Essential Vitamins for Healthy Living

We all know it’s important to get adequate amounts of vitamins and minerals in our diets. Hopefully, you also try to get these vitamins primarily from the foods you eat. While it’s crucial to get enough of all the essential vitamins, this week we’ll spotlight a few...

Positive Self-Image + a Better Body= Healthy Weight Loss

While you’re on your way to building a better body through diet and exercise, remember to love the skin you’re in. Weight loss isn’t really weight loss, unless it’s healthy weight loss. In order to focus on being healthy, you have to put yourself in a positive...

Caffeine and Your Weight

When it comes to weight loss, caffeine can be a mixed bag—and it’s certainly no magic bullet. While it may be tempting to ramp up your caffeine intake as school and work ramp up this fall, it may not be the best thing for you or your medical weight loss program. While...

9 Ways to Manage Your Weight at Work

As summer begins to wane and fall gradually robs us of daylight hours, many of us leave our active lifestyles behind and stay chained to our desks from 9 to 5 and well beyond. The combination of shorter days, increased stress, and being plopped in front of our...

Exposure to Light at Night and Obesity

A study in the American Journal of Epidemiology has found a correlation between obesity and the amount of light people are exposed to at night. To read the study for yourself: The Relationship Between Obesity and Exposure to Light at Night. While the whole study is...