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| Health (2-year) | 
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| Publisher: Southern Progress
Category: Magazine
List Price: $70.00
Buy New: $19.97
You Save: $50.03 (71%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 273
Format: Magazine Subscription
Type: Time magazine
Subscription Issues: 20
Subscription Length: 24 Months
Issues Per Year: 10
First Issue Lead Time: 6-10 Weeks
ASIN: B0000D8CWU
Release Date: November 23, 2001
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 months
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| Customer Reviews:
 lacks substance November 22, 2005
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
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! July 15, 2005
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
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 June 24, 2005
32 out of 41 found this review helpful
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.
AT FIRST THE MAGAZINE WAS GOOD... May 3, 2005
2 out of 27 found this review helpful
For the past couple of months have recieve requests to renew subscription before it exactly expires and give them more of money. Thank you.
Have to agree with "Vapid" ... March 13, 2005
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I received two free trial issues in order to give the magazine a chance before subscribing. Boy, am I glad I didn't subscribe! The magazine is nothing but fluff - good only for people who mostly want to flip through and look at pictures - not for people who actually want informed articles and reports on health.
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