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...
Eating gluten-free means avoiding foods with gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, rye and spelt. For people with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, this is very important. Truth be told, even those without a sensitivity can often see benefits from a...
Coffee sometimes does not get the respect it deserves in the health food community. This ancient beverage has been shown to help with everything from weight loss to decreasing your risks of certain cancers. Who would have thought that this little bean could do so...
Magnesium is an essential micronutrient required for optimal health and peak performance. It is classified as one of seven essential macrominerals and is a cofactor in more than 300 enzymatic reactions in the human body. Blood pressure, heart rhythm, insulin...
According to recommendations from the federal Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, no more than 10 percent of our calories should come from sugar. In a regular 2,000-calorie diet, that means we should ingest no more than...
A recent survey discovered that about 83 percent of women in the United States engage in a “feast or famine” culture of dieting. For most of the week, they consume dangerously few calories — sometimes as few as 500 a day — then overindulge on the weekends, taking...
ARTICLE AT A GLANCE If you’ve been struggling with recurrent bouts of nausea and lower abdominal pain, you might wonder whether you’re dealing with more than the flu. Unfortunately, you might be among the growing number of people with diverticulitis. Diverticulitis...
Mental illness affects nearly 20 percent of adults in the United States. On average, those with severe mental illness die nearly 25 years younger than their peers. Perhaps surprisingly, the most common causes of their mortality are highly preventable health...
Detoxification diets have gained signification attention over the past decade, due mostly to publicity they’ve received from celebrities who have “detoxed” to drop weight before a film or photo shoot. A quick search of “detox diets” yields more than a million...
The nutrition field is in the beginning of a new era. The latest research is making it harder to ignore that the industry has been wrong about saturated fat and cholesterol. Look at eggs, for example. For a long time, eggs were widely associated with high...
Even when you’re in peak mental and physical shape, life is full of challenges — whether you’re working overtime for a new deal at work or carrying an exhausted child home from the playground. When compounded by symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome, however, these...
