© 2013 Health Realizations, Inc. Your body has 29 core muscles, located mostly in your back, abdomen, and pelvis, that work to give you a stable center of gravity. Spanning from your pelvis to the base of your rib cage, your core muscles are what help you: Exercise programs such as pilates and yoga… read more
Men’s Health
How and Why You Need to Focus on Building Your Core … and Good Posture Plus Six Top Core-Building Exercises
Nine Common Actions and Habits That Can Lower Men’s Sperm Count
© 2013 Health Realizations, Inc. Though you may not think about your (or your partner’s) sperm count very often, it can obviously become center-stage when trying to have a baby. While a normal sperm count is 20 million or more sperm per milliliter of semen, many factors can decrease this amount to 10 million or… read more
8 Ways to Avoid The Top 5 Common Crippling Exercise Injuries
© 2012 Health Realizations, Inc. Regular workouts can help you prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer. They promote healthy blood sugar levels, improve your mood and energy levels, help control your weight, promote healthy bone density and more. Proper form is essential to preventing exercise injuries. If you’re not sure how to use a… read more
How Midlife Heart Disease, the #1 Killer, can be Avoided
© 2012 Health Realizations, Inc. It is the size of a clenched fist, beats approximately 72 times a minute and is one of the most important organs in your body it’s the human heart. But with incredible endurance and life-sustaining responsibilities comes the likelihood for breakdowns, ranging in severity from transient to chronic and slow developing to… read more
How to Avoid SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) Starting Now How to Stay Happy Simple Ways to be Happier as the Season Changes
© 2012 Health Realizations, Inc. For many, summer is filled with long, fun-filled days in the sun, but come fall and winter, sunlight gets scarce and many retreat to the warmth of their homes until the spring thaw signals that it’s time to venture back outside. When the sunny days of summer give way to… read more
Lumps and Bumps to Watch Out For: Detecting Cancer & Other Health Issues
© 2012 Health Realizations, Inc. Cancer experts recommend regularly checking your body for lumps or bumps that appear out of the ordinary. Should you discover something that may be, in fact, cancer finding it early will give you the best chance to overcome it. You have the best knowledge of what looks or feels unusual… read more
Male Breast Cancer: Signs, Symptoms, Prevention and Other Important Facts
© 2012 Health Realizations, Inc. Breast cancer, typically regarded as a women’s health condition, can strike men too. In fact, though men are about 100 times less likely to get breast cancer than women, about 1 percent of all breast cancers occur in men. Estimated 2,190 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year.… read more
5 Reasons Why People Don’t Heal
© 2012 Health Realizations, Inc. Caroline Myss: Why People Don’t Heal (Excerpt) What upsetting factors from your past are lurking in your present? Factors that might very well be stopping your healing … within your subconscious state, physical state, and spiritual state … withholding your mind, body, and spirit? Where is your personal truth?… read more
What Really Causes the “Beer Belly” in Men and How to Get Rid of Your Gut
© 2012 Health Realizations, Inc. If you see a man with a big belly, he must be indulging in plenty of libations, beer in particular, or so the stereotype goes. But does drinking beer actually cause a beer belly? Well, it certainly can. But so can drinking any alcoholic beverage, particularly in binge amounts. In… read more
Nutrition Basics: Culprits of Malnutrition
Before the industrial revolution, the human diet was still largely plant based. It consisted of foods that could be hunted (rabbit, fish, deer, etc), gathered (nuts, seeds, berries, etc) or grown (grain, vegetables, farm animals for meat, milk, and eggs). Foods were unprocessed and eaten while fresh.… read more