© 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
Women’s Health
How and Why You Need to Focus on Building Your Core … and Good Posture Plus Six Top Core-Building Exercises
The Health & Wellness Benefits of Housework (Including Preventing Breast Cancer According to a Published Study!)
© 2013 Health Realizations Inc. There’s more to housework than just keeping your home clean. As it turns out, housework may benefit your physical health in a variety of ways … excellent motivation to tidy up! Roll up those sleeves and grab a sponge, housework may prevent breast and bowel cancers while providing many of… read more
The Three Most Common Hormone Disorders in Women
© 2013 Health Realizations, Inc. Hormones play a major role in how well your body functions and how you feel from day to day. “If” your hormones are in balance, you likely have all four of the following: sleep well? have lots of energy? a strong sex drive? well-functionaing immune and digestive systems? “The… read more
PMS: The Latest Insights on its Causes and How to Reduce Symptoms
© 2012 Health Realizations, Inc. To the medical community, PMS (or premenstrual syndrome) is still a largely mysterious phenomenon that affects women during the one or two weeks before menstruation. But for the women who face PMS each month (estimates of exactly how many menstruating women get PMS vary widely and go as high as… 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
What Caused a Dramatic Drop in Breast Cancer … Plus Top 11 Things You Can do to Lower Your Risk Even More …
© 2012 Health Realizations, Inc. Aside from skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer in U.S. women, and the second leading cause of cancer death. A woman has just under a one in eight chance of developing invasive breast cancer at some time during her life, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS).… read more
Simple Tips for Overcoming Urinary Tract Infections Safely and Naturally
© 2012 Health Realizations, Inc Up to 60 percent of women will experience a urinary tract infection (UTI) at some point in their lives. UTIs are one of the most common reasons why women visit their healthcare professionals and women are 10 times more likely to get a UTI than men. With an estimated 150… 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