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PUMPING IRONY: This Is Your Brain on Junk Food
As Big Pharma’s latest Alzheimer’s drug faces renewed skepticism, a new study suggests that avoiding ultraprocessed food may be a more promising approach to maintaining healthy cognitive function as we age.
13 Ways to Combat the Winter Blues at Work
Learn why we experience a lull in the winter months and how we can set ourselves up for success.
What Is a Behavioral Addiction?
Shopping, gambling, social-media use, and sex are all behaviors that are potentially addictive. Learn how they happen and what defines this type of addiction.
6 Strategies to Cope With Climate-Change Anxiety
Here’s how to move beyond fear, overwhelm, and anger — and respond with your emotional well-being intact.
How Terry Wahls, MD, Beat Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Visionary physician Terry Wahls, MD, beat MS and upset the conventional medical world with a simple, back-to-basics message.
Is Cracking Your Neck Bad for You?
What happens when you crack your own neck and the benefits of leaving neck adjustments to professionals.
5 Tips to Stay Sober
Quitting alcohol may not be easy, but it doesn’t have to be hard forever.
What Is Social Anxiety Disorder?
Mingling with unfamiliar people and eating in front of others are just two things that can cause debilitating symptoms for people with social anxiety disorder.
Game On!: 3 Ways Games Boost Your Health
Card and dice games have come to Life Time — and an ARORA co-founder shares three reasons getting dealt in is good for your health and well-being.
What Are the Risks of Taking an Aspirin Every Day?
For heart-healthy people over the age of 60, taking a daily aspirin has “no net benefit,” according to a recent JAMA report by the 2022 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
PUMPING IRONY: Zapped!
Can we cure dementia by zapping our brains with electrical currents? Some enterprising researchers would certainly like us to think so.
10 Rules for Aging Well
Every second of every day, all of us are aging, and yet we often wait to address — or altogether avoid — age-related concerns about our health until we reach a certain point in our years or our capabilities begin to diminish. Frank Lipman, MD, shares 10 essential factors he’s outlined for aging well, emphasizing that it’s never too late — or too early — to start embracing them, and that it’s not as difficult as you might think.
Does Exercising Help With Anxiety?
Yes, according to a recent study — and the more intense the exercise, the more it may help.
Do You Need a Heart-Rate Monitor?
Are these devices really worth it? A Life Time trainer shares the influence they can have on your training regimen and outcomes.
Kicking the Sugar Habit — Together
One Life Time team member and her parents enrolled in the Life Time Sugar Fix program together to eliminate the ingredient from their diets. This was their experience.
Why Do Some People Sweat Excessively?
Though rare, hyperhidrosis can cause someone to sweat a lot.
PUMPING IRONY: Is It Time for a New Take on Dementia?
As Big Pharma continues to flail away on the Alzheimer’s front, new research increasingly turns toward identifying lifestyle changes that can lower the risk of falling prey to the disease.
5 Markers For Every Health-Conscious Person to Know
Regularly testing for and tracking these markers can provide invaluable insights to the course of your health journey.
How to Balance Your Blood Sugar
Learn how blood sugar impacts nearly every aspect of health and understand the opportunities we have to intervene with lifestyle habits to better control it.
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.