Between-meal snacks can do some damage to your health, your weight and your willpower. But we do enjoy our snacks. They make up a fair proportion of our daily calorie intake at almost 400 calories! But there is a good way to turn all this snacking to your advantage…

We’ve learned that having good bacteria in your gut lowers your risk of Alzheimer’s, cardiovascular disease, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes and cancer. They even play an important role in regulating your weight! The question is — how do you encourage these disease-fighting gut bacteria to grow and thrive?

If you discovered an exercise that could increase your muscle strength 30 percent in just a month, I bet you’d be pretty excited. If so, it’s time to train your brain. You can keep your memory sharp for life just by giving it this effective workout…

Some conventional and alternative treatments for stress and anxiety may leave you feeling drowsy or fatigued. So if you’d rather stay focused and energized all day, while beating back the stress, give these a try…

There are a million worthwhile reasons to eat fruits and vegetables. But it doesn’t hurt that making you more attractive is one of them: the healthy glow from a veggie-filled diet makes you even MORE attractive than tanning… without frying your skin.

Stress and anxiety grip millions of people. It controls what they do, how they do it, and it makes them tired and sick. Breathing exercises help condition the mind and body to reduce stress and anxiety. They work by taking your thoughts and worries in the mind and redirecting them.

The power of bright white light may significantly decrease symptoms of depression and increase functioning in people with bipolar disorder… without the side effects of conventional treatments.

American’s are packing on the pounds in record numbers — and it’s not just burgers and ice cream doing it. There are factors at work triggering the trend toward obesity that even the most careful dieters among us may not be aware of or know how to do anything about…

When you hear the word strength, you probably immediately think of exercise and weight lifting. Yet, new research is showing that staying strong in your senior years is just as much about what you eat — and maybe even more about when you eat it…

If you’re over 40, you could be one in six that ends up with cataracts. Once you hit 80 your risk jumps to 50 percent. And even worse, if you have diabetes you have a 60 percent greater risk of developing cataracts, even in your younger years…

Adults living with ADHD suffer from an inability to concentrate to complete daily tasks, handle bills and their jobs and may experience marital troubles and more frequent car accidents. If you’re one of them, a new insight could hold the secret to helping you reclaim your life…

If you’re purchasing healthy foods because they contain certain compounds or nutrients, you need to be aware of something: You may not be getting what you paid for unless you cook them the right way. In fact, you may be shocked at just how many nutrients you lose…