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How to Balance Your Blood Sugar
With Samantha McKinney, RD
It’s estimated that as many as one in three U.S. adults have impaired blood-sugar control — and most are unaware until disease diagnosis. This often means missing months or years of opportunities to intervene with lifestyle habits. Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT, explains how blood sugar impacts nearly every aspect of our health and walks us through the many things we can do to better control it.
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Does Sweating Change With Age?
From birth to puberty to perimenopause and menopause in women, sweating changes a lot.
It’s Not All in Your Head: A Q&A With Author Sarah Ramey
A candid conversation about chronic illness based on one woman’s personal experience of seeking a diagnosis and treatment.
How to Read Misleading Food Labels
Healthwashing, greenwashing, and humanewashing are Big Food marketing trickery. This handy glossary of labeling terms explains what they mean — and don’t mean.
Why Does My Sweat Stink When I’m Stressed?
It all comes down to the apocrine glands.
Changing Lives
For these eight Life Time members, choosing fitness changed everything.
Is Doing Housework Good for Your Brain?
Vacuuming and cleaning windows may help our cognition and attention spans, according to a recent study.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sweat
Discover the fun, fascinating, funky truth about all things sweaty.
Are We Half Human and Half Microbe?
Many experts have noted that our bacterial cells outnumber our human ones by about 10:1, but according to recent research, it might be more like 1:1.
A New Look at Chronic Lyme
Many physicians who treat tick-borne diseases now combine conventional medicine with gentler integrative strategies — and more long-term patients are getting well.
How to Use Tea-Tree Oil
This antiseptic and antifungal essential oil has several applications. Discover a few ideas for your home and body.
What Chronic Conditions Might be Exacerbated by Food Reactivity?
Food sensitivities can make chronic conditions, such as Crohn's disease, IBS, and ulcerative colitis worse.
Unlock Your Own Strength
Five tips for how to tap into your physical and emotional strength — even amidst life's challenges — from Life Time member Julie Porras.
Is Being Overhydrated Dangerous?
Although overhydration is rare, it can be as dangerous as dehydration.
Is Food Reactivity On the Rise?
Yes. The most common allergenic foods are peanuts, milk, shellfish, tree nuts, eggs, finfish, wheat, soy, and sesame.
What Happens to Your Body When It’s Underhydrated
Slowed cell metabolism and kidney stones are just some of the potential effects of underhydration.
Can Food Reactivity Be Healed?
Many food sensitivities can resolve over time — as long as the gut has a chance to heal and foods are reintroduced slowly.
What Are Common Triggers for Food Intolerances and Sensitivities?
Leaky gut syndrome frequently precedes food intolerances and food sensitivities. Here's why.
Why Is it Important to Reintroduce Foods Over Time, When Possible?
Eating a wide variety of healthy foods is important for both physical and mental health, says our expert.
What Is a Food Intolerance?
Unlike food allergies and food sensitivities, food intolerances do not involve the immune system. Here's why.
What Is a Food Sensitivity?
Food sensitivities often cause delayed — not immediate — reactions such as joint pain, fatigue, and brain fog.