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MIORA Performance and Longevity delivers a new standard in precision care and longevity medicine. Through advanced testing and personalized clinical care, MIORA helps individuals take control of their health, enhance performance, and extend longevity — all within select Life Time clubs.

This collection includes a curated range of resources around areas of health that are important to optimize if you want to not only increase your lifespan, but also your healthspan.

Inflammation

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Gregory professional photo for life time talks

What Is Inflammation? With Gregory Plotnikoff, MD

Learn 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.

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a woman wraps her arm around her shoulder

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.

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jim headshot

Inflammation and Aging: The Hidden Connection With Jim LaValle, RPh, CCN (Performance & Longevity Series)

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

Insulin and Blood-Sugar Management

A wave of lines going up and down like a roller coaster.
A wave of lines going up and down like a roller coaster.

The Ultimate Guide to Healthy Blood Sugar

Many of us are at risk of blood-sugar imbalance — whether you’re aware of it or not. Here’s everything to know about blood sugar, including the habits you can implement to control it.

Sam McKinney
Sam McKinney

How to Balance Your Blood Sugar With Samantha McKinney, RD

It’s estimated that as many as one in three U.S. adults have impaired blood-sugar control — and most are unaware until disease diagnosis. Learn how blood sugar impacts nearly every aspect of health and the things we can do to better control it.

a doctor reviews test results with a patient
a doctor reviews test results with a patient

Here’s What You Need to Know About A1C

High blood glucose and prediabetes diagnoses are becoming increasingly common, even among people who are otherwise in good health. Discover the factors that contribute to a concerning A1C reading, along with diet and lifestyle strategies that can help you regulate your blood-glucose levels.

Jim headshot and woman tracking food
Jim headshot and woman tracking food

Breaking Insulin Resistance: Your Guide to Blood-Sugar Mastery With Jim LaValle, RPh, CCN (Performance & Longevity Series)

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.

Thyroid Health

Hand touching thyroid gland
Hand touching thyroid gland

What You Need to Know About Your Thyroid

Meet your thyroid, a delicate little gland located at the front of your throat. It controls how every cell in your body turns food and oxygen into energy — and that can mean big trouble if your thyroid goes on the fritz.

Samantha McKinney
Samantha McKinney

Thyroid Health: How to Identify Imbalances + Tips for Support With Samantha McKinney, RD

Thyroid issues are prevalent: An estimated one in seven people are affected, with even more suffering from an imbalance — and many not even aware that their thyroid is behind their symptoms. Understand the signals our thyroid might be sending us, the tests to ask for, and the lifestyle habits we can implement to support our thyroids.

Thyroid
Thyroid

11 Facts About Your Thyroid

Millions of people suffer the symptoms of thyroid dysfunction without ever knowing why. Here are 11 critical things you should know now.

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thyroid-gland-illustration

How to Repair Your Thyroid

Millions of people suffer thyroid problems without ever knowing why. Here’s how to recognize and resolve thyroid dysfunction your doctor might miss.

Woman touching her neck
Woman touching her neck

How to Optimize Your Thyroid and Fuel Your Body’s Metabolism (Performance & Longevity Series)

Learn the important role of the thyroid in overall health as well as common symptoms of thyroid imbalance and key biomarkers that indicate how well the thyroid is functioning.

Stress and Resiliency

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The word stress being washed away by a wave on a beach

How Stress Affects Your Body

Understand how stress operates in your body — and how to reduce stress and build resilience.

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illustration of person sitting in a wreath that starts as a dead withered root and opens into a colorful flower

Complete the Stress Cycle

Human Giver Syndrome makes women uniquely vulnerable to stress-related illnesses and burnout. Renowned health educator Emily Nagoski, PhD, offers strategies we can all use to relieve the tension.

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Flower growing in asphalt

The 5 Best Ways to Build Resiliency

Why do some people bounce back from adversity and misfortune? Why do others fall apart? Find out which character strengths make all the difference — and how you can develop them yourself.

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jim headshot

Stress and Resiliency: Understanding Cortisol (Performance & Longevity Series)

Learn about how cortisol works within the body, signs it may be out of balance, and strategies for managing stress and creating a more resilient body.

Gut Health

Headshot of Samantha McKinney.
Headshot of Samantha McKinney.

