Heart & Cardiovascular Health
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How a 17-Year-Old’s Cardiac Emergency Changed His Mindset
A young entrepreneur discovers that living mindfully matters more than obsessing about success.
What Does My Resting Heart Rate Tell Me About My Health and Fitness?
Delve into what this measurement means for your heart health and exercise goals.
What Is Metabolic Health, Anyway?
Gain an understanding of eight factors that can help you better understand your current metabolic health, including why each is important for longevity and vitality.
What Are the Best Heart-Healthy Foods?
Experts share which ingredients they keep in their heart-healthy pantries — and which foods they try to avoid.
Hormone Health and Longevity: Making the Connection
Learn how hormones change as we age, as well as how to safely optimize them to benefit health, as well as improve longevity.
Training for Longevity
Learn the connection between fitness and longevity and strategies for training to be fit for life.
GLP-1s, Weight Loss, and Health: A Panel Discussion With Life Time’s MIORA Leaders
Learn how GLP-1s can safely and strategically be used to support your health and weight-loss goals while also promoting overall wellness.
Can Fish Oil Supplements Help Moderate the Inflammation Response?
The role of omega-3s in managing chronic inflammation and promoting long-term health.
Listen Up: Why Taking Care of Your Hearing Health Matters
One in four people are projected to have some degree of hearing loss by 2025, according to the World Health Organization — and hearing loss is connected to several deeper health impacts, including cognitive decline and cardiovascular function.
A Clearer View of Health: A Guide to Understanding Comprehensive Bloodwork
Learn about some additional blood markers you can have tested beyond the traditional panels and why they matter for painting a more complete picture of your current state of your health.
A Clearer View of Heart Disease
The coronary artery calcium (CAC) scan can offer a better picture of who should actually take statins. Here’s why.
What Is Hypotension?
Hypotension, or low blood pressure, may pose a risk to your health. Here are some signs your blood pressure is dangerously low.
PUMPING IRONY: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Recent research suggests that the “good” cholesterol that helps seniors prevent heart attacks and strokes may also raise their risk of developing dementia.
Why Active Metabolic Assessment?
The Active Metabolic Assessment, often referred to as an AMA, is a test that assesses your current fitness status and provides data that can inform your fitness program and make your workouts more efficient. Anika Christ, CPT, RD, explains what the AMA is, the data you get from it, why that information is important, and how to use it to tailor your exercise regimen.
The Surprising Connection Between Your Calves and Heart Health
Referred to as your “second heart,” your calves play a vital role in your cardiovascular health. Here’s how.
Why Collagen?
Collagen is something of a buzzword in the nutrition world of late, yet this nutrient has always been important to our overall health. As our eating patterns have steered toward processed and convenience foods over the past 60 years, our dietary needs for collagen have increased — hence the growing interest in collagen supplementation. Anika Christ, RD, explains what collagen is, its role in our body, and its advantages for health. She also offers guidance around supplementation and supporting your body’s natural production of this nutrient.
PUMPING IRONY: Cholesterol: The Good, the Bad, and the Unpredictable
Cholesterol has long been known for its role in cardiovascular function, but new research suggests it may someday be put to work to hinder the development of Alzheimer’s.
PUMPING IRONY: A Sudden Change of Heart
A “hypertensive crisis” flings me into the gaping maw of the conventional healthcare system, where I learn to accept its many foibles — and (sheepishly) embrace its pharmaceutical remedies.
Life Time in the News: “His Doctor Said He Wouldn’t Make it to 50 Years Old — So He Lost 230 Pounds”
How a doctor’s visit prompted this Life Time member to start a transformational weight-loss journey.
How Walking Strengthens Your Heart and Lungs
For more cardiovascular benefits, you can increase your pace and walk up and down hills.
What Is Inflammation?
Inflammation is a natural bodily response that is essential in acute circumstances — we need it to happen we get a paper cut or if we’re fighting a head cold. Its harmful effects occur, however, when it becomes chronic and systemic. Functional-medicine practitioner Gregory Plotnikoff, MD, shares what to know about inflammation, including what causes it, how it impacts our health, ways we can test for it, and proactive steps we can take in our daily lives to tame it.