When I was about 35 pounds heavier, I used to think about my body all the time. I was constantly fretting over the parts I didn't like, wondering how I was going to change, stressing over food and agonizing over clothes. I was all-consumed. I spent so much time thinking about my body, that I [...]
As fabulous as we at That's Fit think this blog is, the truth is there are hundreds of wonderful blogs on healthy living to be seen all over the blogosphere. So in this feature, Fit Links, we'll introduce you to some that have caught our eye.
Whether your next airplane trip will be for business or [...]
Phthalates. It's a hard word to say (it's pronounced thowl-ates), harder to spell. Harder yet, though, is sorting out the research over whether phthalates, which are found in everything from cosmetics to pool toys, are dangerous. Some environmental groups cite research that links phthalates to reproductive issues in both males and females, but the FDA [...]
On Thursday, the National Center on Sleep Disorder Research stated that sleep disorders are one of the greatest plagues of Americans' health, affecting anywhere from 50 to 70 million sufferers. As a result, the market for pharmaceutical sleep aides like Ambien, Lunesta and Rozerem has exploded into a multibillion dollar industry.
Unfortunately, says the Center, the [...]
As students return to school this week, some are finding unusual entries on the list of class rules: fewer fried foods, smaller servings and no cupcakes.
School districts across the country have been taking steps to make food in schools healthier because of new federal guidelines and awareness that a growing number of children are overweight.
In [...]
Washington, July 14 (ANI): Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have discovered the mechanism by which the broken strands of DNA in the body's cells repair, a finding that may be of value to cancer research.
The new results, published in the journal Science, are concerned with a phenomenon called cohesion, whereby two copies [...]
