Health [2-year subscription]

Health [2-year subscription]
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Publisher: Southern Progress
Salesrank: 389
Released: 2001-11-23
List Price: $70.00
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Renewing, but not ecstatic (2007-01-09)
I came to the site to renew, and will. I am only giving three stars because while I think that I routinely gain a great deal of useful information from the magazine, I don’t like having to work my way through quite so much politically correct, definitely left leaning, verbiage to get at it. I haven’t noticed much in the way of bias in favor of advertisers’ products. Actually it seems fairly balanced that way. Of course they have advertising, and of course sometimes an article might mention something positively. That might actually mean that the product is a good one. I have noticed that products are criticized also. I subscribe to several magazines of this type so that I can gather information from multiple sources. All in all, I’ve decided that it is worth the subscription rate (though it annoys me some), but probably not worth the cover price.Health Advice with Modern Appeal (2006-06-18)
Should you try out the hotel hot tub while on vacation or try the pool instead? This magazine has excellent advice for everything from travel concerns to fitness and beauty advice.

Recipes for natural salt scrubs with buttermilk mingle with the hottest advice on commercial beauty products. Do the new stick-on manicures work? What is the newest information on cancer prevention?

Dr. Andrew Weil has a 5-minute section with holistic-health advice where he explains why Wild Alaskan salmon and blueberries will keep skin youthful. Is the air in your home as clean as it could be?

Fun product pages offer seasonal comforts. For summer you may find yourself looking up beach blankets and fans. Special sections show you how to lose weight, even when on vacation. Interesting advice on how to beat stress and why you should find ways to increase the release of oxytocin.

The only thing in the magazine of concern seems to be the advice section which I read, but take some of her advice with a big pinch of salt. If someone thinks they are suffering from an addiction, they probably are. I’m at times rather surprised by her answers that seem to lean towards a casual approach to serious life-changing situations, although she seems to give women great advice about health issues when it comes to making them feel better about breast cancer or work situations.

~The Rebecca Review

lacks substance (2005-11-22)
This magazine could potentially be a great one filled with substance, but sadly, it reminds me of Real Simple: endorsing many products. Virtually most of the advice they shell out involves buying some book, or some other product. I like magazines that I can keep around for years, and refer back to them like a nostalgic memory. Maybe I’m the wrong demographic they’re targetting (I’m a student), but I still think they could do better to balance the endorsements and real advice I can refer to. After all, it’s a little dumb to waste money to buy the magazine, just so I can find more ways to buy things.Pleasantly Surprised! (2005-07-15)
I picked up a copy of Health at my local grocery store, mostly out of curiosity. I found myself enjoying it enough so that I will be ordering a subscription. Here’s why:

1.It encompasses every facet of health, not just diet or exercise. As one reviewer noted, it is broken down into categories: Looks, Living, Moving, Feeling, and Flavor (it was just redone). The articles in each seem to be well-written and are enjoyable. I particularly enjoy the Feeling and Living sections, as they are something that is rarely found in other magazines.

2. Unlike many other magazines, I found myself marking or wanting to mark so many pages to keep or check out further that in ended up being a good part of the magazine. I, like most others, enjoy getting the most for my money.

While everyone has a different idea of what constitutes a “good” magazine, this one will soon be a regular fixture in our house.biased health advice - not to be trusted on nutritional topics (2005-06-24)
I have subscribed to this magazine for almost a year now and I have become very skeptical of much of its advice. This advice seems to be heavily influenced by its paying advertisers e.g. the US Dairy Industry (there is always at least one of those annoying “got milk” ads) and not surprisingly, every issue there are several articles in the magazine that hype the supposed benefits of a diet high in dairy products (e.g. milk and cheese). However having read many books on nutrition, it has become very clear to me that that the majority of current research shows that a diet high in dairy products can actually be very damaging to your health - for instance read the The China Study by Colin Campbell, an extremely comprehensive nutritional study that sheds a great deal of light on the US dairy industry and its shady methods of influencing the public’s perception of the healthfulness of its products. It is well known that there are many better ways of getting calcium etc into your diet than by dairy but this magazine is unfortunately blinded by its advertisers’ paychecks. The magazine also appears to be very similar to Prevention magazine which I also have subscribed to and I would make the same criticism of. My advice is to stick to reliable sources on health like the excellent “Berkeley Wellness Letter” that are not supported or influenced by the advertisements of drugs companies or powerful industry groups like the US Dairy Industry.