Weight Down Living

The health of arteries is vastly important for aging and prevention of chronic disease, most notably coronary artery disease, and it’s also important for the health of organs such as the kidney and the brain. Ketones, which are produced by fasting or the ketogenic diet, protect arteries.

You’re only as old as your arteries

Thomas Sydenham, a 17th-century English physician, famously said, “You’re only as old as your arteries.” (

Doing your skin-care regimen twice a day—once in the morning and once before bed—is pretty standard. But having a regular workout routine shakes everything up and adds more to the equation. After sweating for a full hour, you’re left figuring out how to keep your pores clean without over washing or over stripping skin.

After dealing with the issue for ages, personal trainer and fitness guru,

[10th October, 2018]

The topic of cannabis (marijuana) has become far less taboo in recent years, but there are still many misconceptions—and fears—about its use as a medicinal plant.

Cannabis is still an illegal product in most countries and can be difficult to obtain. More importantly, it is challenging to study.

Still, an increasing amount of evidence has found it could offer significant benefits for patients with chronic pain and even cancer.

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The beauty world is constantly evolving. We’re introduced to new products and techniques practically everyday—many promising to be the next life-changing solution to our beauty woes. But with all of the options out there, it can be hard to separate the gems from the duds. So, the more I heard about the impressive benefits of facial massage, the more I had to look into it.

That’s why ...

In six months I lost 25lbs but for the past two months have stalled cause I’m not eating enough from the stress of ending a five year relationship. I lost half my hair from stress and not eating enough even though I was taking supplements and vitamins everyday.

The entire time I was on keto, I could not finish a single workout at even one third of the weight I was lifting before keto!

I’m ready ...

Welcome to /r/ketorecipes! You can find our rules here and the Keto FAQs here. Please be sure to include a detailed recipe in your post (this means in...

When my mother died in May 2007 from gallbladder cancer, I took a leave from my post as a health reporter at the Wall Street Journal with funding from a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award. Gallbladder cancer is a rare disease that affects about 7,000 people a year in the U.S., and I wanted to write about the challenges of developing drugs for rare diseases.

For the next six years, I followed a group of f...