General Health

It’s the first thing to go when we’re stressed. It’s the last thing we get when we’re busy. But not sleeping enough can lead our bodies into big trouble. Want to be fit and healthy? Find out why your shuteye should be a top priority.

The food industry has turned out some scary stuff in recent decades, but that doesn’t mean you have to stand quaking in your kitchen. Here’s how to take the fear out of your food choices — and put common sense back in.

Some aging factors are beyond our control, but one of the biggest — inflammation — needn’t be. Here’s how you can extinguish the flames of chronic inflammation before they ignite.

Clear thinking, vibrant skin, healthy kidneys, and bountiful energy — they all depend on an adequate daily intake of water. Are you getting enough liquids? And if you work out, are you getting the right kind? Find out why you should look before you gulp.

Detoxing is all the rage these days. But what’s the right way to approach it? Here’s everything you need to know to lose your toxins without losing your mind.

Acrylamide, a cancer-causing agent, has shown up in a variety of fried foods, but also in healthier baked and roasted items, including home-cooked meals. Should we be alarmed? Here’s a look at what we know about acrylamide, its risks and whether we need to take action.

Okay, 2003 is almost over. You may be running behind on your resolutions, but you’re not defeated yet! Here’s your guide to a slew of meaningful goals you can still accomplish (and celebrate) this year.

Why are you exercising? For health and longevity? For weight loss? For fitness performance? Here’s how to gear your fitness routine to your personal goals.

Allergy-like food sensitivities may be the blame for at least part of your excess weight. Eliminate your problem foods and you could lose unwanted pounds and inches — fast.

Don’t take two aspirin and call this doctor in the morning. He’d rather see you nourish, protect and heal your body for real.

Your body is your most valuable piece of personal property. Shouldn’t you be the one in charge of keeping it safe and sound?

EFT — or Emotional Freedom Technique — is a technique for getting over cravings, phobias, pain, and more.

Well, we’ve done it. We’ve corralled massive piles of health and fitness information from a variety of leading health books, magazines and web sites, then squeezed out the most essential bits and massaged them into just 10 basic tips.

Below are some of the tests that Dr. Gregory Tefft and other individualized-nutrition experts suggest will show you the best picture of your current genetic and nutritional reality.

An emerging field of nutritional research dubbed “nutrigenomics” focuses on identifying and understanding molecular-level interaction between nutrients and other dietary bioadditives with the human genome during transcription, translation and expression (the processes by which proteins encoded by the genome are produced and, for better or for worse, do their thing).

Healing or harmful? When it comes to both your health and appearance, the sun may play a bigger role than you thought.

Antioxidants protect something infinitely important – your cells. These remarkable nutrients give freely of themselves so your cells can live and be healthy. Discover more about these power nutrients.

Too often, our intimate relationship with the natural world fades with childhood. But somewhere, in each of us, an essential craving remains.