Functional/Integrative Medicine
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What You Need to Know About Automimmunity
Three experts talk about the autoimmunity epidemic — and how to reverse it.
How to Manage Chronic Pain — Naturally
An evolving understanding of pain is leading us to treatments that are safer — and more effective — than opioids.
Easing PCOS Naturally
Here are six tips to balancing your hormones and treating polycystic ovary syndrome.
10 Tips to Tackle Candida
Candida overgrowth can cause a wide range of health problems, but these troublemaking fungi respond well to natural treatments.
5 Tips to Deal With Body Odor
Intense body odor may be a sign of an underlying imbalance. Here’s how to decipher the biology of sweat, what to do about it — and why antiperspirants are not the answer.
13 Natural Remedies for Common Ailments
These easy home treatments can relieve headaches, colds, and other common health complaints.
How Nature Boosts Your Health
Digging in the garden, walking by a river, and enjoying some sun during lunch do more than just lift your spirits — they’re good for your physical health, too.
What Your Teeth Are Trying to Tell You
Steven Lin, DDS, holistic dentist and author of The Dental Diet, talks about the mouth–body connection and how nutrition can help address crooked teeth, your oral microbiome, and more.
DIY Facial Lymphatic Massage
This easy self-care technique can help clear your head of congestion and sinus pressure.
This Is Your Body on Flour
A diet high in flours made from wheat or other grains affects every system in the body. Here’s a quick guide to flour’s far-reaching effects.
The Seven-Systems Detox
A functional-medicine nutritionist shares how her Seven Systems approach effectively detoxes the mind as well as the body.
Behind the Scenes With Rangan Chatterjee, MBChB (Video)
Go behind the scenes at our cover shoot and hear from Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, author and host of BBC One’s Doctor in the House, as he explains how the four pillars of health can improve overall well-being.
Migraine Prevention: How to Manage and Reduce Migraine Symptoms
New research offers promising treatments for these extreme headaches.
The Doctor Is in the House: Rangan Chatterjee, MBChB
Rangan Chatterjee, MBChB, is on a mission to improve individual well-being and transform the doctor–patient relationship with a simple message: Good health begins at home.
The Hidden Liver Crisis
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease affects up to a third of Americans, taking a toll on our collective health. Nutrition and lifestyle changes can turn it around.
The Sour Truth About Sweet Fruit
In his new book, Genius Foods, Max Lugavere talks about which foods to embrace — and avoid — for optimal brain health.
What Is Cyclical Self-Care and Why Is It Important?
Menstruation guru Alisa Vitti shares the ins and outs of her Cycle Syncing Method and how it can support athletic training, autoimmune issues, and your relationships.
The 13 Pillars of the Pegan Diet
In his new book, functional-medicine doc Mark Hyman, MD, says a Pegan diet — which combines principles of Paleo and vegan diets — is the best way to eat. Here are the 13 pillars of the Pegan diet.
A Whole-Person Approach to Treating Depression
Depression is not all in your head. Here are nonpharmaceutical, lifestyle-based ways to treat depression from the ground up.
How to Get Rid of Bloating
Find relief with simple lifestyle strategies.
How to Heal Arthritis Naturally
Susan Blum, MD, MPH, author of a new book on arthritis, outlines a three-step guide to treat joint pain.