I've spent my first 10 years at Herbalife talking about Nitric Oxide and heart health. Since the focus of the Heart Health Initiative is to bring the story of cardiovascular wellness to people across the globe, it's important to circle back to the NO basics.
Nitric Oxide is a crucial part of supporting cardiovascular wellness, and one of the best ways to promote optimal NO levels is through a healthy endothelium. To understand how to keep the endothelial cells-the production house of NO-working properly, it's important to know the risk factors for endothelial dysfunction.
LAST Tuesday, Connor Moran, a limit-the-red-meat, increase-the-greens, eat-salad-for-lunch kind of guy, stopped into a Bronx Dunkin' Donuts for his usual black coffee, no sugar, no cream. He walked out with a sandwich of egg and bacon between two halves of a glazed doughnut.
10 Budget-Friendly Exercise Gadgets Tight budgets are no excuse to let yourself get flabby. Tight budgets are no excuse to let yourself get flabby. Sure, a pricey gym membership may be something you don't want to spring for right now. And home exercise equipment with all the bells and whistles may be out of the question.
Drinking anything at all other than water could spell significant trouble for the weight loss efforts. Not diet soda, not concentrated fruit drinks, and not even black coffee or tea. Water is the best beverage it has no fat, calories, cholesterol, or sodium. It also aids to flush toxins from the system and maintain your skin browsing excellent.
Overweight and leading a sedentary lifestyle? Let me help with tailored fitness advice. This week we're providing advice for 'Jason', one of our real readers. Susan Bowerman introduced Jason's story on Monday and provided practical solutions to help him overcome his nutritional challenges and get his weight loss plan back on the right track.
The hottest link of the day today among experts in Social Business is a Harvard Business Review blog post titled Yes, Marketers, You Should Pay Your Influencers. I thought it warranted a quick response. Here at Little Bird we provide technology for ethical, and thus effective, influencer marketing and social business.
The drug maker Merck announced on Thursday that a combination of niacin and another medicine failed to protect against heart attacks and strokes in a large clinical trial, and that the company would no longer pursue approval of the combination drug in the United States.
We need calories to fuel our body's basic energy needs. Yet many of us find it difficult to take in the right amount-and the right kind-of fuel. No matter how many guidelines we're given, we still crave what we know is bad for us.
Exercise Alone May Help Those With Type 2 Diabetes Small study found it helped even if no other lifestyle changes were made WebMD News from HealthDay By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise benefits people with type 2 diabetes even if they don't make any other lifestyle or diet changes, a new study says.
There's no one proven way to maintain healthy weight. If there were, obesity wouldn't be a top public health priority. However, research by Cornell psychologist Brian Wansick provides some of the best advice you'll ever hear about how to eat less-- by thinking more.
Can Weight Loss Cool Hot Flashes? Women Who Lost Weight on Low-Fat Diet Had Fewer or No Hot Flashes, Researchers Find July 11, 2012 -- Losing excess weight by eating a low-fat diet filled with vegetables, fruits, and whole grains appears to help reduce or eliminate menopausal symptoms, according to new research.
Prostate Cancer Surgery May Not Always Up Survival Study Finds Surgery Doesn't Cut Death Risk Compared to Watchful Waiting for Early-Stage Prostate Cancer July 18, 2012 -- For men with early prostate cancer, surgery to remove the prostate gland appears to offer no survival advantage over watching and waiting, a new study shows.
Dancing or Sports Video Games May Not Influence Children's Physical Activity Feb. 27, 2012 -- Giving children an "active" dancing or sports video game may not necessarily make them more active. A new study shows that children given active video games were no more physically active than those given more stationary video games.
No one needs bad hair days in his or her life, so let's make bad hair days a thing of the past! We all love those days when our hair is soft, shiny and manageable. When our hair decides it's not going to cooperate and takes on a mind of its own, things can go from good to bad, and bad to worse quickly.
When I was a resident I was given the opportunity to participate in a series of seminars designed to improve my teaching skills. In one discussion group the discussion leader asked us a question to which no one had an immediate answer. So he waited. And waited. And waited.