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9 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Microbiome
Here are some tips to protect and revitalize your microbial communities.
How Strength Training Balances Your Hormones
Looking to regulate your sex hormones and increase insulin sensitivity? Try weight training.
5 Ways to Eat for Energy
Forget cutting calories and skipping meals. Try these tips to boost your energy levels.
California Classifies Weed Killer Roundup as Cancer Causing
In milestone move, the state lists the world’s most applied herbicide as a human carcinogen.
How to Build Your Microbiome
Modern life is tough for the trillions of microbes living in your body. Learn what you can do to protect and strengthen them.
Shifting Focus: Sahar Aker’s Success Story
How cognitive behavioral therapy gave one woman the tools to work through depression and start a social-media movement.
Expert Answers: Is It Possible to Get Leaner and Stronger at the Same Time?
It’s possible — but the fitter you are, the harder it might be.
How to Release Deep Muscle Knots Using Trigger Points
Are myofascial problems holding you back? Discover how deep-release techniques can help you work out the kinks and improve your flexibility.
Anatomy of a Chicken Nugget
Ever wonder what goes into making a chicken nugget? Here’s more than you probably wanted to know.
9 Ways to Cultivate Courage
Simple ways to become your bravest self.
The Coconut Oil Kerfuffle
Why the recent AHA study demonizing coconut oil isn’t saying anything new.
You Are Your Own Guru
In her fierce new book, White Hot Truth, Danielle LaPorte talks about overcoming self-help fatigue and learning to love yourself.
6 Ways Strength Training Supports Overall Health
Here are six ways strength training supports your overall health — beyond building muscle and burning fat.
Yoga for Every Body: Q&A With Jessamyn Stanley
The body-positive advocate shares how we can all let go of doubt and be kinder to ourselves through yoga.
Cross-Training in the Garden: A Lesson From Alignment to Zucchini
Movement ecologist Katy Bowman offers 9 tips on how to cross-train in the garden.
4 Exercises to Boost Your Circulation
Trying to improve your circulation? Try these four exercises.
The Truth About Circulation
Can exercise help varicose veins? Are there quick fixes for cold hands? Learn what’s true — and false — when it comes to circulation.
Are Smartphones Causing Thumb Tendonitis?
As smartphone usage grows, more and more people are finding it to be a pain.
Psychobiotics: Using Gut Bacteria to Treat Mental Illness
Can probiotics and prebiotics improve our mental well-being?
Bounce Back: Tips and Strategies for Dealing with Low Back Pain
Lower-back pain doesn’t have to be devastating to your fitness routine. With the right exercise tactics, you can recover from many aches – and keep future back troubles at bay.
Can Statins Make Exercise Harder?
As many as one in five people taking the heart medication experience pain and fatigue, which makes working out more difficult — and less beneficial.