Great Medicaments

Many of us have gym membership or attend classes at a local gym on a frequent basis: in America, gyms are a $700 million industry, and it’s estimated that 12% of the population regularly attend the gym.

But fifty years ago, gyms as we know them today just didn’t exist.

So how did we get to where we are today – and what “dos” and “don’ts” can we pick up from the past?

Ancient Greece: The First Gyms

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Jose Canseco’s name is almost synonymous with ‘roids; steroids, that is. The same can arguably be said about Barry Bonds, Marion Jones, and the Governator himself. But, a different and more pervasive type of ‘roid problem exists in this country, and it is not relegated to overreaching athletes or bodybuilders.

Thyroid conditions affect as many as 13 million Americans, oftentimes making daily life extremely Read the rest of this entry »