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Why is Neuropathy Worse at Night
3 Ways to Find Nighttime Relief Peripheral neuropathy affects more than 20 million Americans. This condition involves damage to one or more nerves, including those responsible for walking and pain perception. Its symptoms range from mild to severe and can develop over...
Understanding Neuropathy
Understanding Neuropathy: Questions to Ask Your Neuropathy Doctor Over 20 million Americans suffer from some form of peripheral neuropathy. Neuropathy causes discomfort and weakness in your extremities. Damaged peripheral nerves send interrupted messages to your...
The Ultimate Guide to Finding the Right Protein Shakes
The Ultimate Guide to Finding the Right Protein Shakes Your body is 17% protein, and that protein is essential to the functioning of your cells, tissues, and organs. For fitness enthusiasts, it's also important for getting the best results from your work out. It's no...
Nutrition and Chronic Disease: This Is What You Need to Know
Nutrition and Chronic Disease: This Is What You Need to Know Nearly half of the adults in the U.S. have at least one preventable chronic disease. It's an unfortunate reality that many of us deal with life-long struggles due to a lack of education about behavioral and...
Creating a Meal Plan for Diabetes
Creating a Meal Plan for Diabetes: A Quick Guide As of 2018, 10.5% of the U.S. population has diabetes. In fact, more than one million Americans get a diabetes diagnosis each year. If you've had a recent diabetes diagnosis, know that you're not alone. It's a...
Guide to Treating Diabetic Neuropathy
A Guide to Recognizing, Diagnosing and Treating Diabetic Neuropathy A recent study showed that in 2018, over 10% of the American population was diagnosed with diabetes. Couple that with the fact that there's a proven correlation between rising obesity levels and...
How to Read Nutrition Labels
Understanding Nutrition: A Guide on How to Read Food Labels In the U.S., 67% of the food we eat comes from a trip to the grocery store. Shopping at a supermarket rather than ordering takeout gives us control over the food we eat and helps us make healthier choices. ...
What Happens When You Intermittent Fast?
What Happens When You Fast? The Benefits of Intermittent Fasting A recent study by the National Institute of Aging published in the New England Journal of Medicine points to a range of health benefits related to intermittent fasting. Weight loss is one of those...
Obesity and it’s Connection to Nutrition
What's the Relationship Between Nutrition and Obesity? Over the nearly two decades from 2000 to 2018, the obesity rate in the U.S. increased from 30.5% to 42.4%. And severe obesity rose from 4.7% to 9.2%. There are several causes of this obesity epidemic but one of...