Could You Have Crohn’s Disease?

Could You Have Crohn’s Disease?

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

A bout of diarrhea here and there is fairly common. From stomach bugs to hormones to food poisoning, the list of potential culprits runs the gamut. But when the occurrences become more persistent, it can be sign of a more serious problem, namely Crohn’s disease.  What Is Crohn’s Disease?  …

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Vitamins and Minerals for Healthy Hair

Vitamins and Minerals for Healthy Hair

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

A lot of people actually pay a good deal of money just to make themselves look more attractive and feel better about themselves, but what they don’t know is that they can actually achieve this easily by keeping fit and staying healthy. Having lustrous and shiny, full hair is not…

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Foods that Beat the Bloat

Foods that Beat the Bloat

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

by Elizabeth Kelly It’s one of the most frustrating feelings a woman can have. You wake up one morning to find that the jeans that looked so good yesterday won’t even zip today. You’ve been exercising and eating right, so that can mean only one thing: the dreaded bloat. And…

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Can You Cure Cellulite?

Can You Cure Cellulite?

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

Cellulite affects nearly 90 percent of women, and contrary to popular belief, cellulite can appear on skinny, average weight or overweight individuals. Cellulite is not so much a weight condition as it is a skin condition; cellulite appears when fat cells get trapped directly underneath the skin’s surface, which results…

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The Benefits and Risks of Herbal Supplements

The Benefits and Risks of Herbal Supplements

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

Herbal supplements are generally defined as those dietary supplements that are obtained from naturally growing plants, fungus, shrubs and trees. There are a wide variety of such supplements on the market today, such as Ginkgo Biloba, the much touted memory enhancement supplement; St. John’s Wart, a supplement often prescribed for…

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WARNING SIGNS: What Is the MS Hug?

WARNING SIGNS: What Is the MS Hug?

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

When you think of a hug, you typically think of something warm and inviting, happy and comforting. For people who suffer from Multiple Sclerosis (MS), however, the “MS Hug” means something entirely different. MS is a chronic and unpredictable disease in which the body basically attacks itself. Put simply: The…

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