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A close-up of a woman puckering her lips. Image Credit: Dave & Les Jacobs/Blend Images/Getty Images The thought of going under the scalpel to tighten your loose facial skin and restore a youthful appearance may not appeal to you. But the temptation to submit to cosmetic surgery may increase every time you look in the mirror. If you have often wished for a nonsurgical way to tighten facial skin, you might be interested in facial exercises as a way to accomplish that – if they really work....

Does Taking Vitamins Affect Your Liver? Image Credit: undefined undefined/iStock/GettyImages As with medications, taking high doses of certain vitamins can put stress on the liver and even cause in liver damage. Some vitamins, such as B-3, are especially hard on the liver, such that your physician may recommend periodic liver function tests during vitamin therapy. Due to risk of liver damage and other harmful side effects, it is important to get your doctor’s approval before taking vitamin supplements....

Electrolyte levels change when water levels in the body change. Rapid or extreme weight loss can cause an electrolyte imbalance. Electrolytes are substances that become ions in solution and gain the ability to conduct electricity. They include sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium and phosphate. Electrolyte imbalances can have serious health consequences. They affect the amount of water in your body, muscle function, blood acidity and other important processes. Advertisement Extreme Diets Electrolyte losses have been implicated as a possible cause for fatalities among people following liquid-protein diets, according to a study in the “International Journal of Obesity....

There are several exercises for hamstring tendonitis. Image Credit: Lifemoment/iStock/GettyImages People who live an active lifestyle are healthier and live longer than their sedentary counterparts. But the same activities that keep you healthy can also result in injury, especially when they involve repetitive actions that cause inflammation of the tendons. Advertisement Hamstring tendonitis is a common complaint of people who do activities that involve running, jumping, kicking and sudden stops and starts, according to the Mayo Clinic....

Make sure you at-home workouts include plenty of challenging core work! Image Credit: Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision/GettyImages If you’re like a lot of people who’ve transitioned their workouts to their living room, basement or garage, you might be finding it hard to target the same muscles you once did when you had access to all those machines at the gym. Advertisement But the exercises below are designed to maximize strength and power by targeting muscle groups your home workouts might be neglecting....

A woman is training with free weights. Image Credit: KatarzynaBialasiewicz/iStock/Getty Images Having a weightlifting routine will help reduce any fears you might have of the weight room and make you a more confident woman in weightlifting and in life. The push/pull/leg split routine is a weightlifting routine that can be done by beginners or advanced female weightlifters. The routine is split among three days of the week with at least one day of rest between each lifting day....

Close up of a man sitting down in a business suit with his hand over his heart as if feeling a heavy heart rate. Image Credit: Julija Sapic/iStock/Getty Images A heavy heart rate, bounding heart or a rapid heart rate is a serious medical concern. Minimal exertion can sometimes cause a heavy heart rate when you have an underlying medical condition. The University of Maryland Medical Center reports that the pulsing veins in your neck can sometimes reveal a heavy heart rate and you may also experience a rapid pulse....

Food can clog the dishwasher drain and lead to bacterial buildup. Image Credit: LIVESTRONG.com Creative How Bad Is It Really? sets the record straight on all the habits and behaviors you’ve heard might be unhealthy. In This Article Effects How Often to Clean a Dishwasher How to Clean a Dishwasher Bottom Line Be honest: When's the last time you gave your dishwasher a comprehensive cleaning? Last month, last year...never? Advertisement We get it — cleaning your dishwasher sounds counterintuitive....

friends holding up beer glasses Image Credit: Cathy Yeulet/Hemera/Getty Images Your body needs iron to carry oxygen to your red blood cells. Low iron levels can cause fatigue, shortness of breath and difficulty thinking. Very high iron levels can also cause health problems, including liver damage. You can inherit a tendency to absorb more iron than normal from your diet. Alcohol can also affect iron absorption; if you drink large amounts of beer or other alcohol, you may absorb larger-than-normal amounts of iron....

A serving of yogurt varies by brand. Image Credit: George Doyle/Stockbyte/Getty Images Though most foods follow standard serving sizes, yogurt is a little different. Due to the variety in size of its packaging, a serving of yogurt often varies from brand to brand, particularly when it comes to the single-serve containers. Larger containers, on the other hand, often follow a more standardized measurement for the servings. Advertisement Tubs If you look at the nutrition facts on larger containers of yogurt, you’ll likely see a serving size listed as 1 cup, which is equivalent to about 8 ounces....

