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The Vital Role of Your Skin in Overall Health

June 1, 2006
Eliza Thomas
General Health, Health, Lifestyle, Personal Care/Beauty, Skin, Hair, & Nails, Wellness
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In our obsessive quest to improve its superficial traits, we often forget that our skin is our body's largest organ — and an incredibly hard worker. Discover how your skin reflects and affects the state of your health, and what you can do to keep your skin looking and feeling its best.

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Wild Child

One summer, when I was about 8 years old, a lovely young woman named Jennifer came to spend a month or so on the farm where I grew up. Jennifer, who must have been the friend of a family friend, was a mysterious creature.

Bahram Akradi, founder, chairman, and CEO of Life Time — Healthy Way of Life

Unexplored Territory

Late spring is my favorite time of year. There’s something inspiring about seeing so many living things crank into the high gears of their growth cycles.

How to Make Healthy Food Fun for Kids

May 1, 2006
Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Cooking & Food, Family/Parenting/Kids, Nutrition
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Want your little ones to grow up knowing how to cook? Serve up a healthy dose of food literacy, starting now.

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Tackling Lupus

Chemo treatments and broken bones haven't stopped Phil Zerante from chasing his dream of playing college football. Meet a teen who is living proof that passion can sometimes be the best medicine.

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7 Easy Ways to Revamp Your Fitness Routine

Here are some simple but powerful ways to breathe new life into your routine – and jump-start your fitness growth.

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Maximize Your Metabolism

May 1, 2006
Victoria Freeman
Fitness, Fitness Tips, Health, Metabolism/Weight Loss
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If you want to take off — and keep off — unwanted pounds, a healthy metabolism is your body's best fat-burning friend. Find out which habits can make or break your body's ability to produce energy from would-be pudge.

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One Loop at a Time

There was a time, not so very long ago, when I was less healthy than I am today. And I hope, looking back five years from now, that I can say the same thing.

Bahram Akradi, founder, chairman, and CEO of Life Time — Healthy Way of Life

Growth Management

In business, there’s a concept known as the “Peter Principle” that describes how individuals within an organization tend to be promoted through the ranks until they rise to their level of incompetence.

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See the Connection: Understanding the Relationship Between Your Health and the Health of the Planet

April 1, 2006
The Experience Life Team
General Health, Health, Lifestyle, Sustainability
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Your health depends on a complex, connect-the-dots network of variables that make up your ecosystem and the systems that sustain it. Discover the keys to keeping both you and your planet healthy — by following nature's models, and honoring life's connections.

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How to Love Veggies

Hate veggies? It's time for you (and your kids) to start feelin' the love.

a bag of fresh and canned food.

Fresh, Frozen or Canned

While fresh produce is generally best, with a little nutritional know-how, you can eat healthy from your market's freezer case and canned-foods aisle, too.

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How Neighborhood Design Can Affect Your Health and Well-Being

April 1, 2006
Anjula Razdan
Community, Home/Living, Lifestyle, Sustainability
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Could your neighborhood be contributing to your weight gain? Researchers are digging deeper into evidence that suggests where you live may be essential to attaining good health, fitness, and personal well-being.

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How Your Media Intake Affects Your Well-Being

The images, sounds and words you absorb can influence your well-being and alter your view of reality. Is it time you reconsidered your media-intake habits?

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Hot on the Trail: Exploring the Thrills of Trail Running

If the thought of pounding the pavement makes you want to head for the hills, trail running may offer profound appeal. Find out why millions of runners are taking to the trails.

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Tips for Creating a Toxin-Free Home

Eco-friendly home furnishings and building materials can help make your home a healthy one.

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The Whole Truth

Call me radical, but given the ragged state of health and fitness in our country, I think it’s about time we started seeking the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about what really makes for a healthy way of life. It’s also high time we all started saying “no thanks” to the hype.

Bahram Akradi, founder, chairman, and CEO of Life Time — Healthy Way of Life

Connect and Respect

We tend to think of cause and effect as a simple, two-part thing: A particular action results in a particular reaction, period. And perhaps in some controlled experiments, that’s true. But in life, most reactions are complex and cyclical chain reactions, because in life, most everything is connected.

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How Fitness and Health Can Boost Your Career Success

March 1, 2006
Experience Life Staff with reporting by Paul Scott
Coworkers, Fitness Tips, Lifestyle, Relationships, Time Management, Work
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Whether you work for a living or live for your work, managing your physical health and fitness may be more critical to your career than you realized. Find out why the shape you're in can make or break your success.

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Stand Up for Your Cells

We’ve known for a long time that spending too much time and energy at work can cost us. We’ve all seen hardworking friends disappear off the social radar while in hot pursuit of career success, and many of us have risked becoming strangers to our own families as the result of work demands that made no space for weekends and evenings at home.

A woman eating cereal while on the phone at a desk in front of a computer.

Love Your Lunch

When cafeterias, vending machines and fast food fail to satisfy, a sack lunch can save the day – if you pack it right.