The Guide To Healthy Living

With the emphasis on diseases related to cancer, especially breast cancer, it is intriguing to note that the largest cause of death among women in the United States today is cardiovascular disease. Although this statistic will raise well-threaded eyebrows everywhere, the good news is that all is not lost, as the secret to preventing heart [...]

Obesity, as discovered recently, is not only damaging to one’s self-esteem but can also increase your healthcare costs. A recent study published by the Value in Health magazine has found that abdominal obesity (an increased waistline) can worsen metabolic and cardiovascular diseases leading to an increase in health care costs, much more than people who [...]

Casein is a phosphor protein that makes up for almost 80% of the proteins in milk and in other dairy products. Cheese has the largest percentage of casein protein. Cottage cheese contains the second highest percentage of casein protein. The biological value of casein is 77. A serving of casein protein contains 110 calories. It [...]

A recent study published on bmj.com states that people who have been diagnosed with early stage lung cancer, stand to increase their chances of survival for over five years if they give up smoking in comparison to those who continue to smoke. Lung cancer is the most predominantly diagnosed form of cancer in the world. [...]