Category: Healthy Living
Nutrition for Lung Health and COPD
The foods we eat affect all aspects of our health, even lung health. An unhealthy diet can increase your symptoms if you have lung disease, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Eating the right balance of nutritious foods can help improve respiratory symptoms and benefit long-term lung health.
Living with Diabetes: Empower Yourself to Stay Healthy
Finding out you have diabetes can be overwhelming at first. Over time, making lifestyle changes and following your doctor’s guidance means you can live a full and healthy life. Here’s what you need to know about living with diabetes.
Hypertension, Exercise and You: What to Know Before Hitting the Gym
Almost half of all adults in the United States have high blood pressure, which is also known as hypertension. Using exercise as a part of your hypertension management plan can help you decrease the risk of cardiovascular events and other conditions caused by hypertension. Here’s what you need to know about hypertension, exercise and your health.
How Eating Added Sugar Puts You at Higher Risk for Health Issues
Added sugars are a big part of the modern American diet. Learn more about the health risks and where they hide to take added sugars off the table.
How to Stop Emotional Eating
An action that starts as a temporary fix can become an unhealthy habit. Here’s how to break the cycle of emotional eating.
Bruise First Aid and When to Get Help
Contusions, commonly called bruises, happen when blood vessels under the skin break, but the skin isn’t cut. Here’s how to get them to heal faster.
How Can You Prevent Injury While Cycling? Gear Up and Warm Up
The weather is warm and sunny. It’s time to grab your bike and head out on a trail. But before you go, make sure you are riding safely. Take a few moments to understand how to reduce common cycling-induced injuries and have a safe and fun ride every time.
It’s Your Life, Speak for Yourself with Advance Care Planning
Advance care planning is the process of deciding and documenting what types of health care you’d like to receive if illness or injury leaves you unable to speak for yourself. The best time to start the process is long before you need it. Still, as long as you can communicate your wishes, it’s never too late to start planning.
COPD and Exercise: How to Benefit from Staying Active
Engaging in regular physical activity may seem like a strange thing to do when chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can make breathing difficult. With proper precautions, however, exercise can reduce symptoms and boost your quality of life.
Strength Training for Weight Loss: Gaining Muscle and Losing Fat
If you think lifting weights or doing squats or pushups is simply a path to a more sculpted physique, you’re selling strength training short. Strength training can also help you achieve weight loss for better health.