Eggs traditionally have a very bad reputation for promoting heart disease. Most people who are conscious of reducing their cholesterol either avoid eggs altogether, or limit their consumption to once a week. It is a myth that eating eggs will raise your cholesterol level. It is true that eggs contain cholesterol (approximately 215mg per egg) [...]

These do-it-yourself kits (such as Clearplan) enable you to predict ovulation by measuring the LH surge in an early morning urine sample. You do this using a specially designed dipstick which changes colour when the levels of LH increase. When your LH surges it is likely that ovulation will occur within the next 24-36 hours, [...]

Way back in 1769, Nicholas Joseph Cugnot took his newly invented, self-propelled, steam-driven automobile prototype out for its maiden voyage. Humming around his Parisian neighborhood at about 2 1/2 miles per hour, Cugnot whacked into a wall, knocking it down, thereby putting the very first automobile accident on the books. Just look what he started. [...]

Binge eaters, of course, don’t worry too much about a balanced diet, but the consequences of malnutrition also include hair loss, discoloring or softening of the fingernails, and weakness. And of course, just as you’ve been told since the age of two, eating too many sweets can indeed ruin your teeth. Two pounds of M&M’s [...]

If you need proof that swimming can help you slim down, look no further than Betty Johnson. All her life, Betty had enjoyed swimming for recreation and physical fitness. While working as an elementary school psychologist in Jacksonville, Horida, she swam for 45 minutes, twice a week. She rounded out her exercise program with step-aerobics [...]