by Matt Weik Taking two things that many people love and combining them can be hit or miss. Some people like corn and lima beans, but when you combine...

Live longer if your diet contains lots of vitamin K
The more vitamin K [structural formula on the right] you consume through your diet, the less likely you are to die from a heart attack or cancer. Span...

Live two years longer with extra vitamin E
According to most scientists, alpha-tocopherol (one form of vitamin E) supplementation is useless. The Finnish ATBC trial (1985-1993), for example, sh...

Coffee is healthy, but not caffeine
Do you also feel hung over and shaky if you train after drinking a pre-workout formula that’s full of caffeine? It can’t be healthy we fea...

Childhood Obesity and Video Games
by Matt Weik Obesity rates are on the climb and we need to get things under control. Even worse, more and more kids are becoming overweight and obese ...

Fat-Free Products Can Actually Make You Fatter
by Matt Weik We have been programmed to shop for fat-free products at the grocery store, as products with fat have somehow become demonized by society...

Can Employee Health Programs Improve Productivity?
by Matt Weik It’s a fact that individuals who do not take care of their health are more prone to illness. This can be anything from the common cold to...

Your Friends and Family Could Be Hurting Your Health
by Matt Weik We all have friends, family members, and people we associate with at work who have some unhealthy habits. Unfortunately, some of those ha...

Are Single People Healthier?
by Matt Weik I want to begin by saying if you are in a healthy and happy relationship, don’t break it off just because of this article! But I’m going ...

Airport Survival: Don’t Blow Your Diet When You’re in A Pinch
by Matt Weik With warm weather right around the corner and the thought of summer vacations floating around in our heads, I figured it would be a good ...

Donating Blood for YOUR Health Benefits?
by Matt Weik Donating blood is a great way to do something good and potentially save a life. If your blood matches someone’s in need, what you donated...

DHEA supplementation lowers cortisol levels
In small quantities the stress hormone cortisol is amazingly useful, but continuously raised levels of it are bad… for just about everything. We...

Fish oil reduces rheumatoid arthritis joint pain
Taking a fish oil supplement alone or combined with evening primrose oil reduces joint pain in people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. This is sug...

Do Better in School by Getting Iron and Pumping Iron
by Matt Weik Being a Penn State alum, I like staying up to date on different research that is being put out by the University. I came across an intere...

A Strong Cup of Mushroom Coffee with a Side of WTF?
by Matt Weik Who doesn’t like a nice cup of coffee in the morning to wake you up? Now who would like to throw some mushrooms in their coffee? No taker...

Does Excessive Weight Loss in Female Competitors Cause Health Risks?
by Matt Weik The industry today is definitely not lacking hardworking women. In fact, today there are more female competitors than ever before in the ...

Exercise to Mitigate Side Effects of AI’s in Breast Cancer Survivors
by Matt Weik If you are a bodybuilder or are heavily into using supplements to achieve a desired physique, there’s a good chance at one point or anoth...