Have you ever heard of the word Orthorexia? As far as I can remember I have only heard of two eating disorders – Anorexia and Bulimia. And it’s so intriguing to know that there is another term that adds to this famous eating disorders list – Orthorexia. It is not yet an official medical diagnosis, and it is not yet listed in the DSM-IV.

Orthorexia or orthorexia nervosa is a term coined in 1997 by Steven Bratman, a Colorado MD, to denote an eating disorder characterized by excessive focus on eating healthy foods. In rare cases, this focus may turn into a fixation or obsession so extreme that it can lead…

Kidney stones are usually caused by accumulated salts in one’s system.  The underlying cause of this could be your frequent snacking on Lay’s or infrequent drinking of water or both.  When you don’t get enough fluids in a day, your body cannot flush out your waste products inside.  There is a certain level of every electrolyte in our blood that must be maintained.  With adequate hydration, the excesses are passed to maintain balance.

Too much or too less is not good for our bodies.  However, to avoid kidney stones, there is another effective way aside from increased oral fluid intake:  Get into the DASH diet–short for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.

So,…

Wouldn’t it be nice if you grow old together with your spouse and still know each other’s names by the time you hit the age of 60 or more?  Sometimes, that could be the sweetest thing, considering the fact that you become more at risk for Alzheimer’s Disease at around that age.  So to keep your love story going on, take measures to keep Alzheimer’s at bay.  If you have not taken on a healthy lifestyle yet, here’s another reason to start a healthy diet and a regular exercise program.

A study of 1,800 people in their seventies, undertaken by Columbia University, found that diet and exercise are both factors in…

It is imperative that you stay awake at work lest you get fired.  With the many expenses of every family nowadays, no one can survive without a paycheck unless she’s an heir of some million-dollar company.  But the rich are few; many are on the average-earning ground if not below average.  So for most of us who cannot afford to lose our jobs, let us invest in our health by taking healthy measures to stay awake while on duty.

Ditch the coffee habit or anything else that’s super high in sugar.  Their effects are short-term and the risk of developing substance dependency is high with these types of wake-uppers.  Not only…

Bar hopping could be fun especially at the end of the week when you’ve got nothing to worry about the following day.  Well, that’s what you thought.  It turns out, there’s actually a lot to worry about after bar hopping—a lot of cancer types, that is.

The risk of developing different types of cancer, such as esophageal, stomach, colon, liver, pancreatic, lung and prostate cancer, is increased by regular heavy drinking.

So you see there are three parameters:

1) You drink.

2) You often drink.

3) You drink a lot in one sitting.

But it is also important to note that for heavy beer and liquor the cancer link was stronger than moderate intake of wine.

The…

Most of us have been eating hotdogs since time immemorial, and also a greater percentage of still must have never been sure about what exactly is in it.  Some of us even used to think that there must be some cultured worms in there because of the appearance.  But the rumors were worse; some said there were hotdogs made with discarded animal innards and clumsy rats that fell into the grinder.  Ew.

In reality, in case you still don’t know, hotdogs are made with beef or turkey.  However these meat are processed, which explains why the more health-conscious population nowadays are on high-alert when it comes to hotdogs and other mass-produced…