Taking Care of Your Gut: Why It’s Critical to Health + How to Do It With Samantha McKinney, RD

The gut is connected to many aspects of our wellness. McKinney discusses the gut’s far-reaching effects, what harms it, and the daily lifestyle strategies we can use to support our gut health.

Building Your Microbiome
Building Your Microbiome

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.

A leaky faucet is pictured.
A leaky faucet is pictured.

What Is Leaky Gut?

We answer some of your most common questions about leaky gut syndrome.

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Illustration of gut health and woman holding stomach

How to Heal a Leaky Gut

Your intestines are home to a great deal of your digestive system, nervous system, and immune system. Here’s how to heal your gut lining and avoid leaky gut syndrome.

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Bacteria illustration

How Good Bacteria — and Bad Bacteria — Affect Your Microbiome

Find out why some internal bacteria are our friends – and why providing a happy, well-balance home for them is essential to our vitality and well-being.

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jim headshot

How to Build Immune Resilience (Performance & Longevity Series)

Learn about the many influences on the immune system and take away practical insights for boosting your immune health.

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person holding their stomach

Why Gut Health Is a Key to Better Health (Performance & Longevity Series)

Learn about the gut’s role in almost every aspect of health, signs it may not be functioning properly, and strategies for support.

Brain Health

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plate of food and head shot of edward

How to Keep Your Brain Healthy as You Age With Edward Park, PhD

Our brains age just like the rest of our bodies and it’s essential to do everything we can to maintain and support healthy brain function as the years pass by. Park shares the lifestyle strategies we have control over to support our brain health and help reduce the risk of decline and disease.

Illustration of brain with maze of string
Illustration of brain with maze of string

Untangling Alzheimer’s

Breakthroughs in understanding dementia are leading to new healthcare approaches. Nutrition, lifestyle, and sleep may be the keys to prevention.

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illio of a woman's face with brain neurons

What Can I Do to Lower My Alzheimer’s Risk and Dementia?

Neurologist David Perlmutter, MD, shares nine strategies for preventing cognitive decline.

Healthy Aging and the Brain: 5 Ways to Improve Neuroplasticity

The importance of exercising our brains as we age and advice for easy ways to strengthen cognitive functioning.

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illio of hand weights and a brain scan

8 Powerful Ways Exercise Benefits the Brain

The benefits of physical activity are more than muscle-deep. Moving your body builds and conditions your gray matter, making you smarter, happier, and more resilient.

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Portrait of relaxed young man with bluetooth headphones in forest

Build a Better Brain

Fitness is more than just losing weight and toning up — it’s a whole-body pursuit, one that includes tending to the health of one of your most important organs: the brain.

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jim headshot

Aging With Brain Power: How to Boost Your Mental Acuity and Cognition (Performance & Longevity Series)

Explore the key factors that affect cognitive health, and learn strategies for protecting your brain and optimizing mental acuity.

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person sleeping

Sleep and Resiliency: A Guide to This Essential Recovery and Repair Window (Performance & Longevity Series)

Learn about the critical role of sleep for health and longevity, the barriers that might be preventing you from getting enough quality sleep, and practical strategies for sleep improvement.

Heart Health

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A woman is lying on her back and lifting weights in the air.

Rethinking Heart Health

Think you know what makes for a healthy heart? Think again. New research and progressive practitioners are looking beyond cholesterol for answers.

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2-Get-Off-Bandwagon

8 Ways to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease

Tips from our experts on the best lifestyle changes that can help you take a proactive approach to preventing — or even reversing — heart disease.

An illustration of a heart in the middle of a stethoscope.
An illustration of a heart in the middle of a stethoscope.

6 Misconceptions About Blood Pressure to Rethink

It’s time to cut through the confusion about this common health metric.

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A woman looking at her Apple Watch and her phone for heart-rate and activity metics.

3 Unique Ways to Assess Your Heart Health

These simple-to-conduct assessments can provide valuable insights into the health of your heart — and guidance for your fitness regimen.

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person with hands on heart

Becoming Heart Smart (Performance & Longevity Series)

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.”

Detoxification

Anika Christ
Anika Christ

How to Detox With Whole Foods With Anika Christ, RD, CPT

Learn 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.

