• The Well Doctor Visit – What you should be checking for

    A yearly well doctor visit is an investment that pays huge dividends for your general health. Most of us dislike going to the doctor because of the association with illness, the awful “hospital” smell, the...

  • Stress management strategies – Take the next step

       In order to take healthy steps to manage stress in your life, it helps to identify what your stressors are so that you can determine which of the Four A’s (Avoid, Alter, Adapt or...

  • Back to School Eating Healthy and Fit

      So you’re making the effort to learn all you can about building a healthy eating style, what about your kids?   Bad eating habits usually begin in childhood, often without parents realizing the nutritional...

  • Serious About Losing Weight? Try This. By  Maje Ayida

    When you’re serious about losing weight, making the right food choices is probably about as important as it gets. Here’s a general guide.   Bad Foods Gluten Gluten, the protein in wheat, has not been...

  • Serious About Losing Weight? Try This.- By Guest blogger – Maje Ayida

    No amount of exercise will undo a bad diet. If you think about it from a calorie perspective you may workout 3, 4 or even 5 times per week but you eat 21 meals a...

  • World Kidney day 2016

       Children, just like adults, are at risk for kidney disease and so the theme for World Kidney Day on March 10, 2016 was Kidney Disease & Children. Act Early to Prevent It!    Kidney problems...

  • Building a healthy eating style

    Everything you eat and drink matters. The right combination of foods can help you be healthier now and in the future. Eating a healthy diet can prevent chronic diseases like high blood pressure, high cholesterol,...

  • Food – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    Did you know that there was a time in Africa, when what you ate wasn’t a big deal in terms of its negative effect on your health? Sixty to seventy-five years ago, most Africans had...

  • Eat to live, don’t live to eat.

    You’ve probably heard and read so much about healthy eating that you’re sick and tired of it all. It just seems like too much work and no fun! The fact none of us can get...

  • FIT AND FAB AT 50: How to stay healthy when you are older

    Staying healthy is important and for older adults, the easiest way to do that is by eating healthy and staying active. Physical activity is essential, and highly beneficial to the human body. It’s a miracle...