Why do we need anti-oxidants anyway? Antioxidants protect our bodies from oxidation. You may be thinking why do we need to protect ourselves from oxygen? We need oxygen! It's essential for us! Well yes, we do need oxygen but it is a very reactive element. So it doesn't like floating around on its own. It wants to combine with something.

The word 'oxidation' means the interaction between oxygen molecules and other molecules. When steel rusts or a cut apple goes brown, that is...

Somebody wrote to me recently and asked for my help. They said that they have recently started a new job with unsocial hours and can't help eating junk food all the time. They also said that they find it hard to get motivated.

You'll be pleased to know that there is something that can be done about this, so I'm going to tell you 8 easy to follow steps to take that will help you overcome this problem.

1. Stop buying it:

If you don't...

Important of Nutrition

Nutrition is essential to men’s health. Good nutrition can put a stop to many health problems, including becoming overweight, developing weak bones, and developing diabetes. All the foods that have all the important nutrients will help your body grow.

Men’s body prospers on certain nutrients that work together to promote growth and development. There is no specific nutrient or group of nutrients that is more important to a men’s...

It's the middle of the day and your body seems to be screaming for something but you just can't figure out what it is. You grab a water but that doesn't work and neither does anything else. Now, you begin to sweat and a headache is slowly coming on, but it isn't until your hand begins to shake and that's when you know you are going through caffeine withdrawals. Do you know the signs of a caffeine withdrawal? Chance are if you didn't recognize it in the first sentence you need to...

Body Mass Index ( " target="_self" BMI ) a good way for individuals to assess their overall body picture, as it provides a reasonably sound measure of a healthy weight range. Body Mass Index (BMI) is the ratio of body weight (in kilograms) to height (in meters) squared (i.e. BMI = wt [kg] ÷ ht [m)2.

Don’t worry about calculating your Body Mass Index (BMI) using the formula above, instead, go to where you will see a link to have it done automatically,...

Creating your weekly menu plan can be a great way to incorporate a healthy lifestyle into your home. You can also save a great deal of time when you know in advance what you are eating and what you need to prepare. For healthy living and effective time management, try creating your own menu plans.

When you are trying to stick with a healthy lifestyle you will want to be sure that you are eating the right foods. When you make use of a weekly meal planner you will be able to...

Recently, a controversy has developed over antioxidants and alkaline fruits and their effects on cancer. Specifically, some believe that cancer can be treated by consuming alkaline fruits and vegetables.

Many web merchants claim that an alkaline body may be able to significantly fight the pH of malignant cancer cells until they die. According to doctors, the claims of such merchants are false. Doctors from the Mayo Clinic, one of the world's most renowned medical treatment...

If you have been to the grocery store lately, you know that you can't walk by an isle without reading such labels as "enriched," "fortified," "natural," "Organically grown," etc. However, these types of product labels are often misleading and false. As a consumer, it is important to explore both sides of the product packaging and to be aware of false food labeling. There are certain key words which we can comfortably trust when it comes down to...

Why is it that you want to lose that thigh fat? Because thigh fat is often considered to be unsightly, right?

Tremendous anguish and frustration can be caused by this not-so-pretty thigh fat. The fact is that there are millions of people who are overweight and many more on the way to being overweight. Unfortunately, in today's ocular society, people tend to judge others by their appearance and though this is a cruel fact of life, it is the cause for so many people mistakenly...

Do you know the difference between hot cocoa and hot chocolate? Many people think they are the same but they are nutritionally on opposite ends of the spectrum. Hot chocolate is a sugar and fat filled mix that is mostly artificial chemicals and fillers with a chocolate taste.

Because chocolate is high in refined sugar and fat it is nutritionally void. However hot cocoa is the opposite. Nutritionally, hot cocoa is very beneficial. It is full of antioxidants and had been proven...