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Immunity

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How to Ramp Up Your Energy

Is your body experiencing an energy shortage? Learn how your system creates and uses energy and you'll have a better shot at ramping up production to meet demand.
By Jennifer Barrett
ImmunitySleep
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How Much Vitamin C Do I Need Daily?

The recommended intake might be different if you have a chronic illness or are a smoker.
By Courtney Helgoe
ImmunitySupplements
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Understanding Emotional Biochemistry

Like it or not, emotions share some very real biochemical links with your nervous, endocrine, immune and digestive systems. Isn't it time you learned something about how your body responds to what you feel — and vice versa?
By Pilar Gerasimo
Brain HealthFunctional/Integrative Medicine
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What You Need to Know About Vitamin C

This essential nutrient supports nearly every aspect of health.
By Courtney Helgoe
ImmunityVitamins/Minerals
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Could Masks Help Build Immunity?

It's all about the "viral inoculum theory," according to infectious-disease experts.
By Michael Dregni
Covid-19Immunity
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8 Ways Exercise Makes You Gorgeous

Regular exercise also gives you a healthy, glowing look and an unmistakable va-va-voom that you just can’t get any other way.
By Catherine Guthrie
Active AgingHealthy Aging
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How Exercise Heals

Regular physical activity can help us recover more quickly, heal more easily, and get an edge over all kinds of disease and injury. In fact, exercise may just be nature’s best medicine.
By Experience Life Staff
Alzheimer’s & DementiaFitness Tips
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The Best Defense: Boost Your Immune System

Your immune system works to keep you healthy 24 hours a day. Here's how to help it operate at peak efficiency.
By Alyssa Ford
Functional/Integrative MedicineGut Health
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Does Exercise Boost the Immune System?

Exercise is an immune booster, but if you've been exposed to or are recovering from COVID-19, you might want to take it easy, according to a recent analysis.
By Craig Cox
Covid-19Functional/Integrative Medicine
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Why T Cells in Your Immune System May Be Your Strongest COVID-19 Defense

Coronavirus antibodies might not be long-lasting, but the latest research has found new hope for battling the virus — your adaptive T cells. And it may lead the way to a vaccine.
By Michael Dregni
Covid-19Immunity
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Why Eating Whole Foods are Key for Optimal Health

Enriched this, supplemental that. Look behind the hype and you’ll discover that whole foods deliver nutrition that “fragmented” and “isolated” nutrients simply can’t beat.
By Catherine Guthrie
Cooking & FoodImmunity
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What’s the Future of the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Leading epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH, outlines what we need to do to eradicate the coronavirus pandemic.
By Michael Dregni
Covid-19Immunity
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Why Balance is Key to a Boosted Immune System

A recent study published in the British Medical Journal reviews the connection between immunity, nutrition, and the novel coronavirus.
By Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT
ImmunitySupplements
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Zinc: The Mineral You Didn’t Know You Needed

Zinc may be a micromineral, but its impact on your body is major. Learn nine ways it impacts your health and how to optimize your levels.
By Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT
ImmunitySupplements
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What Is Herd Immunity, Anyway?

The concept of herd immunity is a growing part of the conversation about resolving the coronavirus pandemic. Infectious-disease researcher Daniel Altmann, PhD, offers insights on what it really means.
By Michael Dregni
Covid-19Immunity
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5 Markers for a Healthy Immune System

Your immune system and underlying health have never been more important than they are now — but do you know which health markers are most critical to keep healthy?
By Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT
ImmunitySupplements
Assortment of supplements and foods to boost immunity.

Talks — S1, EP15 / Boost Your Immune System: Tips for Nutrition, Supplements, and More

Get advice from Tom Nikkola, vice president of nutrition and virtual training at Life Time, about the eating and lifestyle choices that can compromise immunity, as well as how we can optimize our nutrition to help build this system. Plus, he shares some bonus tips for exercise and sleep.

With Tom Nikkola
ImmunitySleep
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Your Questions, Answered: Digestive Enzymes — Do I Need Them?

Because our natural production or function of digestive enzymes and acids can be blunted for various reasons, many people may feel and function better when supplementing with enzymes.
By Paul Kriegler, RD, CPT
Gut HealthImmunity
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Cynthia Li’s Success Story

Diagnosed with a baffling autoimmune illness, this physician had to question her medical training to find a path to healing.
By Cynthia Li
ImmunityMotivation & Inspiration
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What You Need to Know About Your Thyroid

Meet your thyroid, a delicate little gland located at the front of your throat. It controls how every cell in your body turns food and oxygen into energy — and that can mean big trouble if your thyroid goes on the fritz.
By Elizabeth Larsen
Functional/Integrative MedicineHormones
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5 Ways Your Body Tells You It’s Toxic

Our bodies are pretty good at letting us know when something is off. See if one of these signs might be indicating that it's time to detox.
By Anika Christ, RD, CPT
AutoimmunityGut Health
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