If you live in the United States, you’ve probably heard about the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) and seen the upside-down food pyramid. Updates to these guidelines happen every five years and guide professional nutrition recommendations as well as provide general tips for healthy eating. You might have some questions about these new guidelines,…
March is Women’s History Month here in the U.S., so that seems like a good time to focus on women’s exercise needs. Historically, most medical research was conducted on men and if you read any exercise tips or studies about the best ways to exercise, those tips will apply to men. Not all of those…
Usually when we think of losing weight, we think about going on a diet, eating less food, and working out. But losing weight has just as much to do with what kinds of food you eat as it does with calorie deficit and exercise. There’s no one-size-fits-all version of a healthy diet. In general, though,…
