Optimal Nutrients for Health and Fitness

How surprising it can be to some of us to learn that the normal portions for the foods we eat are usually twice the size and amount we should be consuming. This is not entirely our own fault. We are surrounded by a constant barrage of eat, drink, and be merry messages...

The Damaging Effect of Steroids on Women

Steroids are basically performance aids that people take to improve their athletic performance, certain athletes, sports personnel and bodybuilders take steroids, even though it is a banned substance, and while the side effects for both men and women can be...

The Benefits of Nitric Oxide as a Nutritional Supplement

It was in 1988 that three researchers were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for their discovery of the gas, Nitric Oxide. This gas is very beneficial in controlling the circulation of blood and in the regulating of the brain, lungs, kidneys, liver and other vital...

The Pros and Cons of Pro-Hormones

Pro-hormones are easily found in every pharmacy, whole foods and supplement store. They used as a performance enhancing drug that people take as a professional aid. Pro-hormones are a naturally occurring chemical compound that is quite similar to actual hormones. The...

Why You Are What You Eat Makes Sense

Thrusting outwards in 3-D images from billboards, on the covers of magazines and books, from the wall posters hung in your doctor’s office, blaring loudly in television and radio spots, web sites related to health, and even next to the pricing labels for foods in your...

Trans-Fat Endangers Your Health

As we look for ways to becoming healthier as a society, with health experts sharing insights and information with the public, even more hazards to our health are exposed. When they come to light it is often shocking to learn that these health hazards have been known...

Competitive Eating Contests: Why Does the Skinny Guy Win

With so much negative news reported on a daily basis, stations work hard to incorporate human interest stories into their broadcasts.  One of the more common topics covered – especially in the summertime season of fairs, carnivals and festivals – are food eating...

How Important is Nutrition and Physical Fitness

A young person may get away with a less than perfect diet, and the effects of those couch potato hours may not show up so soon, but older people don’t have such luck!  Is it just metabolism?   Quite often, neglecting the body has a rapid visual and physical affect on...