Functional Wellness, Part 1: Genes and the Environment
Learn how your genes interact with your habits, lifestyle, and surroundings to create a healthy body — or an unhealthy one.
Learn how your genes interact with your habits, lifestyle, and surroundings to create a healthy body — or an unhealthy one.
A well-functioning digestive system is the cornerstone of good health. Find out how the gut works, what makes it vulnerable — and what you can do to keep your own digestive tract in tiptop shape.
Mighty mitochondria — those little factories inside our cells that generate energy — play a central role in our metabolism, our vitality and our well-being. Find out how to rev your cellular engines, rid them of the gunk and damage that slows them down, and start feeling your healthy best.
Hormonal imbalances can lead to a host of serious health problems, including inflammation, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, cancer, dementia and more. Here’s how to get your body back in balance.
Discover the truth about how your mind affects your body, how your body affects your brain, and what you can do to keep the whole brilliant system working to your advantage.
Everyone’s talking about universal coverage, single-payer plans, and other well-intended solutions to America’s healthcare access dilemma, but we’re missing the real question: What’s the point of giving more people access to a system that is likely to make them sicker?
COVID-19 is leaving many with a disturbing array of chronic symptoms. These functional-medicine strategies can help.
Once perceived as the domain of medical experts tasked with keeping our symptoms at bay, the realm of personal healthcare has expanded. It now includes broader definitions, more integrated, preventive approaches — and, perhaps most important, us.
Life Time experts share their predictions for what will be up and coming in the next year.
Think you know what makes for a healthy heart? Think again. New research and progressive practitioners are looking beyond cholesterol for answers.
A group of dedicated service members and physicians are bringing whole-person healthcare to the U.S. military to treat brain injuries, toxic exposures, gut dysbiosis, and more.
Your intestines are home to a great deal of your digestive system, nervous system, and immune system. Here’s how to heal your gut lining and avoid leaky gut syndrome.
Functional-medicine pioneer Mark Hyman, MD, is doing his best to help you avoid the doctor altogether.
Editor’s Note: The Institute for Functional Medicine hosted the “Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice” conference in Minneapolis the week of September 16, 2013. Three of Experience Life’s senior editors…
A candid conversation about chronic illness based on one woman’s personal experience of seeking a diagnosis and treatment.
Life Time experts share their predictions for what’s up-and-coming in the next year.
Common signals you shouldn’t ignore.
Senior editor Anjula Razdan on how acid-blocking drugs can lead to a vitamin B12 deficiency.
Meet five visionaries who are leading the charge to better health, and a healthier world.
Dr. Mark Hyman examines the connections of politics, money, and our healthcare system — and what we can do about it.
One woman’s journey to create a healthier life for herself led her to become a wellness advocate for people of all sizes.