By Linda Boone BSN,RN For years, we've been told that getting healthy means spending hours in the gym, running marathons, hitting 10,000 steps a day, or pushing ourselves until we're drenched in sweat and gasping for air. If a workout wasn't at least 30 minutes long, it "didn't count." And hovering over it all was the familiar mantra: No pain, no gain. These outdated beliefs have discouraged countless people from taking the first step toward a healthier lifestyle. The idea of

Introduction In a healthy person, the pancreas performs a quiet, remarkable balancing act every minute of every day. It senses the amount of sugar in the blood and releases just enough insulin to keep those levels in a safe, narrow range — never too high, never too low. For the hundreds of millions of people living with diabetes, that automatic system has broken down. According to the International Diabetes Federation, roughly 589 million adults worldwide now live with diabet

What is Adrenal Fatigue? Adrenal fatigue is a popular, but controversial, term used to describe a set of symptoms related to a perceived deficit of adrenal gland function. Advocates of the term “adrenal fatigue” believe the underperformance of the adrenal glands is secondary to chronic stress or prolonged illness (1). Adrenal fatigue is not a recognized medical condition The term “adrenal fatigue” was first used in 1998 and described a syndrome that was believed to arise beca