Your teenage athlete might be active and happy — but unless she’s receiving adequate nutrition, she might be setting herself up for health problems later in life.
Eating healthfully can help fuel active teens’ performance and growth. That means eating enough food each day and making healthy food choices. However, some research indicates that girls’ caloric intake appears low for their activity levels.
Female teenage athletes are encouraged to get 60 percent of their calories from carbohydrates, 15 percent from protein and 25 percent from fat. But telling your teen that might not make a difference
Most teens’ nutrition know-how doesn’t affect their diet. Many female athletes are afraid to gain weight, so they undereat despite their high activity levels. Parents and coaches can help active teens by encouraging healthy eating. Read More
Many restaurants are taking steps to accommodate America’s 12 million diners who have food allergies. Consumers can make informed decisions, whether they’re sensitive to shellfish or have celiac disease, a condition in which the body cannot process gluten.
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Also called avena sativa, the oat straw is one of the herbs high in calcium.
Learn more about the oatstraw herb by watching this video on oatstraw.
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This video shows you how to harvest and dry herbs. In this drying and harvesting herbs video, you will learn about lemon balm uses.
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Hawthorn berry is a great herb for heart health. You can make an herbal honey with hawthorn.
One study, consisting of 1,011 patients taking one tablet (standardized to 84.3 mg procyanidin) twice daily for 24 weeks, found “improvements in clinical symptoms (such as fatigue, palpitations, and exercise dyspnea), performance and exercise toleranc...
Reflexology has been proven to be effective as an alternative medicine. Among many other things, this foot-work massage involves the practice of massaging and manipulating the parts of the feet with the goal of providing beneficial effects to the body.
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Many of us know that a poor diet can wreck havoc on our bodies, but did you know that diet plays an even bigger role in cancer treatment? According to the National Cancer Institute, malnutrition is seen in as many as 40 percent of cancer-related deaths.
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The mullein herb, or verbascum thapsus, can be used to make mullen oil. It is a cough home remedy, ear ache remedy, ear infection remedy. Learn how to make an earache remedy made of mullein flower oil by watching this video on the mullein herb.
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Your family is having a difficulty visiting nursing homes. How can your family make the visits better for all of you?
Visits should not be about quantity, but based on quality. Shorts visit with a purpose are a good thing. Family members can come visit during lunch, bringing with them the patient’s favorite dessert. Taking a walk later in the...
When is time to consider placing an Alzheimer’s patient in a nursing home?
This is one of the difficult questions that family members need to face. As Alzheimer’s progresses in its later stage, a patient will require full time care. No one can do this alone, so if programs, services and resources are accessible near your community you m...
The experts at the Weight-control Information Network (WIN) want to make sure every dad is feeling jubilant and healthy this Father’s Day and for many more to follow. So, what can dad do to stay healthy?
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