Tag: “physical-activity”

5-2-1-0 Guide to Healthy Active Lives

To help parents and children lead healthy active lives, the American Academy of Pediatrics created a simple, easy to remember 5-2-1-0 guide. The goals of the guide are to:   Read More »

Getting Started with Changing

Your habits, attitudes, tastes, and values reflect your lifestyle. Making a healthy lifestyle change means changing your behaviors and beliefs in a way that improves your health, both physically and mentally. A healthy lifestyle doesn’t mean dieting. It means eating healthy foods, ditching the smokes, being active, and keeping your ...   Read More »

Healthy Choices, Healthy Weight

The healthiest way to lose weight is not crash diets, fad diets or sporadic bursts of activity. Instead, change your lifestyle choices a bit. It can to make a big difference!   Read More »

The 411 on Energy and Sports Drinks

Energy drinks, like Red Bull®, Monster®, and 5-Hour Energy®, contain a lot of caffeine and stimulants like guarana and ginseng. These drinks offer ZERO body-building nutrients. Unless you drink sugar free versions, they contain lots of empty calories from sugar.   Read More »

Weight - It’s a Lifestyle

Lifestyle changes are key to keep energy in balanced with energy out. Diets are usually temporary. Cutting back on what you eat can be a challenge, especially when surrounded by ads that showcase the low cost of fast, high sugar, and high fat treats. On top of that, it is ...   Read More »