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Does Food Reactivity Increase the Risk of Disordered Eating?
It can, but working with a functional nutritionist can help.
Do Compression Garments Work?
Compression garments and devices manipulate your circulatory system to boost performance and recovery. Are they right for you?
Sioux Chef Sean Sherman on the Importance of Indigenous Food
Native chef Sean Sherman is striving to decolonize America’s idea of food.
3 Unique Ways to Assess Your Heart Health
These simple-to-conduct assessments can provide valuable insights into the health of your heart — and guidance for your fitness regimen.
PUMPING IRONY: A Formula for Frailty
An outing with an elderly friend seems to corroborate recent research weighing the impact of social isolation on the physical fitness of seniors.
Can Hops Help Ease Insomnia?
This plant can ease anxiety and insomnia — especially sleeplessness related to nervous tension.
What Are the Best Strategies for Coping With and Recovering From Food Reactivity?
If your symptoms are mild, you could start with an elimination diet. Otherwise, it’s best to consult with a functional-medicine practitioner.
Everything You Need to Know About Hydration
Hydration is so good for our health that it’s become a hot wellness trend. We weigh in on the hype and answer common questions about what to drink and when.
Why Pickleball?
Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in America — but why? Ajay Pant shares the reasons the sport has exploded in popularity and what it is about the game that hooks players of all ages and experience levels once they give it a try.
Allergy, Sensitivity, or Intolerance? A Guide to Food-Reactivity Issues
Learn more about the difference between food allergies, intolerances, and sensitivities, what might be behind their increasing prevalence, and what you can do about them.
5 Eating Patterns to Avoid
Our relationship with food can be complicated. Here are five strategies to avoid secret snacking, mindless munching, and more.
PUMPING IRONY: Typecast
Can certain personality traits protect us from cognitive dysfunction as we grow old? New research holds out some hope, but I have my doubts.
Everyday Habits for Building Immunity
The topic of immunity has gotten a lot of attention because of the pandemic, yet our immune systems always need support so we’re healthy and strong at the metabolic level and prepared to fight off germs, bacteria, and other potentially compromising invaders. Paul Kriegler, RD, CPT, shares the lifestyle habits within our control that can build our immunity, including primary factors to be aware of and what might provide us with the greatest resilience.
Low-Fat Diets Linked to Low Testosterone
Higher-fat diets are associated with higher levels of testosterone, according to three small studies.
PUMPING IRONY: Is There a Pharmacist in the House?
The pandemic has pushed pharmacists into primary-care territory traditionally dominated by physicians, and some policymakers believe convenience and expense argue for giving them even more latitude to test and treat. The American Medical Association begs to differ.
What Is the Skin Microbiome?
Turns out our skin has as many microbes as our gut. Here’s why that matters for health.
Do the Chemicals in Single-Serve Coffee Pods Disrupt Hormones?
A recent study looked at estrogenic chemicals in pod-brewed coffee. Here’s what it found out.
How Nature Supports Our Mental Health
Here’s how nature supports our mind and mood — and how to get more of it.
Can the Common Cold Prime Our Immune System to Fight COVID?
Exposure to germs may help our B cells and T cells battle COVID later on.
PUMPING IRONY: Home Healthcare Shakeup: Palliative or Predatory?
Health-insurance conglomerates are gobbling up home-healthcare companies, despite the industry’s inability to attract and retain workers. Early signs suggest that few of the benefits of these mergers will accrue to caregivers and their elderly clients.
The Problem With Antimicrobial Cleaning Products
Surface transmission of COVID is rare. But, many of us are still using antimicrobial products to clean surfaces — and killing good bugs in the process.