Get articles, daily on the email! I am trying to recover from anorexia, but am having difficulty accepting weight gain and eating on a regular schedule. Do you have any menu recommendations or nutritionist referrals? I know that recovering from anorexia is hard work. It is going to be extremely helpful to have a good health care support team, supportive family [...]
Melt the blahs from weary limbs with this revitalizing stretch for legs, hips, chest and arms. Special instructions: Keep your thigh muscles firm throughout. Gaze forward. Keep your face and neck soft and relaxed. Stay for 20 to 30 seconds, breathing evenly. Repeat to both sides once or twice. Step 1: Line up hips and [...]
How To Hold On To Your Breakfast! It’s just a little ironic. At the very time you’re supposed to be eating for two, morning sickness makes it difficult to hold down enough food for even one. But what’s a “growing” girl to do when antinausea drugs like Dramamine are off-limits? One time-tested remedy for morning [...]
Fourteen years of ferrying the US mail to more than 250 homes a day on foot has taught this postal worker a thing or two about staying fit. Mailmen deliver. That’s simply what they do. Lucky for us, Keith Smarte, who strides as much as 9 miles a day, 6 days a week, delivering the [...]
Being natural Everyone wanted to be natural — easygoing, spontaneous. Make love not war. Love the one you’re with. We wore no makeup (and no bras for that matter). We shunned nail polish, high heels and anything too feminine or frilly. Certainly, the concept of “naturalness” planted itself firmly in my consciousness as a virtue. [...]
Cholesterol-reducing supplements could be worth a try in the following situations: 1. You have borderline-high cholesterol (total cholesterol 200 to 240 or LDL cholesterol 130 to 160) but no known heart disease. “For people with cholesterol between 200 and 240 who’ve tried diet and exercise already, these supplements are a logical alternative,” says David Heber, [...]
Q: I’ve been drinking different types of herbal teas (mostly the commercial kind made with dried fruit peel and blossoms) and would like to start drinking green tea. However, I’m trying to eliminate caffeine from my diet and am concerned about the caffeine levels in green tea. I’ll stay away from the oolong and black [...]