ALCOHOL AND YOUR METABOLISM

Alcohol and Calories Strictly analyzing calorie content, different alcoholic beverages can vary quite a bit, with a 12-ounce lite beer providing about 100 calories to a 4-ounce daiquiri containing about 216, with a boat load of sugars to boot.  Research has shown...

MENOPAUSE AND EXERCISE

What Is Menopause? Menopause is the biological process when women stop having menses (the ability to ovulate and reproduce), in their 40s and 50s.  Biochemically, this means that the production of the female sex hormones, estrogen and progesterone, is stopped. ...

LACKING SELF-AWARENESS

People often use the phrase, “blinded by ambition” when it comes to highly driven individuals, implying that having a lot of ambition can carry some lack of self-awareness. However, that is not necessarily the case, because the opposite of that, aimlessness, typically...

KNOW YOUR BOUNDARIES

People often say, “You have to love/accept yourself before you can love/help others.”  There is a lot of truth there, but there is also more to it than meets the eye. The phrase gets dismissed frequently, because it carries an unrealistic, idyllic connotation and a...

KEEP FROM BECOMING OVERWHELMED

On our way to keep the momentum going, we sometimes forget to keep the balance in our lives. This element is key, because if we exert too much energy into one or two areas, the effort will not be sustainable in the long run, and it becomes much easier to revert back...

IS PHYSICAL PAIN EVER A GOOD THING?

The phrase, “no pain, no gain” may hold some truth in the sense that short-term inflammation can help speed up the healing process. However, pain is often not an ideal thing when it comes to the body. It can indicate that there is inflammation or injury within the...