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The Parasite Paradox
Intestinal organisms can be a trigger for troubling health issues. But new research finds they can also help the body heal, especially from autoimmune diseases.
How to Heal a Leaky Gut
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.
ASK THE DOCTOR: The Pros and Cons of the Keto Diet
The ketogenic diet is all the rage right now, but is it right for you? We asked one of our favorite functional-medicine docs, and here’s what she had to say.
How to Find Your Pressure Points
Acupressure accesses the body’s subtle energy layers to let health and well-being flow.
Antibiotics Won’t Treat Your Cold
Doctors continue to prescribe antibiotics for colds and flu even though they can't cure them.
Having Trouble Losing Weight? It Might Be Your Thyroid
Many thyroid conditions go undiagnosed, but a properly functioning thyroid is key to maintaining a healthy weight.
How Childhood Adversity Creates Toxic Stress
Pioneering pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris is transforming how public-health advocates respond to the toxic stress created by childhood adversity. Here, she shares her prescription for healing.
How to Treat the Common Cold
Here are a few tips to nudge a cold out the door.
The Healing Arthritis Protocol
Functional-medicine doc Susan Blum, MD, outlines her basic plan to treat arthritis.
Natural Pain Relievers
Tools and techniques for managing chronic pain — without opioids.
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.
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.
How to Prevent Migraines
New research offers promising treatments for these extreme headaches.