And the winner of The End of Overeating is... Mary of A Merry Life! I was planning on doing the random number generator. But after Mary (who writes a fantastic blog which you should all check out) sent me the following email, I knew that the winner was picked for…
As some of you may know, my major at university is in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications. Writing and language are equally as important to me as health is, and it is for this reason that I have decided to begin a rhetoric blog alongside Living Healthy in the Real World.…
This article was written by David Hurcombe, O.D. He achieved his doctorate at the University of Houston, College of Optometry. Glaucoma, Cataracts, Macula Degeneration and Retinal Edema are vision impairments that anybody can get. Although diseases and conditions of the eye have many causes, the risk of developing one can…
I've been hitting the jackpot lately with the books that companies are sending to me- and this one is absolutely being added to my Healthy Recommendations page on the sidebar! Ever since I began to eat healthier and get away from virtually all processed foods, I've found that my body…
First, if you haven't read Monday's guest post please check it out. We're all talking about the summer months and having a healthy body image these days, and it's no wonder why: "bikini season" is screaming at us from every medium available. A recent post written by Dara at You'd…
This post was contributed by Nicole White, who writes about masters of health care degree. She welcomes your feedback at Nicole.White222 at gmail.com. After graduating from college Nicole started freelancing and writing for online education sites. She has a particular interest in living a healthy and happy lifestyle and loves…
In response to my previous post about the Run A Race This Summer Challenge, I got a lot of questions about variations of running or the time frame and so on. This is an excellent opportunity to discuss the adaptability of my health challenges (or any challenges, for that matter).…
Ouch ouch ouch. My body is sore. I have been treating my body to a variety of activities that it isn't accustomed to. On Friday morning, a mere six hours after I arrived home from Cambodia, I was pumped full of energy and incredibly antsy from having done nothing except…
This is a question that seems to circulate around and around our heads day after day without any clear answer. Look all over the Internet and you'll find hundreds of calculators to determine basal metabolic rate and what our calorie allowance can be if we do x amount of exercise.…
Hi Living Healthy readers! My name is Maggie and I'm so glad Sagan let me do a guest post. I blog about lots of random things (yoga, health, fitness, food, recipes) over at Say Yes to Salad but today I'm going to talk more about yoga. Yoga has been a…
