By Karin Krisher
Do you love your pets? You probably don’t need any more reasons to think the world revolves around your dog or cat, but we’re going to give you one big one: having pets can make you healthier. Seriously. Here are four ways:
Ditch the Cortisol
Cortisol is the hormone produced during stress. Raise your hand if you want stress. No? No one? All right. Go cuddle with your cat.
By Karin Krisher
You probably consume too much sodium. I know I do. A sprinkle of salt here, a dash there, and it adds up quickly to far above the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommended daily intake for anyone not at-risk for hypertension: 2300 milligrams. (That number is reduced to just 1,500 for those at risk, including people over 50 and African Americans.) Over the past 50 years, the average American’s sodium intake has remained relatively unchanged, hovering around 3700 milligrams daily.
By Karin Krisher
The beginning of a new calendar year always screams Renewal. Not the same way that the first spring thaw does, but in a different, from-the-inside-out sort of way. And that’s what resolutions are all about, right? Making your world better from within? But sometimes, we all need a helping hand to make our resolutions stick—and get that feeling of renewal we’re longing for. Sometimes, we need a supplement like Raspberry Ketone Drink Mix.
When your resolution involves bodily health, it usually involves diet and exercise, two of the most important components of a healthy lifestyle. Raspberry Ketone Drink Mix includes three ingredients that support the whole process. African mango seed extract, raspberry ketone and green tea extract work synergistically to help you breakthrough weight management barriers—like cravings and carbohydrate conversion.*
By Karin Krisher
Folic Acid Awareness Week begins on Monday. Are you ready?
Wait. How do you get ready for Folic Acid Awareness Week, anyway? Is there anything special you need to do to prepare?
In short, no. Because the week is meant to make people aware of folic acid’s many supportive functions (hence it’s name), FoodScience is here to help that effort.
In the spirit of knowledge, let’s get started! Ready? Set? Awareness.
By Karin Krisher
Let’s just get right to it. In the event of a major, earth-changing catastrophe (also affectionately known as “The Apocalypse”), nutrients will be sparse. You’ll need plenty of energy to run from impending tsunamis and/or zombies. You’ll need your digestive system in tip-top shape to digest wild, previously undiscovered plants and vermin, and you’ll be trying to keep your brain functioning normally in the face of unfathomable shock.
What’s a survivor to do? Stock up on these supplements to prepare yourself for the end times.
By Karin Krisher
I have often asked myself if buying supplements is worth it. Not because I’m skeptical of the support they offer (I happen to know plenty about that!), but because I so often forget to take them. This struggle plagues most of us who choose to live a healthy lifestyle. But there’s got to be some way to remember, right?
Right. Try these 4 tips to remember to take your vitamins and never miss a serving again.
By Karin Krisher
In honor of National Hand-Washing Week, I’ve committed myself to hitting the sink after every potential surface-to-finger germ transaction, including pressing the stop signal tape on the bus.
I’m not saying I don’t wash my hands normally, but it is hard to be conscious of all the things I touch throughout the day. (Have you seen the movie Contagion? Yikes!) But that consciousness is super important if you want to avoid getting sick. If you’re like me, there is nothing worse than being stuck at home in an unproductive, achy slump. To help us all avoid that fate, here are five ways to avoid getting sick this winter:
By Karin Krisher
All right healthy humans, it’s time to have a serious talk. We promise it will at least get your wheels turning—and at FoodScience we really like education, so that’s a good thing!
Last week, chatter in the news circuit about supplement use among teenagers set our supplement-loving hearts afire. Not because we love to see health supportive options in the news (though we do), but because of the overwhelming misconceptions in the content of what we were reading, most of which involved comparing supplements to steroids.
By Karin Krisher
Everyone knows the holidays present strange challenges to our health. Celebration should be all about letting loose—but due to ill after effects of health neglect, if you want to feel good in the long term, you’ve got to show some restraint. Instead of trying to deprive yourself of things you love, why not fuel the hobbies that make you feel good by creating a healthy holiday wish list?
With a healthy holiday wish list in hand, your loved ones will be able to give you gifts that promote a lifestyle focused on wellness. Out with tins of biscotti and blocks of cheese with wine. In with gym memberships and ab rollers. Where should you start?
By Karin Krisher
Last autumn, I went on a trip to China. It was kind of a whirlwind, and I didn’t workout the whole time, unless you count the sprint up steps of the Great Wall. When I came back to the United States, I had gone nearly three weeks without a workout, and found myself falling into that dreaded slump—the ultimate black hole for all new athletes: winter.
Winter exercise isn’t easy. Neither is maintaining a healthy winter diet. We’re programmed to hibernate (or at least to preserve our fats for energy in the cold). We naturally have less energy because we spend less time in sunlight. That lack of energy leads to a cruddy appetite and cravings; feeding them can zap energy levels in vicious, cold cycle.