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Basics: Build Muscle for Better Health

'Three to four hours after a strength- training workout, you're still burning calories,' says Seibers, a creator of fitness videos including the 'S...

How to Choose a Treadmill

If you’re shopping for a treadmill, you have to consider your goals, fitness level, and budget. Treadmills cost anywhere from a couple of hundred d...

How to Deal with Side Effects of Medicine

When your doctor prescribes a new medicine, ask about common side effects. Once you start taking a drug, mention any unexpected symptoms to your do...

Truth About Weight-Loss Pills

Personal trainer Todd Person, owner of Metabolic Project, a personal training facility in Los Angeles, says that when used in combination with diet...

Risks of Belly Fat -- and How to Beat Them

This visceral fat in your middle makes toxins that affect the way your body works, says Samuel Dagogo- Jack, MD, president of the American Diabetes...

Beware Untested Diet Pills

But online marketers sell it as a weight-loss drug and performance enhancer. In that regard, usnic acid is not unlike ephedra, another weight-loss ...

Truth About Agave

Agave has about 60 calories per tablespoon, compared to 40 calories for the same amount of table sugar. The American Diabetes Association lists aga...

Benefits of Vitamin C

Vitamin C is one of the safest and most effective nutrients, experts say. So unless you can eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, you may need to ta...

Hoodia: Lots of Hoopla, Little Science

Goldfarb studied DEX-L10, the 500-milligram hoodia capsules sold by Delmar Labs. In Goldfarb's study, the seven overweight participants were told t...

Frozen Dinners

Stroll down any supermarket frozen food aisle and the evidence is clear: frozen meals are big sellers, claiming more shelf space than virtually any...

Minorities and Chronic Disease: Obstacles to Care

The reasons chronic disease rates are higher among minority groups are varied and complex, but one thing they're not is biological, says Natalia Li...

Womens Top Diabetes Concerns

A healthy pregnancy is certainly possible with diabetes, but it takes extra care. Your doctor should check on your diabetes drugs, because some sho...