How Stress Can Affect Your Stomach

You may think you got dealt a lousy genetic hand when it came to fat distribution, but what you might not know is that chronic fat around your midsection might be due to stress.

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Poor Nutrition With Higher Stress Increases Risk Of Diabetes In African-Americans

Trying to find a produce store or a large grocer in an economically depressed neighborhood is about as easy as finding an apple in a candy store.

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Those Who Suffer From Migraine Face Social Stigma

In addition to suffering the debilitating pain of a migraine, sufferers also have to deal with the negative social stigmas, says a report presented at the recent International Headache Congress in Boston.

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Manage Your Stress

To manage your stress, there are steps to check on to make up with great fitness. 

You just swore at a guy who cut you off on the way to work. Your children have taken to calling you the Wicked Witch.

You start daydreaming about cocktail hour shortly after lunch. And your mind always seems to be in a whirl. What’s your problem? In a word: stress.

You’re not alone. Nearly half of all Americans are concerned about the level of stress in their lives, according to the American Psychological Association’s 2006 Stress Survey.

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Stress encourages good habits as well as bad

When feeling stressed, we tend to fall back on old habits. But lapsing into routine isn’t always bad — a new study from researchers at the University of Southern California (USC)suggests that our behavioral crutches are just as likely to help as harm us.

The link between stress and unhealthy behaviors like binge drinking and overeating is well documented.

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