Build a Better Body Image

Forty percent of 9-and 10-year-old females are trying to lose weight. Thats according to a national health study of nearly 2,400 girls.

Experts say its no coincidence that a girls academic performance sometimes begins to slide about the time she becomes more aware of her body.

How To Tone Your Stomach For Swimsuit Season

One of the most common fitness questions this time of year is How can I tone my stomach for swimsuit season? Typically, people believe that the guaranteed quick route to obtaining a rock-solid six-pack is a path packed with hundreds of sit-ups or abdominal crunches. Wrong!