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What to Eat After a Race

By Heidi Wachter

You did it! Now it’s time to recover. Discover how to fuel your body to reduce fatigue, ease soreness, and rebuild for your next challenge.

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How Ultraprocessed Foods Wreak Havoc on Your Metabolism

By Catherine Guthrie

Eating UPFs can undermine your digestion, gut health, and metabolism. Here’s why.

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What to Eat During a Race

By Heidi Wachter

Here’s how to cross the finish line with energy to spare.

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How Amino Acids Can Fuel Your Athletic Performance

By Lauren Bedosky

Learn how amino acids can support your body during a workout.

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PUMPING IRONY: When Retirement Beckons, Why Work?

By Craig Cox

Surrounded by retirees in my social circle these days, I’m often asked why I continue to work in my 70s. Recent research offers some persuasive rationale.

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6 Ways to Cut Back on Ultraprocessed Foods (UPFs)

By Catherine Guthrie

UPFs make up almost three-quarters of America’s food supply. Here are some tips to help reduce your consumption of ultraprocessed foods.

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What to Eat Before a Race

By Heidi Wachter

Experimenting with your nutrition strategy before your race is as important as deciding what shoes you’re going to wear. Dial in your fueling plan with this expert advice.

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What are the Warning Signs of Orthorexia?

By Pilar Gerasimo

If you’re wondering whether your attitude toward food has become too restrictive, here are eight questions to ask yourself.

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How to Find the Right Greens Powder for You

By Lauren Bedosky

The first step is identifying which nutrients you may be lacking.

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Perfect Your Plank With These Expert Cues

By Lauren Bedosky

This isometric full-body hold is a highly effective strength and stability builder, targeting the deep-core muscles of the abdomen as well as the shoulders, glutes, and back. Here’s how to nail the setup and perform it correctly.

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Watch Out For These Common Split Squat and Lunge Errors

By Lauren Bedosky

These moves — differentiated by whether both feet remain static (split squat) or one foot steps forward and backward (lunge) — strengthen the glutes, quads, and calves; build hip, knee, and ankle stability; and help improve overall balance. Here’s how to nail the setup and perform them correctly.

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Are Artificial Sweeteners Better Than Sugar?

By Catherine Guthrie

Here’s what the research says.

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What Is Oral-Systemic Dentistry?

By Mo Perry

Integrative dentists are looking deeper at the connection between oral health and overall health. Here’s why.

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New Study Finds Microplastics Can Cross Blood-Brain Barrier

By Michael Dregni

Our brains may be up to 0.5 percent plastic pollution — which may play a role in dementia — according to new research.

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How to Set Up a Barbell Bench Press

By Lauren Bedosky

This classic move builds chest and shoulder strength while also improving stability in the small, intrinsic muscles around the shoulder joint. Here’s how to avoid common errors in the setup.

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Afraid of the Dentist? Try These Strategies to Ease Your Anxiety

By Mo Perry

Here are a few things you can try to calm your nerves.

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Does Food Combining Reduce Sugar’s Impact?

By Catherine Guthrie

The short answer is yes. Here’s why.

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A Seated Flow to Help You Move Through Grief

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Try this gentle, seated sequence to help heal grief.

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How to Set Up a Bent-Over Dumbbell Row

By Lauren Bedosky

Building strength through the middle and upper back, lats, and shoulders, this row also enhances mobility through the scapulae and improves stability in the thoracic spine and deep abdominals. Here’s how to avoid common errors in the setup.

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Why Is Sugar So Hard to Identify in Processed Foods?

By Catherine Guthrie

Processed foods are pumped full of sugars for a variety of reasons. Here’s what you need to know.

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