Is the time of burger joints and late night junk food over? America is trying to be healthier but with all the unhealthy fast food out there it can be hard to change…until now.  Today’s article discusses the evolution of fast food restaurants. Here’s what they had to say, “America’s interest in locally sourced and healthy foods has spurred a boom in farmers markets and farm-to-table restaurants and has expanded organic produce at the supermarket. Now, a number of upstart chains trying to tap that interest are taking aim at traditional fast food by moving leafy greens and fruits to the center of the plate.” To read more,  CLICK HERE.

Are you a smoker? Do you refuse to drink soda because it’s “bad for you?” What you soda drinkers? Do you refuse to smoke cigarettes because they are “bad for you?” What if I told you they may be equally “bad for you.” Today’s article discusses a recent find that claims this to be true. Here’s what they had to say, “they found that people who drank more sugary soda tended to have shorter telomeres. Drinking an 8-ounce daily serving of soda corresponded to 1.9 years of additional aging, and drinking a daily 20-ounce serving was linked to 4.6 more years of aging. The latter, the authors point out, is exactly the same association found between telomere length and smoking.” To read more, CLICK HERE.

Today’s article discusses the increase in the number of young people that are using preventative care and why that seems to be. Here’s what they had to say, “a provision of the Affordable Care Act that took effect in 2010 aimed to make it easier for young adults to access preventive care by allowing them to stay on their parents’ insurance until they turn 26. As of 2011, some 3 million young adults gained coverage through this provision.” To read more, CLICK HERE.

When eating a variety of food, let’s say, chips for example, do you sit there and count out 17 chips (and not one chip more) to make sure you eat the proper serving size? More than likely, no. Today’s article discusses food labels and the problem with them but how they may improve. Here’s what they had to say, “… the proposed label will highlight the number of calories in the amounts of food most people consume at a sitting. Though an official “serving” of a soft drink might be eight ounces, for example, people may habitually consume the entire 12-ounce can or 20-ounce bottle; if so, the calories in that amount would be featured on the label.” To read more, CLICK HERE.

Today’s article discusses how feelings lonely can actually affect your health in a negative way. Here’s what they had to say, “But the health implications of being lonely go much further than a weird personality quirk. “People who are lonely have more physical and mental health problems than those who feel connected to others,” explains Bruce Rabin, MD, director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Healthy Lifestyle Program. Here, four ways loneliness affects your health.” To read them, CLICK HERE.

There’s nothing worse than when you decide to make yourself healthier and get into a workout routine that’s tough but you feel great about when suddenly- you hurt yourself and now you can’t work out. Before you hit the gym, you should check out today’s article, which gives you five tips to prevent an injury while exercising. Here’s one of them, “Follow the Rule of Ten If you want to push yourself, build up slowly: Run 10 percent farther than you did last week, or add 10 percent more weight than you lifted last week, says Dr. Rajeev Pandarinath, an assistant professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences.” To see them all, CLICK HERE.

Discussing weight is never comfortable, even if it is with your own mother but today’s article discusses how you can reach out to talk to a loved one about getting them to eat better and work out. Here’s what they had to say, “there’s a lot of shame and embarrassment around being overweight. “We tend to think weight is our fault. So if somebody is heavy, they don’t want to talk about it because they’re ashamed,” says David Katz, director of Yale University’s Prevention Research Center​. “One of the things we need to accept is in the modern world, the majority of people are heavy. So you’re a little bit abnormal if you aren’t heavy.”” To read more, CLICK HERE.

It’s officially time of the pumpkins and nowadays, it seems like you can get pumpkin flavored EVERYTHING. Today’s article shares the six health benefits you might not have known about from eating pumpkin. Here’s one, “looking for a way to ward off illness and improve your immune system? Try pumpkin. The large shot of vitamin A the fruit provides helps your body fight infections, viruses and infectious diseases. Pumpkin oil even helps fight various bacterial and fungal infections. Plus, pumpkin is packed with nearly 20 percent of the recommended amount of daily vitamin C, which may help you recover from colds faster.” To see them all, CLICK HERE.

Would you reach for another handful of those potato chips if you knew how much exercise you’d have to do to burn them off? Today’s article discusses a world where foods are judged not by their calories but by their ease of working off. Here’s what they had to say, “Counting calories is, as I’ve written before, a terrible approach to eating. As the nutrition mantra goes, “A calorie is not a calorie.” Calories from sugars affect the body differently than do calories from fats or protein. Our bodies are great at taking in and storing calories from food, and terrible at burning them. That’s because of a stubborn insistence on staying alive.” To read more, CLICK HERE.

You have a stuffy nose. Is it the flu? Allergies? Or is it a cold? Today’s article will hopefully help you tell the difference between a cold, the flu or allergies. Here’s what they said, “all three ailments can result in a stuffy or runny nose, but only the flu will result in a fever above 100 degrees, headaches and extreme exhaustion. Sneezing is more likely to occur with colds and allergies. The treatments also vary.” To read more, CLICK HERE.