Healthy Articles

The Heart Beat on Heart Disease Your heart pumps blood throughout the body, providing oxygen and nutrients while removing waste. A healthy heart beats around 100,000 times every day (or about three billion beats in a lifetime), pumping about six quarts of blood throughout the body. At least that’s how it should work. Heart disease

Sedentary Behavior in Kids Today Increases Risk of Obesity Many children today sit too much and don’t move enough. They’re lured by less-than-healthy foods and technology overpowers their lives. As parents, you’re probably very aware of these problems and you’re eager to find solutions. Whether you’re attempting to start the New Year healthily or getting

The Thyroid Plays a Critical Role in Your Body Such a tiny gland, yet what a dramatic impact it has on nearly every function within your body. Your thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland, found at the front of the neck under your voice box, that weighs just 20 – 60 grams. This gland makes two

New Year’s Resolutions: Failed! Why are resolutions so easy to create, but difficult to even start, much less maintain? Especially when it comes to eating well and taking care of yourself, change can feel hard in the beginning. Yet you know that investing in your wellness and well-being repays dividends down the road. Sometimes you

Why You Get Sick After the Holidays The post-holiday months can feel especially challenging. Cold weather, taxes, credit card bills, and an anticlimactic blah, the holidays are over feeling can sabotage your health and happiness during January, February, and beyond. If all that isn’t enough, the winter months oftentimes incur more sickness. Before you know