If you don't eat enough calories you will start to starve. Image Credit: kuarmungadd/iStock/GettyImages According to Harvard Health Publishing, the minimum caloric intake per day is 1,200 calories for women and 1,800 calories for men. Starvation calories are an intake of fewer than 600 calories per day, however; any caloric intake below the recommended minimum doesn’t provide the body with the fuel it needs to function properly. A starvation diet doesn’t promote weight loss because your metabolism slows down in response to low caloric intake....

The average Yukon Gold potato, weighing 148 g or 5.2 oz., has 100 calories. However, individual Yukon Gold potatoes vary in calories and nutrition based on size and preparation methods. Size If a 5.2-oz. potato has 100 calories, then each ounce of Yukon Gold potato has about 19.2 calories. Using a food scale can help you calculate a more precise caloric value for your particular potato. Advertisement Video of the Day Content The average Yukon Gold has 4 g protein, 3 g fiber and no fat....

A sub sandwich on a cafe table. Image Credit: nemirkovic/iStock/Getty Images A sub sandwich is typically made on a long roll and can be either relatively low or relatively high in calories depending on the size of the sandwich and what you put in it. If you opt for a 12-inch sub instead of a 6-inch sub and load it down with lots of mayonnaise and high-fat toppings, you could wind up eating most of your recommended calories for the day in just one meal....

Although there's no hard and fast rule about how many cloves of garlic you can eat in a day, any more than one clove could cause problems with blood clotting. Image Credit: Yelena Rodriguez Mena / EyeEm/EyeEm/GettyImages In most cases, the worst thing that can happen if you eat too much garlic is that you’ll smell bad for the next few hours, but in a few instances there is indeed such a thing as too much garlic....

Swimming laps is an excellent way to lose weight. Image Credit: Jacob Ammentorp Lund/iStock/GettyImages Swimming is an effective cardiovascular exercise that can help you lose weight. As with any exercise, swimming alone will not cause you to lose weight unless you combine regular lap swimming sessions with a healthy, calorically balanced diet. Advertisement Avoid consuming the calories you burned during a swimming session by rewarding yourself with empty calories. Eat three meals and at least two snacks throughout the day, decreasing your caloric consumption by 500 to 1,000 calories per day....

You can train legs at minimum two times a week. Image Credit: Prostock-Studio/iStock/GettyImages In This Article Leg Muscle Anatomy How Often Should You Work Legs? Is It OK to Work Legs Every Day? How Long Should Leg Day Be? Sample Training Program Because your legs contain some of the largest muscle groups in your body, training them can be energy-intensive and challenging. You need to stimulate the muscles to help them grow, but training them too much can be counterproductive, as that doesn't give them time to rest, repair and rebuild....

Will love handles ever go away? If you make the right diet and exercise choices, the answer is yes. Image Credit: dimid_86/iStock/GettyImages Carrying a few extra pounds on your midsection is common — more than half of Americans have a waist size that’s larger than normal, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in Sept. 2014. That doesn’t mean you’re stuck with side stomach fat forever, though....

Stuffed, deboned chicken breasts make a delicious and impressive main course. Image Credit: gbh007/iStock/GettyImages Whole chickens that have been deboned and stuffed with a savory filling make an easy main course. You can find prepared stuffed chickens in the fresh or freezer sections of most grocery stores, or prepare your own filling. Advertisement Stuffing your own chicken helps you cut back on the high fat and calorie levels often found in prepared foods....

The best way to cook a pre-cooked roasted turkey breast is to reheat it in the oven. Image Credit: peredniankina/iStock/GettyImages In This Article How to Cook It Cooking Tips What to Serve With It Cooking a pre-cooked, roasted turkey breast might seem counterintuitive, but it's a great way to serve an impressive dish without much time or labor in the kitchen — especially if you're not serving enough people to justify cooking a whole turkey....

A roast stew. Image Credit: kitzcorner/iStock/Getty Images Mock tender roast is also known as chuck eye, chuck filet, medallion pot roast and Scotch tender, according to the Texas Beef Council. The roast is called a mock tender because it is similar in appearance to a beef tenderloin; beef tenderloin is widely regarded as one of the most tender cuts of beef. Mock tender is a tougher roast that must be prepared differently than actual tenderloin....