5 Common Diet Mistakes to Avoid

Eating right is a crucial part of managing your weight. Yet there’s a lot of misinformation about exactly what that entails. If you fall for the myths, you could be sabotaging your weight loss or even risking your health. Luckily, by knowing what to watch out for, you can avoid these missteps and keep your weight-loss plan on track.

How Aging Affects Your Skin

Even if you tend to fib about your age, your skin may still give it away. That’s because your skin’s appearance changes as you get older. For example, your skin loses fat, which makes it appear thinner and less smooth. Your veins become more visible. If you get a cut or wound, it might take longer to heal. And lifelong habits, such as smoking and tanning, start to take a toll. Read on for some additional ways aging affects your skin.

Lighten Up Your Favorite Recipes

Making some changes to lighten up your go-to recipes can make a big difference for your health. You’ll trim the calories and fat while keeping that delicious flavor you love. Here’s how:

7 Tips for Good Nutrition with COPD

By regularly practicing certain eating habits, you can improve your breathing, gain more energy, maintain your weight, and help fight off infections. Here are seven essential tips for eating well and feeling better with COPD.

Pressed for Time? HIIT It

How does HIIT work? You alternate bursts of high-intensity movement with longer bouts of low-intensity movement. Learn more.

Swim Lessons: Summer Fun That Saves Lives

Pools and lakes are wonderful spots for making happy family memories. But they can also be risky environments, especially for children. Yet drowning is a preventable tragedy. One way to help kids stay safe around the water is by signing them up for swim lessons. Here’s what to know.

Heart Disease Can Be Trickier in Women

Heart disease trumps all other diseases, including cancer, as the number one cause of death for American women. That's partly because women may suffer from less recognizable heart attack symptoms. The condition may also affect a woman’s body differently, making it harder to recognize.

4 Questions to Ask Yourself as You Age

While medical advancements have made aging easier for some, changes in society may make it more difficult for others. There is an increasing number of older Americans who don’t have a family member or caretaker looking after their needs. This growing group is called elder orphans.