Weight management often depends on calculating metabolic rates, understanding fat biochemistry, and tailoring exercise programming for either muscle acquisition or structured fat reduction.
Your thyroid is an organ that is located in your neck, just below your voice box. It is important because it regulates several things in your body -- including your metabolism. If your thyroid is malfunctioning or not producing enough thyroid hormone, it can become under-active.
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Being overweight and obese can be challenging. Aside of feeling uncomfortable about how you look and feel, it can take a toll on your physical and emotional health as well. There may be several things holding you back from losing weight; starting the weight loss process is the first step to better health.
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If you’ve recently moved up a waist size in your pants, you might take pause and evaluate your risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
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Alcohol abuse can lead to an array of troubling and life threatening symptoms that can severely affect your life. Medline Plus states that around 17.6 million people live with alcoholism in the U.S.
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If you find yourself feeling groggy, confused or feel like you have a lack of mental clarity, you could be suffering from brain fog. Brain fog may also be related to your metabolism.
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Weight Watchers is a points system-based weight loss program. The Points Plus system allows you to tally how many points you can have per meal, per day, as opposed to counting calories or fat.
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Almost everyone experiences fluctuations in weight loss and gain throughout life. There can be a variety of causes for weight loss or gain including over or under eating, medication, sedentary lifestyle and illness.
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