Tips for Winter Wellness

When cold winds blow, it’s essential to take extra steps to protect your health. There are a number of techniques that can help keep your immunity high and your body in good condition to support wellness all season long so that you can enjoy the chillier months. There’s no magic formula for feeling your...

7 Tips for Summer Gardening Success

absolutely! HEALTHY LIVING – When temperatures peak and the summer sun shines for long hours throughout the day, it can put a burden on your garden and the plants growing in it. Some steps may be easier to take than others, but there are ways to keep your greenery thriving even in relentlessly...

Get Moving Fort Bend

absolutely! HEALTHY LIVING –  Shape Up Fort Bend, a 100 percent volunteer non-profit organization, believes that Fort Bend County can commit to tackling preventive health issues with various countywide, fun challenges. Shape Up Fort Bend’s purpose is to promote a healthy lifestyle in Fort Bend...

Resolve to Get Healthier

absolutely! HEALTHY LIVING – Diets Don’t Work. According to the Journal of Clinical Psychology, 45 percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions each year, and weight-related resolutions top the list. Unfortunately, only about eight percent achieve any type of resolution, weight-related or...

Make 2015 Your Year to Improve Financial Fitness

absolutely! HEALTHY LIVING – Lose weight, quit smoking, find a new job and get out of debt. Does this sound familiar? Millions of Americans will resolve to change their lives in the new year, but few will stick with their goals. In fact, a recent survey by the National Endowment for Financial Education...

Healthy School Lunch and Snack Solutions

As parents prepare for yet another back to school season, they will scurry to malls in search of new clothes for their ever-growing child along with a litany of school supplies too numerous to name. But, let’s not forget healthy school lunches and after school snacks as we plan ahead for the upcoming...

Grandparents and Fitness

absolutely! HEALTHY LIVING By Donovan Greer – In today’s society, Americans age 50 and older are beginning to see longer life expectancies. An increasing number of adults over the age of 50 are competing in triathlons, rodeos, MS 150 events and marathons. Fifty has become the new 35, and it’s...

Drop Belly Fat to Drop Cancer Risks

Having trouble zipping up a pair of once baggy pants isn’t just a sign to buy a bigger pair. It also may mean that one needs to pay closer attention to his or her overall health. An expanding waistline can increase chances for certain cancers, including colorectal, pancreatic, breast (after menopause) and...

Bacteria and Cancer: Feeding Your Microbiome

How does what people eat affect their chances of getting cancer? Some new answers may be hidden in the millions of bacteria that live in one’s gut. These bacteria make up the gut microbiome – the largest collection of bacteria in the body. It starts forming when people are born, then grows and...

Taylor Nance: Battling Skin Cancer and Winning

For Taylor Nance, skin cancer awareness means more than a designation for the month of May. This Sugar Land resident and junior at Austin High School has been through more than most high schoolers can claim. In the past three years, she was diagnosed with skin cancer, underwent surgery and chemotherapy,...

Hours of Sitting: What’s Your Cancer Risk?

Most people spend the day sitting behind a desk. They commute home to relax, sit and watch TV, read a book or play computer games. Most Americans easily spend more than 8 hours of their day sitting. And, sitting for several hours a day puts one’s health at risk – even if they exercise regularly....

Be Your Authentic Self

Perhaps André Gide said it best: “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” Predictable. Stable. Contrary. Eccentric. Everybody has known someone who is through and through authentic. At least I hope you have. My goodness it sure seems to be a hard thing to do...

Nutrition Labels Decoded

Take a trip to the grocery store and you’ll encounter miles of aisles stocked with thousands of food products. Every product has a story to tell or better yet, sell. Information printed on packages is helpful but it’s often confusing and even a bit misleading. While lists of ingredients and the Nutrition...

February is American Heart Month

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women, but heart disease is preventable and controllable. Every year, about 715,000 Americans have a heart attack. About 600,000 people die from heart disease in the United States each year – that’s one out of every four deaths. Heart disease...

An Easy Way to Add Years to Your Life

Whether your doctor has recommended that you increase your physical activity, or you just want to keep up with your children, walking is one of the easiest ways to improve your overall fitness. It also can add years to your life! For every hour of walking, life expectancy may increase by two hours, even if...