The newest example of that is Fosamax. It's a drug that has been given to women for over a decade to help with osteoporosis. It was a drug that passed FDA inspection and hit the market.

Now women who have been taking it for a few years and more are breaking their bones. Many women have been breaking their femurs which is not a fun bone to break. The femur is actually the strongest bone in the body... so why is a drug that is supposed to help women's bones, actually breaking them?

Apparently the drug helped in the short term, but over the years it would prevent the bone from growing and getting stronger... thus over time actually making it weaker and brittle. Click here to read more detail in this...

The point I'm trying to make it don't rely on drugs to do something that you can do yourself.

Exercise, while taking the proper nutrients through your diet, can strengthen bones better than any drug can. Not to mention that your bones can continue to strength as your age... not the reverse.

All it takes is three fitness times a week either working out in your home or working out at the gym. It then takes some common sense with your diet.

The choice is yours...

A. Live long healthy and happy taking care of yourself B. Let drugs take care of you and live with the side affects and consequences... many of which are not even brought to light yet.

It should be a pretty easy choice!

However, are you sabotaging your breakfast and loading up on sugars, processed sugars, and tons of extra calories?

I'm talking about things you can eat or drink. Let's take a look at some examples of products that can do these things to you.

• Coffee creamer: This is one of the most favorite things for women. Coffee-Mate adds lots of flavor to coffee, but it also adds tons of sugar and extra calories which you don't want to consume. Use the sugar free version.
• Jams: This is tough because toast and jam are great. It tastes great and jams have many benefits like antioxidants and vitamins. However, they too are packed with sugar and even high fructose corn syrup.
• Processed Carbs: You have probably read about processed carbs before on this blog, and this is definitely a popular choice for breakfast. Whether it's bagels or toast, processed carbs will spike your blood sugar and add fat to your body.

Tomorrow we will talk about the FDA and drugs... and whether you should take them at all.

Surprisingly, studies show that working out by yourself will actually result in better and faster results. Let's take a look at why this might be the case...

First, when you workout with a group or with just a partner, you will tend to workout to their level. And this is where I think working out with somebody can really work for you.

If you are working out with somebody who is at a more advanced level then you are likely to push yourself harder. But unfortunately, most people are not at the level so you will tend to not workout as hard.

When you are by yourself, you will push yourself closer to your limit... especially if you are listening to some music that pumps you up. You won't have anybody to compare your fitness level too and you will get a great workout in.

So the moral of the story is two fold...

1. Workout by yourself and listen to some great music. That teamed with programs with exercises to lose weight... and you'll be golden.
2. Or you can set the bar for women you workout with and take the lead. Push yourself so they push themselves and you will lead the group in fitness success!

Sleep Eating Disorder!

It's like a mix of an eating disorder and sleep walking disorder and it can be dangerous as it adds to your pounds. What happens is the person will sleep walk and make a B-line for the kitchen to eat. And what makes it worse is people tend to eat 50% of their daily calories while sleep eating.

That is a ton of calories and definitely harmful to your health. Not to mention you don't get nearly the amount of sleep you need so you aren't restful and that affects your body too.

Unfortunately there isn't much known about this condition so to help fight it exerts don't quite know what to do.

Pretty interesting and something I would recommend to fix it would be a great fitness program. Exercise is proven to help you sleep better and more restful. While I am not a sleep expert by any means, I can tell you that exercise always seems to help!

Learn more about this disorder by clicking here.

Make sure you also check out our workouts as they are almost live. We have some great gym workouts, treadmill workouts, and some fat burning workouts.

But most people don't really understand what trans fats really are. So let's look at what they are so you can understand some of the facts:

Trans Fat - is partially hydrogenated oil and is made during the food processing process. Then are created when oils go through deodorizing processes and they are so bad for you because they lower the good HDL cholesterol and raise bad LDL cholesterol.

Get this, so when you see food boxes that say zero trans fat, make sure you check the ingredients on the label. It is very likely that "partially hydrogenated oils" will be listed. Which means there is still trans fat, but it's below .50 g per serving.

So you really have to be careful and don't trust anything the big food companies tell you.

Try your best to eat natural, which is clean eating.