A person who, for health, religious or other personal reasons, chooses not to eat meats including chicken, pork, beef or seafood is known as a vegetarian. While others do not, some vegetarians choose to consume other animal products including dairy, gelatin, honey, and eggs. Ovo-vegetarians may consume eggs, while lacto-ovo vegetarians consume both dairy and […]
Pizza is good stuff, an ice-cream sandwich is even better, but they both have one thing in common – they have no place in your diet. To lose weight, you’re usually advised to sacrifice those treats that bring you so much joy and take to eating grass instead. At first, it’s easy to keep up […]
The Super Bowl is the yearly final American football game played as the finale of the National Football League (NFL), any time from mid-January to early February. It marks the end of the NFL regular season which starts in the late summer of the year before. Every year, the Super Bowl glues millions of American […]
It’s the 21st century, so we explicitly know the many dangers of high blood pressure. High blood pressure is a major prerequisite to heart diseases, as well as attacks like stroke and kidney failure. Yet, with all this knowledge, the population of people suffering from high blood pressure and the risks that the condition comes […]
Ask any lover of the golf course out there, and they’ll probably pause for a moment or two, squint their eyes and smile before they name the golf player that has influenced them the most. Golf, being what it is, has always given the truly talented ones, a chance to sit on thrones that place […]
High blood pressure (HBP) or hypertension is something nobody wants to think about, let alone want to happen to them. Many people avoid the conversation entirely, hoping that by so doing they’ll avoid this medical condition. Unfortunately, that’s not how it works. Simply wishing it away or not thinking about it won’t keep it away, […]
Different cultures appreciate mental illness in diverse manners. Some even see it as a consequence of past actions or a culmination of bad luck. In some ways, these ideas are correct, but mental illness is so much more than just an intangible curse, it is a medical condition. In fact, mental illnesses can be described […]
The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (PAG) was the first published set of national standards for physical activity. This offered a firm basis for the Healthy People, a plan which purports the numerous health benefits of a regular physical activity routine for young and old Americans. The plan consists of 15 major objectives which are […]
If you’ve been thinking about preventing lifestyle-related diseases and complications like type 2 diabetes, stroke and heart attack, then this is for you. The Mediterranean diet was widely adopted in the ‘80s by Americans in the United States as a solution to cardiovascular diseases and other lifestyle-related diseases that often result in premature death, after observing the […]