(Natural News) The Standard American Diet is like a plague, inflaming muscles and joints, suffocating cellular energy, weakening overall immunity, disrupting hormone levels, constricting blood vessels, and restricting blood glucose regulation. An estimated 9.3 percent of the U.S. population now suffers from a simple metabolic issue called Type 2 diabetes. In most cases, Type 2 […]

(Natural News) Do you sleep at odd hours and have meals at irregular times during the day? Turns out, if you want to lose a lot of weight, you’ll need to follow a proper sleeping schedule and eat at normal hours. According to a study in the journal Current Biology, the number of calories that you burn while […]

(Natural News) Two studies suggest that cardiorespiratory fitness is essential in determining cardiovascular disease and death risk. These studies provide proof that performing moderate to high levels of cardiorespiratory fitness in both adults and children is essential. Cardiorespiratory fitness is the ability of the circulatory and respiratory systems to provide fuel and oxygen during sustained physical activity. […]

(Natural News) Metabolism is the sum total of many chemical and physical processes that occur within your body to keep you alive. If you have a fast metabolism, this means that you can process foods into energy at a much quicker rate than on average. However, if you have a sluggish metabolism, your body will […]

(Natural News) If you’re desperate to lose weight, you need to remember that the road to fitness is one that requires self-discipline. Don’t fall for weight-loss program commercials with empty promises and drugs that could be linked to negative side effects. According to a paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), shortcuts to […]

(Natural News) You see diet fads right and left, sprawled across the internet, and most of them are like a falling star– nothing more than a bright flash of light and “hype” that diminishes quickly, never to be seen or enraptured again. You might remember some of these abominable fads, that all came with short-term and […]

(Natural News) A study published in the Journal of Hypertension advises people with metabolic syndrome to participate in high-intensity interval training (HIIT) to improve their cardiovascular health. The study recommends three sessions of four-minute high-intensity exercise every week to improve cardiovascular health. HIIT has been known to improve aortic reservoir pressure, which is a measure […]

(Natural News) We all have our favorite foods, and it’s quite normal to crave them every now and then. However, it’s a different story when it comes to food addiction, especially junk food which fills our bodies with unhealthy fats and sugar. A study published in the journal Appetite examines the addiction-like symptoms that highly processed foods may trigger in some individuals, […]

(Natural News) Probiotics and prebiotics restore the cognitive function of obese and insulin-resistant people by controlling their gut, a new study finds. Long-term consumption of foods that have high fat content can cause obese-insulin resistance as well as cognitive decline and microglial hyperactivity. A team of researchers from the Chiang Mai University in Thailand looked at the […]

(Natural News) Consuming ginger or taking ginger extracts regularly may help prevent some of the negative effects of a high-fat diet, according to a study published in the journal Nutrients. The study found that ginger intake prevents body weight gain and body fat in rats fed with a high-fat diet. Carried out by Korean researchers, […]