Our Health Blog

It’s always a good idea to add exercise and movement into your daily routine. Exercising regularly can keep your heart, body, and mind healthy. Exercise can also increase endorphins, which are what keep you happy. Breaking a sweat is the best way to keep your metabolism in check, and keep any excess weight off. Being overweight can lead to many other health issues down the road.

Erectile Dysfunction, also known as ED, is when a man is not able to get an erection initially or maintain an erection during sexual activity. Many men over the age of 40 are currently or will experience these symptoms, and it can be a sign of other underlying health issues both physically and psychologically, and even heart disease. ED is often caused by low testosterone, which can also result in poor libido and low sex drive. If ED continues over a long period of time, it may cause problems in a relationship, affect self-esteem, and cause stress.

Eating a healthy well-rounded diet is one of the best ways to keep your body fit, your immune system strong, and to live a long and healthy life. Almonds are one of the healthiest foods you can eat, which is why they are known as a superfood. Almonds contain both protein and fat (the good kind,) and can help lower cholesterol, build strong bones, and boost brainpower. Almonds are also packed with vitamins, nutrients, and antioxidants.

For many of us, caffeine intake is part of our daily routine. Whether it's one cup of coffee in the morning, or a few cups a green tea throughout the workday to keep us going, most of us use this substance regularly to help keep us alert, awake, and focused. One things we don't think about are the side effects and symptoms that caffeine can cause.

We all age. Our skin changes and develops lines, wrinkles, and it also begins to lose elasticity. Our bodies lose lean muscle and gain weight due to a slowing metabolism. Our hormones change, causing a lower sex drive and less energy. Aging is a natural process, but it’s something many people desperately want to prevent in order to preserve their youthfulness.

Supplementation is an important part of living a healthy life. As we age, our bodies absorb nutrients differently and more slowly than they used to. Having nutrient and vitamin deficiencies can cause all kinds of health issues that can lead to potentially serious problems. We've all heard about the more common deficiencies like vitamin D, vitamin C, Iron, and B vitamins, but what about magnesium. While a magnesium deficiency is rare, it can happen, and if it does can be extremely dangerous.

When trying to lose weight, how many times have you heard the advice to just exercise more, and eat less or eat healthier? Sure, this might work for some people, but for many people, this just doesn't work. It has nothing to do with how hard you're working or how healthy you're eating but instead has everything to do with your DNA and your hormones.

Eating a healthy well-rounded diet is one of the best ways to keep your body fit, your immune system strong, and to live a long and healthy life. If you didn't already know, beets are one of the world's healthiest foods. Beets come in a few different varieties. The most popular are red beets, followed by golden beets which are not quite as sweet as red beets. There are also Chioggia beets, which look similar to red beets but also have white rings on the inside, and white beets which are the least sweet of the bunch.

March is mental health awareness month, and this is important because a large number of people in the U.S. are affected by mental health disorders. According to the National Alliance of Mental Health, "approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S.—43.8 million, or 18.5%—experiences mental illness in a given year, approximately 1 in 25 adults in the U.S.—9.8 million, or 4.0%—experiences a serious mental illness in a given year that substantially interferes with or limits one or more major life activities, and approximately 1 in 5 youth aged 13–18 (21.4%) experiences a severe mental disorder at some point during their life. For children aged 8–15, the estimate is 13%."