Let us first deal with “calories” and “energy balance”... do you know that when you eat and drink... you are putting energy... in the form of “calories” into your body? 

Your body then uses up that energy... and the more physical activity you do... the more energy in the form of “calories” you use.

To maintain a “stable weight” the “energy” you put into your body must be the same as the “e...

Although a regimen of regular exercise and eight hours of sleep each night assist in achieving a healthier lifestyle... a well balanced diet  that includes high fibre vegetables will maintain a properly functioning digestive system. 

High fibre fruit & vegetables... both soluble and insoluble,...perform distinctive functions for fine tuning several regions of the bodies digestive system.

There...

We all know that Popeye made himself super strong by eating spinach, and you may be surprised to learn that he may also have been helping to protect himself against inflammatory problems, oxidative stress-related problems, cardiovascular problems, bone problems, and cancers at the same time.

Used in almost every cuisine across the world, spinach is an enormously popular green vegetable. 

The leaves can be either flat or slightly ...

"When one door of happiness closes another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." ~ Helen Keller

What if I told you that you have the ability to decide if you are happy or not?

You would probably say that I am crazy: 

1. I am not crazy 

And 

2. Happiness is a choice.

You cannot depend on someone else to make you happy. 

That is a lesson I have learned time and time in my  own life. 

I realized tha...

Back in the years,when I was studying for My Youth work degree, one of the years a policy of prohibition was introduced. 

No alcohol was going to be allowed on campus. 

The reason behind the decision was that a number of students were having problems with alcohol. 

They could not resist the temptation to drink it in excessive amounts. 

The policy was not meant to punish students from enjoying a beer or a g...

If your own parent rejects you, then WHO THE HELL WOULD LOVE YOU or accept you? 

At least that's what goes on in the nonconscious part of the mind.... As a child, you learned to react when you felt the pain of rejection (even not getting what you needed or wanted right away was a type of rejection for you).

Long a...

Did you know that all millionaires have certain traits in common? 

What if you could figure out what those traits are? 

Better yet, what if you could actually copy those traits?

Dr. Thomas Stanley had those very questions. He started researching millionaires back in the 1990s. 

After years of study, he wrote what went on to become a best-seller, “The Millionaire Next Door.”

In that book, Stanley shared the inte...