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Can I Plan Around the Phases of My Menstrual Cycle to Boost Athletic Performance?
Learn how to use cycle syncing to get the most from your fitness routine.
What Is Red Light Therapy?
Learn about this beauty trend and how it may benefit your skin and overall wellness.
What Is Feldenkrais?
Learn how this practice can help realign movement patterns and relieve both acute and chronic pain.
How to Use Nutrition to Relieve Acid Reflux
Try these foods and supplements to calm your reflux symptoms.
What Is a Scalp Detox?
For healthier hair, scalp care is key. A LifeSpa hairstylist explains the dos and don’ts of scalp detoxing for lusher locks.
What Is Inflammation?
Inflammation is a natural bodily response that is essential in acute circumstances — we need it to happen we get a paper cut or if we’re fighting a head cold. Its harmful effects occur, however, when it becomes chronic and systemic. Functional-medicine practitioner Gregory Plotnikoff, MD, shares what to know about inflammation, including what causes it, how it impacts our health, ways we can test for it, and proactive steps we can take in our daily lives to tame it.
The Trouble With Antacids
Discover how chronic use of this common over-the-counter medication can become problematic.
What Is Lymphatic-Drainage Massage?
This practice depuffs the skin and circulates fluids to provide internal and external benefits.
What to Know About Nutritional Supplementation
There’s a lot of confusion around supplements, leaving many wondering, “What supplements should I take?” or “Do I even need to take any at all?” Paul Kriegler, RD, CPT, shares the top supplements he recommends for most everyone, why supplementing is perhaps more important now than ever, and the importance of quality and how to identify the best options.
What is EFT and How Does it Work?
Learn how to manage stress and emotional challenges with Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), also known as tapping.
How Can I Figure Out What Triggers My Acid Reflux?
Caffeine, alcohol, citrus, and fried foods might be to blame.
What Causes the Inflammation Response to Become Chronic?
Chronic stress, a poor diet, and environmental toxins can all lead to the inflammation response getting stuck in the “on” position. Here’s why.
How Chronic Inflammation Affects Your Health
Our bodies need inflammation to fight off infection, but too much of it for too long can spur a wide range of illnesses. Learning to manage it effectively is key.
5 Ways to Manage Acid Reflux Without Medication
Acid reflux is unpleasant and all too common. Integrative nutritionists share how to manage acid reflux symptoms and rediscover the pleasure of eating.
How to Detox With Whole Foods
“Detox” is a long-debated topic: Some associate it with deprivation, while others think the practice is not necessary because of our body’s natural detoxification systems. Anika Christ, RD, joins us to clear up the confusion, and explains how to detox your body with a whole-foods approach that feels far from depriving — and that can support nearly everyone in feeling and functioning better.
What Is Self-Care, Really?
“Self-care” is a term that gets tossed around a lot, but what is self-care, really? In this episode, Brie Vortherms, MA, LMFT, and Barbara Powell, MA, of Life Time Mind talk about it in a way that may be new to you — and explain why they think it should be rebranded as “performance recovery.” They share the 12 types of self-care and three categories of ways to integrate it into our lives so we can better support our health and well-being.
What Is Energy Medicine?
Healing modalities that are nonpharmaceutical and noninvasive may sound “soft,” but many of them have been proven by centuries of use.
How to Keep Winter Skin Well-Hydrated
Expert tips for maintaining moisture in your body’s largest organ — and why it’s vital for general and skin health.
What’s on 7 Healthy-Living Experts’ 2022 Holiday Gift Lists
Plus, what they plan to give to loved ones and their advice for gift-giving and celebrating.
Can a CBD Massage Help Me Sleep Better?
An industry expert offers insights on how this service can support your efforts to physically and mentally unwind.
NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: How to Use CBD to Support Your Mental Health
Learn how this plant compound can help us regulate our mood and sleep for better mental health.