The holidays are a time of joy and celebration but can also present health and fitness challenges. Between holiday festivities and indulgent foods, even the most disciplined health enthusiasts can find it hard to stay on track during the last quarter of the year....
The bookends of your day are crucial for establishing healthy habits. These key times—the first hour after you wake up and the last hour before you go to bed—are ideal for habit formation because they occur before and after your other responsibilities, such as...
In recent decades, the landscape of our diets has dramatically shifted with the proliferation of processed foods. These convenient, shelf-stable products have become a staple in many households, but their prevalence has been linked to the alarming rise in obesity...
The busy days of late summer and early fall have a way of exposing all the cracks in our hectic lifestyles. If you’ve been barely getting by in your workouts or nutrition through the summer, this is the time when self-care can take a backseat, obligations start...
Discussing what people tend to die from is decidedly not a fun topic. But when we learn about the leading causes of death, we empower ourselves to prevent them so we can live our best lives longer. Heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, and Alzheimer’s...
When the organizers of Vitafoods Europe asked 218 nutrition professionals what trends would impact the food industry most, 26 percent of them identified personalized nutritional assessments — including nutrigenomics — as something to watch. Nutrigenomics is the...
ARTICLE AT A GLANCE Regardless of your ultimate health and fitness goals, your diet will help determine your success or failure. But a healthy diet isn’t just about restricting certain things. That’s why most fad diets cause more harm than good — they deprive your...
ARTICLE AT A GLANCE Healthy meal planning is the cornerstone of any effective health and wellness plan. Yet for certain diets, it can also be one of the biggest challenges. The most successful meal plans rely heavily on natural, unprocessed, and unrefined...
It took several millennia of evolution for our bodies to become as efficient as they are at burning fuel. Today, though, much of what we feed our bodies never existed until relatively recently. A lot of it simply doesn’t match the nutritional profile our bodies...
ARTICLE AT A GLANCE Your body needs proper nutrition every day of your life, but this is especially true during pregnancy. In just nine short months, your body goes through massive hormonal changes while growing another human being. It’s one of the most taxing...
Take a traditional takeout favorite and power it up with all the benefits of cauliflower. A cruciferous vegetable, cauliflower is loaded with cancer-fighting sulforaphane, which has also been found to improve blood pressure and kidney function. Rich in vitamins,...
To understand the buzz around ketogenic dieting, it’s important to first understand its origins. The approach is rooted in ketosis, which is a metabolic state that your body automatically enters due to low food intake. For instance, if your body doesn’t have enough...
The term "slow metabolism" gets thrown around often. It's a scapegoat for many ailments and unpleasant symptoms, but do you know the signs that your metabolism is actually too slow? One of the telltale symptoms of a slow metabolism is weight gain. Your metabolism...
Your gut is called your second brain because of the vast network of nerve cells and neurons that line its walls. Your gut is also home to a powerhouse of beneficial bacteria that drive your digestive and immune systems. When your body digests overly processed foods...
The trouble with gluten is the vast amount of data involved, which is challenging in our fast, modern world. It’s never A + B = C: Answering any question relating to gluten usually involves half the alphabet, which means a lot gets overlooked. Case in point: A...
