As health care costs continue to rise and our nation becomes increasingly more unhealthy, employers will be changing some of the ways that they hire new personnel. Many companies will start looking for individuals who not only fit all the requirements of the job, but also maintain a healthy lifestyle and have done so for many years. Individuals who smoke, binge drink, and fail to eat properly will soon have these things counted against them when competing for a job in this economy. As we move towards a universal health care plan for all, the cost to employers and employees is going to increase … [Read more...] about Binge drinking in college may pose serious health risks later in life
How Exercise May Offset Some of Alcohol’s Damage?
Regular exercise may counteract some of the brain-damaging effects of drinking alcohol, early results from a new study suggest. In the study, heavy drinking was linked with damage to the brain's white matter, but only among those who didn't exercise very much. For those who exercised regularly, there was no link between heavy drinking and white-matter damage. White matter forms "cables" in the brain that allow different areas to communicate. Because of the damage to drinkers' brains in the study, "white matter is not moving messages between areas of the brain as efficiently as … [Read more...] about How Exercise May Offset Some of Alcohol’s Damage?
Sit Up Straight. Your Back Thanks You.
We often spend countless hours at our jobs, some of us standing, some of us sitting for 7 to 10 hours per day. If you take the bare minimum of 7 hours of sitting per day and multiply it for the year, it equates to about 2, 520 hours that you are sitting in a day's time. This is a significant amount of time that we are inactive throughout our entire life. It is no wonder that as Americans, our obesity numbers continue to rise because of lack of activity and high stress levels. Several products have entered the marketplace to help combat our exponentially increasing health care costs. There are … [Read more...] about Sit Up Straight. Your Back Thanks You.
Breakfast: Should I eat it and if so what should I consume?
Many Americans start their day off with just a cup of hot coffee and some sort of junk food that they picked up on the way to work. This could consist of a donuts, tastycakes, egg mcmuffins, hash browns, pack of crackers, or biscotti. If you are they type of individual who gets up a half hour before work takes a 5 minute shower throws on some clothes and rushes out the door to work, chances are you have eaten some of the foods listed above. The problem with the foods above is that they are extremely unhealthy and start your day off with you trying to play catch up the rest of the day. There is … [Read more...] about Breakfast: Should I eat it and if so what should I consume?
Crunch your way to a flat stomach?
I overheard a woman at the gym the other day say she was going to get on the decline bench and work on her obliques. I was in the middle of a session, so I could not help her out, but that comment is commonly made about a variety of abdominal exercises. She truly thought that by performing several sets of obliques that she could spot reduce the fat on her stomach. There are quite a few misconceptions about training your abdominals and the ability to directly change your physique by performing certain exercises. I'd like to clear up a few of the things I have heard over the years I have been in … [Read more...] about Crunch your way to a flat stomach?
Do you overeat when your stressed?
The car breaks down, you can’t stop worrying about the upcoming licensing exam and your hips appear to be spreading from east to west as if it’s their manifest destiny. Does all this anxiety make you want to eat? If so, you may have a problem with emotional eating. People with this condition tend to eat when they are stressed or in another state of emotional turmoil. Anger, boredom, depression, loneliness and plain old-fashioned sadness all can trigger bouts of emotional eating. If you have a tendency toward emotional eating, you may find yourself reaching for so-called “comfort … [Read more...] about Do you overeat when your stressed?
High Dose Statins linked to Acute Kidney Damage
People who take high doses of popular cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins may be more likely to develop kidney problems, a new study suggests. A recent article by Denise Mann covers how statins can cause more harm than good. Specifically, those participants who took higher doses of statins were 34 percent more likely to be hospitalized for acute kidney injury during the first 120 days of treatment, compared to their counterparts who were taking lower doses. This risk remained elevated two years after starting treatment. The findings appeared online March 19 in the journal BMJ. Statins … [Read more...] about High Dose Statins linked to Acute Kidney Damage
Sugary drinks linked to 180,000 deaths worldwide
We all know that sugary drinks are bad for us, yet as a society we consume them anyways because we think that it will never happen to us. In this article by My Health News Daily shows that there is a direct correlation between sugary drinks, poor nutrition and the number of deaths by Type 2 Diabetes. Most individuals do not take a proactive approach to their health and wellness until something drastic happens like a heart attack or DUI. Consumption of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages may contribute to hundreds of thousands of deaths around the world, mainly due to Type 2 diabetes, a … [Read more...] about Sugary drinks linked to 180,000 deaths worldwide