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Trouble breathing? Persistent cough or frequent chest infections? This could be chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – the name for a collection of lung diseases including chronic bronchitis, emphysema and chronic obstructive airways disease. COPD exacerbation is not something you want to fool around with. Your body needs oxygen and you need to breathe! People ...click here to read more

Daylight lasts longer and things are warming up. Spring makes you feel a little bit happier, just because… Now you can put all that heavy, comfort food aside and start fresh with healthy superfoods for your spring healthy diet. We’ve rounded up the top 10 superfoods for spring to help you welcome the season and ...click here to read more

We’ve all been tempted by second helpings of a favorite dish, or head to the buffet spread at a restaurant for the third time – you want to get your money’s worth and try everything, right? But what if you felt compelled to wolf down plateful after plateful of food? A dozen donuts or a ...click here to read more

Who doesn’t enjoy their morning cup of coffee to start their day? America’s favorite beverage can do a lot for quick energy and alertness. It’s a stimulant that fires up your brain connections. There’s more. If you’ve wondered, does coffee increase performance? Exercise pros are touting the benefits of drinking coffee before a workout. So ...click here to read more

The common belief is that if you drink too much alcohol, you could end up with liver disease. But with the rise of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) – 20 percent of the American population has it, according to estimates – other causes of liver disease are making headlines. Even though a person may never ...click here to read more

One of the employees at Bel Marra Health just returned from a trip to India. He could not stop talking about the great food, totally different culture, crazy traffic, incredible color, the Taj Mahal, the thrill of an auto rickshaw ride, cows on the road… But he also raved about something I don’t often hear about ...click here to read more

Can you pinch more than an inch around your middle? That flabby flesh seems to settle and spread out around the waist, creating a belly bulge that looks as though you’ve spent every one of your Saturdays drinking beer. A protruding belly and love handles isn’t considered the most flattering look going. But what’s more, ...click here to read more

You see it all the time in the tabloids: Photos of almost skeletal models and celebrities, their bones jutting out of hip sockets and rib cages exposed in bikinis. It’s not pretty, and I’m not just saying that as a 40-something woman who is fighting the clock, trying to be beautiful and desirable and all ...click here to read more

If you’ve ever strained your back lifting something heavy or trying to rearrange your furniture, you know how bad back pain can be. Or maybe you live with chronic back pain… You’re all too familiar with the agony it can bring on and the roadblocks to everyday life. Maybe you’ve been advised to “slow down” ...click here to read more

Did you ever notice, how when you cut a cabbage in half along its core, you often see the thick white stem in the center and the white arms radiating outward like a crab? I find this very symbolic. I’ll tell you why. We all know the crab can move in any direction. And so ...click here to read more

Today, it’s difficult not to notice all of the gluten-free products available in health food and grocery stores. There’s been a number of books, magazine articles and news segments, too – all of which have characterized gluten as a dietary villain. Yet, there is no evidence to support gluten-free diets for anyone other than those ...click here to read more

Bloating, gas, cramps – these can all make your day highly uncomfortable. Worse yet, if you don’t know what’s causing your stomach distress, it can become that much more frustrating. It could be allergies or ulcers, but there are many other reasons why your stomach is crying out for help that you may not have ...click here to read more

I’m sure at some point you’ve experience that burning sensation after a meal. It’s uncomfortable and also a nuisance, but you pop an antacid and that burning feeling fades away. You may never have been too concerned about it before, maybe you just enjoyed food that was too spicy or acidic, but such indigestion could ...click here to read more

Ever wanted to ditch those bad health habits – smoking, eating poorly, not exercising, etc. – but just find it too hard? Change isn’t easy. Going it alone can be difficult, so the support you have to make those changes can be a large factor in your success. More so, as new research suggests, support ...click here to read more