Healthy Articles

The Heart Beat on Heart Disease Your heart pumps blood throughout the body, providing oxygen and nutrients while removing waste. A healthy heart beats around 100,000 times every day (or about three billion beats in a lifetime), pumping about six quarts of blood throughout the body. At least that’s how it should work. Heart disease

Sedentary Behavior in Kids Today Increases Risk of Obesity Many children today sit too much and don’t move enough. They’re lured by less-than-healthy foods and technology overpowers their lives. As parents, you’re probably very aware of these problems and you’re eager to find solutions. Whether you’re attempting to start the New Year healthily or getting

The Thyroid Plays a Critical Role in Your Body Such a tiny gland, yet what a dramatic impact it has on nearly every function within your body. Your thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland, found at the front of the neck under your voice box, that weighs just 20 – 60 grams. This gland makes two

Why You Get Sick After the Holidays The post-holiday months can feel especially challenging. Cold weather, taxes, credit card bills, and an anticlimactic blah, the holidays are over feeling can sabotage your health and happiness during January, February, and beyond. If all that isn’t enough, the winter months oftentimes incur more sickness. Before you know

Valentine’s Day Chocolate = Heart Strong? Flowers and chocolate. Quick: What holiday does that bring to mind? You probably guessed Valentine’s Day, and science supports your choice if you gift your significant other or your mother: Roses and chocolate are likely to be evaluated more positively during this mid-February holiday compared with other times of