Meal Replacement Shakes for Weight Loss

Anyone who has acquired a excess weight over the year well understands what a formidable effort is involved in losing the pounds and maintaining the weight loss. The rise in the prevalence of obesity in the United States, and several other socio-economically advanced Western countries has been characterized as an epidemic, and it is a [...]

Are Meal Replacement Shakes a Necessity?

It is underappreciated by many just how radically our modern lifestyles, with their hectic schedules and long hours, have impacted our diet. The days of sitting down to three square meals are fast fading and many individuals are resorting to shortcuts –skipping meals and replacing them with fatty, salty and calorie-laden snacks.  And, as so [...]

Some Basic Tips for Choosing Quality Supplements

Many individuals embarking on a new fitness regime – and even established, high-level athletes – will find their attention drawn at some stage to the idea of nutritional supplements. A variety of products are available, though few are of premium quality, which assist in post-exercise recovery, efficient energy metabolism, detoxification by neutralizing harmful free radicals [...]

Meditation Cuts Risk of Heart Attack in Half

Meditation has been used by individuals around the world to find a balance within their lives for thousands of years. While some individuals use meditation specifically because of its spiritual side effects, others rely upon meditation specifically because of the deeper state of relaxation that can be obtained through the proper use of the various [...]

The Effects of Epigenetics on Aging

Epigenetics is a field of study that examines changes in the phenotype resulting from causes other than changes to the actual DNA sequence. These changes are capable of being tracked as they remain for the entirety of the cell’s life through multiple generations and cell divisions. In other words, specific genes are able to carry [...]

New Ways to Fight Dementia

Recent evidence is suggesting that consumption of vegetables is much more helpful in battling dementia and Alzheimer’s than was previously thought. Most individuals who have a passing interest in the subject hold a belief that certain diets such as the Mediterranean Diet, which are high in vegetable intake, produce significant reductions in the rates of [...]

Is Resveratrol an Effective Replacement for HRT?

One of the most effective ways that modern science helps women to alleviate their menopausal symptoms is through hormone replacement therapy. The issue has always been that there is a corresponding risk for developing long-term diseases as a result of consuming hormone replacements. While it is true that the treatment can be effective to prevent [...]

Can Disrupting Brain Waves Cause Us to Lose Friendships?

Reputation is a concept that can be traced to the dawn of time. Social status and reputation amongst friends and family are generally considered to be the most important aspects of an individual’s life. Oscar Wilde even once suggested that, “One can survive everything…except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.” While his [...]