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5 Essential Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Mouth

Caring for your oral microbiome is vital to your overall health. Integrate these expert tips into your dental care routine to support a healthy balance of bacteria in your mouth.
By Mo Perry

How to Set Up a Barbell Deadlift

This compound movement strengthens the hamstrings, glutes, back, and core. It also trains the hip-hinge pattern, which has functional carryover to other exercises and daily activities. Here's how to avoid common errors in the setup.
By Lauren Bedosky

How Does Sugar Impact the Liver?

The liver plays a key role in processing sugar, but eating too many sugary foods and drinks can strain this essential organ. Here's why.
By Catherine Guthrie

What Is Sugar, Exactly?

There's more to sugar than what you may realize. Learn more.
By Catherine Guthrie

How to Set Up a Barbell Overhead Press

Reaching for or lifting objects overhead is commonplace, making this shoulder strengthener a truly functional exercise. Here's how to avoid common errors in the setup.
By Lauren Bedosky

Is It Possible to Have a Healthy Relationship With Sugar?

Yes. Here's some expert advice.
By Catherine Guthrie

Perform a Safe and Effective Kettlebell Swing With These Cues

This dynamic move builds full-body strength and explosive power, working the posterior chain as well as the upper body, namely your lats, forearms, and hands. Here's how to nail the setup and perform it correctly.
By Lauren Bedosky

Are You Making These Common Pushup Mistakes?

This fitness staple is a full-body exercise that builds core stability as well as back, arm, and chest power. Here's how to nail the setup and perform it correctly.
By Lauren Bedosky

The Best Exercises to Prepare For Falling Sideways

Trips and falls are inevitable. Here are some simple exercises you can practice to help prepare you mentally and physically when falling sideways.
By Lauren Bedosky

The Connection Between Heart-Rate Variability (HRV) and Vagal Tone

People with chronic stress tend to have low HRV. Learn why.
By Mo Perry

6 Powerful Health Benefits of Sleep

There are plenty of good reasons to turn out the lights and climb into bed at a reasonable hour. These are just a few of them.
By Laine Bergeson

8 Ways to Activate the Vagus Nerve — and Relieve Anxiety

The following techniques all safely stimulate the vagus nerve, but people with severe asthma, sleep apnea, or heart conditions should use caution with any electrical forms of VNS.
By Mo Perry

Is Mouthwash Bad for You?

You may want to cut down on the amount of mouthwash you use. Here's why.
By Catherine Guthrie

A Self-Acceptance Meditation

Try this short meditation to accept yourself just as you are.
By Henry Emmons, MD and Aimee Prasek, PhD

Does Nitric Oxide Help With Healthy Aging?

Learn more about nitric oxide and how it can help prevent age-related declines.
By Mo Perry

The Best Exercises to Prepare For Falling Forward

Trips and falls are inevitable. Here are some simple exercises you can practice to help prepare you mentally and physically when falling forward.
By Lauren Bedosky

How Can the Vagus Nerve Help Lower Inflammation?

Stimulating the vagus nerve leads to the release of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that affects inflammation. Learn more.
By Mo Perry

How to Boost Nitric Oxide

Nitric oxide is a gas that can’t be harnessed well in a supplement, so nitrate-rich foods are your best source. But, here are five other ways to increase the body’s production.
By Catherine Guthrie

4 Surprising Strategies to Maximize Quality Sleep

While evening routines can improve your sleep, these four additional strategies can help you achieve even more restful nights.
By Laine Bergeson

The Best Exercises to Prepare For Falling Backward

Trips and falls are inevitable. Here are some simple exercises you can practice to help prepare you mentally and physically when falling backward.
By Lauren Bedosky

Can You Measure Vagal Tone?

Yes. You can measure heart-rate variability, do the palatine-arch response test, and more.
By Mo Perry
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