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There's more than one reason to look forward to summer.  In addition to sunshine, warm temperatures and vacations, we tend to get sick less.  Turns out our genes change with the seasons, just like the weather.

There's a reason why colds are named as such.  During the winter months, our bodies pump up the levels of many of the genes linked with inflammation, triggering the tell-tale signs of swelling and discomfort that our bodies use to protect us from colds and flu.

In the summer, an altogethe...

Have you completed your "daily functional five" workout today?
That's what Kimberly Watkins, an NYC fitness expert and CEO of inSHAPE Fitness and inMOTION Exercise on Demand, wants to know.  She says that everyone should have a simple set of functional exercises that they can easily carve out time for every day.

"Even on days when you have other exercise plans, get out of bed and make a bee-line for a spot on the floor where you can spend as little as five minutes - 60 seconds per move - to dis...

Here are four ways to turn your fitness weaknesses Into strengths

Number 1:
Weakness: "I always do the same exercises" - If you always stick to the same type of workout, you can end up with muscular imbalances.  In other words, certain muscles get short and tight, while other muscles get long and weak.  And that can lead to injury, not to mention plateaus in your fitness progress.
Make it your strength: To prevent muscle imbalances, it's important to mix things up and vary your workout.  Try doi...

U.S. News and World Report has ranked their best diets of 2015.  A team of health experts from various institutions around the country, combed data and ranked the diets in seven categories: How easy is it to follow; how well it produces short-term weight loss; how well it produces long-term weight loss; its nutritional completeness; its safety, and how well it may prevent and manage diabetes and heart disease.  The rankings were converted into a score from 1 (worst) to 5 (best).  It goes with...