Healthy Science

Vitamins: You’ve come a long way, baby!

What’s one way to find out whether you really need something? Well, you could throw it away and see if you miss it! Surprisingly, in the world of nutrition research, this approach has actually, and often inadvertently, driven major discoveries. Let’s take rice as an example. Scientists think that humans first started cultivating rice over [...]

Exercise Maintenance – Does It Really Exist?

A colleague recently asked me a thought-provoking question regarding the concept of maintenance as it pertains to training. To maintain means to give attention to something to ensure it is in its proper working/functioning order. So, how do we properly train with our goal being to maintain? To answer the question, let’s establish a few [...]

Health Enthusiast, Educate Thyself!

Imagine this: You get home from work tonight. Exhausted, you set your keys on the table and hang up your jacket. You begin thinking about what you might have in the fridge to cook for dinner as you casually thumb through your unopened mail. But then you notice a letter with a law firm logo [...]

Can Heavy Weight-Training Benefit Men and Women?

Yes! Despite the common misconception that heavy weight-training is only for men and/or extreme body builders, this type of resistance training can help both men and women build muscles and increase bone mineral density. After more than two decades in the fitness industry, I have assisted many men and women with resistance exercise plans. Often, [...]

SMART Goal-Setting for the New Year

Happy New Year! With each new year, typically comes a new set of resolutions, but very rarely do we think of these resolutions in terms of goals. If we put as much thought and effort into making new years’ “goals” instead of just “resolutions,” we just might be more likely to actually accomplish a few [...]

A Taste-full New Year

Did you ever wonder why your favorite foods taste so good or why there are some foods you just can’t stomach? Or how come some people like dishes that are extra spicy, while others prefer much less intense flavor? Well, it all comes down to your tongue, your nose and your brain. Your Tongue The [...]

Manapol® Extract: Mannatech’s Sweet Foundation

In this season of giving gifts and thanks, let us take a minute to honor the sweet foundation of Mannatech’s success: Manapol aloe vera gel extract. Manapol extract, Mannatech’s very special polysaccharide, is a long-chain carbohydrate consisting mostly of the simple sugar mannose. It was licensed to Mannatech in 1994 when we first introduced the [...]

A Gentle Touch—Tips for Softer Skin This Season

This time of year, those of us of a certain age often look forward to time spent with little ones we don’t get to see regularly. Snuggling with grandkids on our laps beside the Christmas tree—or tucking them into bed after stockings are hung—can be such a blessing. But hearing “Hey, Grandma, why are your [...]

Got Calcium?

Recent studies have caused many nutrition scientists to reconsider appropriate daily calcium intake. Concerns about intake of RDA levels of supplemental calcium (1,000 mg/day) were raised a few years ago when a seven-year study of over 36,000 postmenopausal women showed that, while such supplementation resulted in a small but significant improvement in hip bone density, [...]

Winter Wellness Tips

I don’t know about you, but as a child, I always looked forward to the holidays because I knew I’d get time off from school, receive Christmas gifts from Santa and enjoy playing outside in the snow. As adults, though, we tend to become overwhelmed by the stress and burden of the holidays with their [...]

How to Make Your Holidays Healthier This Year

The holidays are most definitely upon us. Lights are popping up all over neighborhoods. Grocery stores are nearing capacity on a daily basis. And the "light rock" stations have flipped the switch and gone pure holiday music. And, of course, there will be food. Lots of calorie-packed, cholesterol-raising, wonderfully delicious food. Which poses a problem for those of us trying to stick to what we know is a healthy lifestyle. We spoon up the casseroles and skip the workouts all in the "spirit of the season." What's a health-conscious person to do? Over the past year, the writers of HealthyScience.net have shared some great ideas on how to keep things in check over the holidays. From doctors to personal trainers to product managers, this crew from Mannatech has some uniquely specific advice for you this year:

Holiday Balancing Act

Believe it or not, the average person may consume enough fat at a holiday meal to equal three sticks of butter. Yuck! In fact, according to the Calorie Control Council, the average American consumes 4,500 calories and 229 grams of fat on Thanksgiving Day, and that’s just with snacking and the traditional holiday dinner; it doesn’t count [...]

Dietary Supplements Getting Bad Press? One More Reason to Switch to Real!

Recently, the media has pounced on a couple of published studies, which reported that dietary supplements can be bad for you. One study found that intake of vitamin E increased the risk of prostate cancer (1); another reported that post menopausal women who took certain vitamins and minerals had an increased risk of dying (2). [...]

Balanced Training – Don’t Forget the Legs

Far too many times when I have visited gyms across the country, I have observed the following sight: A man in the far corner of the gym is sweating and grunting as he stares intently at the reflection of his chiseled upper body. His chest, arms and shoulders are clearly visible, as the only covering [...]

Seven Tips for Avoiding the Pitfalls of Holiday Weight Gain

The combination of colder weather, longer nights and the many food-centric events of the holiday season often leave us peering into the bathroom mirror on New Year’s Day, wondering where that beach body we were so proud of just a few months ago disappeared to. The truth is, we nibbled away at that tanned, toned [...]