Health, Wellness & Nutrition

As your four-legged companion gets older, general body stiffness and pain tend to increase, sometimes at a rapid pace. In some cases, genetics leave animals at a predisposition for the development of aching, painful bones and joints. In other cases, trauma can leave an animal in need of effective pain relief. Many pet owners are actively seeking natural ways to ease their animal’s discomfort without the potentially harmful adverse reactions of conventional medications.

Boston Medical Center (BMC) reports that roughly 45 million Americans go on some type of diet in an effort to lose weight. While this means that we should be reducing our waistlines as a whole nationwide, the opposite is occurring. In fact, two out of every three people in the U.S. are now considered obese. One health expert shares that the diets many are choosing are at least partly to blame. “A theme you’ll see across the board is that these diets are all restrictive in one way or another,” says Kathryn Alexander, a certified personal trainer with a Master’s degree in clinical exercise physiology.