Green tea has been linked to numerous health benefits, including the potential to fight cancer and heart disease. The claims that green tea is a magical fat burner first appeared in 2005, when a study showed that people who drank a bottle of tea fortified with green tea extract every day for three months lost more body fat than subjects who drank a different type of tea.
If you like to exercise early in the morning or late at night, first of all, I admire your dedication to your exercise plan. But you might want to adjust it.
All these big, tough, football playing boys (at least they seemed tough in high school) started swaying from side to side and singing along with the song. I kid you not. They were really into it. And it was a very tender moment. So much so that it was... awkward to watch. I really felt like I had walked in on a romantic moment.
Think about it: how would you react if you heard another woman walk into the room and say, "I look fantastic today!" You might admire her confidence, but it's more likely you'd be throwing her some serious side-eye.
Say what?! Sitting is worse for you than smoking cigarettes. I never saw that one coming. And another study supports these results. This second study measured total daily sitting time – not just TV watching time.
Running shoes are an investment. They're expensive, but worth it if you get a good pair. That being said, you don't want to invest in a pair you end up hating.
About 2 in 5 sexually active women in the U.S. aren't using any form of contraception. Yikes! I don't think I have to tell you that leads to pregnancy. But still, if 3 out of 5 women are using contraception, it doesn't make sense that there are so many unintended pregnancies. What gives?
As college students, many of us are on tight budgets. So is it worth it to shell out the extra cash for organics? A recent study suggests that maybe it's not.
A few juicy tidbits about the Olympic village captured our attention. One of those tidbits was the fact that the International Olympic Committee distributed 150,000 condoms to the athletes this year.
For the majority of us young, active people, heat waves don't pose a serious threat. Or so we think. The heat might not be a big deal when you're just walking around, but when you're exercising in these conditions, it's important to take care of yourself
"New Yorkers for Beverage Choices" sounds like a joke group straight out of a Saturday Night Live skit. But it's very real. And its members are engaged in what's shaping up to be a pretty serious fight in New York City.
So what's the latest magical skin cancer prevention product? Turns out there are a lot of them.
When tax day rolled around in April, I heard people complaining about their taxes everywhere I went.