Heart & Cardiovascular Health

Learn the hidden causes of heart disease, how it progresses, and how to prevent, and potentially reverse it, so you can own your cardiovascular health and be “heart smart.”

Understand the widespread and critical issue of insulin resistance, including its implications for health and the steps you can take to monitor and manage your blood sugar.

Understand the concept of metabolic inflammation — or “metaflammation” — and how it can silently affect metabolism, leading to accelerated aging, or “inflammaging.”

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.

Learn how GLP-1s can safely and strategically be used to support your health and weight-loss goals while also promoting overall wellness.

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.

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.

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.