Health Fitness

Photo: Twenty20 As much as exercise hits your body with a barrage of feel-good hormones, it also puts your body in a state of stress. From your gut to your heart, every cell is working hard to maintain all bodily functions while you work out. That’s why it’s so important …

Photo: Twenty20 Plantar fasciitis can happen in a snap. You get out of bed one morning, and the minute you set one heel down on the floor, it starts throbbing. You did a tough workout the day before and had some heel pain but nothing serious. Weird, right? Plantar fasciitis …

Photo: Twenty20 The big fat debate about dietary fat and its effects on your health isn’t the only nutrition advice that’s done a 180 in the past few years. We’ve seen eggs turn from public enemy number-one to a solid source of protein. Butter — once attached to weight gain …

Whether you love spaghetti and meatballs or mac and cheese, there’s nothing more comforting and satisfying like a bowl of pasta. And while there’s no harm in enjoying some white pasta every now and then (hello, carb-loading runners), a cup of spaghetti can set you back 221 calories with only …

Photo: Twenty20 Want to live every day like it’s #FlexFriday? Of course you do! But it can be frustrating to crank out endless bicep curls or tricep dips without seeing results. Believe it or not, getting the leaned, toned arms you’ve been longing for isn’t impossible — as long as you …

Photo: Twenty20 When most of us think about exercising with lower back pain, we think about workarounds. As in, “is that squat going to hurt? And what variations can I sub in to prevent a flare-up?” But, according to new research, we should actually be asking, “what can I do …

Photo: Twenty20 At the core of every movement is just that: your core. And while lots of times “core” and “abs” become synonymous, it’s not 100% correct to use them interchangeably. Your rectus abdominus, transverse abdominus and obliques do comprise your midsection, but those aren’t the only muscles involved. Your …

Photos: Daily Burn Planking in strange places might have been a social media fad of the mid 2000s, but doing plank exercises for abs as a means of strengthening your core? That’s here to stay. The trend did have one thing right — in order to perfect the plank, you …

The future of cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment will not be discovered in your medication cabinet, rather in your kitchen cabinet or in your back yard growing on a tree. Pomegranate Found To Prevent Coronary Artery Disease Development A research study released in the journal Atherosclerosis validates that pomegranate extract …

When it pertains to losing weight, what you eat is as important as what you do not. And, eating fruits can be an incredible way to slim down. Low in calories and loaded with nutrients, they also keep your stomach complete for a long time. Whether it is for breakfast, …