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Focus on Children’s Health
Children's Health
October is Children’s Health Month, an observance created to bring national awareness to the health issues children face today. Unfortunately, too many U.S. children suffer from our national epidemics of diabetes, obesity…
Obesity & Epigenetics: Put on Your Skinny Genes!
by Tamara Shenouda, project manager at SL Technology, Inc., a Reliv companyEpigenetic Factors You Can’t ControlBefore we’re born, our parents’ choices, their health conditions and the environmental toxins they are exposed…
Fighting the Metabolic Syndrome Epidemic
Metabolic syndrome — a cluster of symptoms including high blood sugar, obesity and cardiovascular problems — has reached epidemic proportions.According to the American Heart Association, 47 million Americans now have metabolic syndrome.…
4 Surprising Reasons to Lose the Weight this Year
Unless you’ve been living in a bunker for the past decade, you’ve probably heard the news that obesity is now an epidemic. Sixty percent of Americans are overweight. But understanding health risks often isn’t enough to motivate people…
Trying to Lose Weight? Don’t Miss A Meal!
When you’re trying to lose weight, being told you should eat more seems counter-productive. But it’s really the frequency you need to increase, not the calories.For example, a recent Harvard study found that those who ate breakfast regularly…
Slash Stress, Melt Pounds
Having trouble losing weight? Pounds mysteriously piling on? Stress could be the culprit.
Some stress is beneficial and can get you moving and motivated. But when stress is prolonged, leaving you feeling dragged out, your body’s chemistry…