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a collection of detoxifying food

12 Strategies for a Safe Detox

If you detox too quickly — or without the right support — you might reabsorb some of the toxins you’re trying to get rid of. Here are some tips to detox safely.

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Person chopping up fresh vegetables.

How a Dietitian Does a Detox

Looking to rid your body of unwanted toxins? These 12 strategies will set you up for a successful detox — and help you to not feel deprived.

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Person walking on a treadmill at Life Time

Ask Coach Anika: How Do I Exercise During a Detox?

Advice for continuing your workouts while participating in Life Time’s D.TOX program.

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person cutting vegetables

Detoxification Done Right (Performance & Longevity Series)

Learn about the body’s natural detoxification process, how it works within the body, and what you can do to support this aspect of your health.

Female Hormone Optimization

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Person stretching their arm

Female Hormone Balance and Optimization: A Panel Discussion With Life Time’s MIORA Leaders

Life Time’s MIORA leaders explain the key hormones involved in female wellness, how to recognize common signs of imbalance, the importance of testing, and methods to support your hormones.

An illustration of a scale balancing a male gender symbol and a female gender symbol.
An illustration of a scale balancing a male gender symbol and a female gender symbol.

Balancing Your Sex Hormones

This group of hormones can impact everything from fertility and libido to weight management and mood. Learn the role they play and how to tell if they’re off, plus seven strategies to help keep them balanced.

Illustration of moons.
Illustration of moons.

A Women’s Guide: 5 Practical Ways to Balance Hormones

An imbalance in hormones can be to blame for weight gain and other unwanted symptoms — and learning to balance them is often people’s secret to success.

man and woman walking in the forest
man and woman walking in the forest

Hormone Health and Longevity: Making the Connection With Elizabeth Yurth, MD

Learn how hormones change as we age, as well as how to safely optimize them to benefit health, as well as improve longevity.

illustration of male and female icons with a balance scale
illustration of male and female icons with a balance scale

How to Balance Your Hormones as You Age

Supplementing with exogenous hormones — think testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone — for age-related concerns has become commonplace. Here’s what to know about hormone therapies and their broader effects on health.

Woman in sauna
Woman in sauna

Hormone Optimization: The Women’s Guide to Vitality (Performance & Longevity Series)

Learn what’s behind the rise of hormone issues in women of all ages — and about the strategies that can help women take back control of this aspect of their health.

Male Hormone Optimization

A male with gray hair exercising with a medicine ball on a beach.
A male with gray hair exercising with a medicine ball on a beach.

Male Hormone Balance and Optimization: A Panel Discussion With Life Time’s MIORA Leaders

Learn from Life Time’s MIORA leaders about the unique aspects of male hormone health, including strategies for optimizing and balancing hormones.

An illustration of a scale balancing a male gender symbol and a female gender symbol.
An illustration of a scale balancing a male gender symbol and a female gender symbol.

Balancing Your Sex Hormones

This group of hormones can impact everything from fertility and libido to weight management and mood. Learn the role they play and how to tell if they’re off, plus seven strategies to help keep them balanced.

illustration of male and female icons with a balance scale
illustration of male and female icons with a balance scale

How to Balance Your Hormones as You Age

Supplementing with exogenous hormones — think testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone — for age-related concerns has become commonplace. Here’s what to know about hormone therapies and their broader effects on health.

Greg Pippert's headshot next to an image of an older man running outside.
Greg Pippert's headshot next to an image of an older man running outside.

Hormone Optimization: The Men’s Guide to Vitality (Performance & Longevity Series)

Learn what’s behind the rise of hormone issues in men of all ages — and about the strategies that can help men address hormonal issues and better control this area of their health.

Increased Vitality

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Jim and Cliff headshot

What Is Metabolic Health, Anyway? With Jim LaValle, RPh, CCN & Cliff Edberg, RD, CPT

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.

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headshot jim lavalle

A Clearer View of Health: A Guide to Understanding Comprehensive BloodworkHow to Balance Your Hormones as You Age With Jim LaValle, RPh, CCN

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.

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Jim and Jeff headshot

Living Well While You Live Long: The Growing Quest for Longevity With Jeff Zwiefel and Jim LaValle, RPh, CCN

Most of us, regardless of our age, are looking to optimize not only our lifespan, but also our health span. Learn the lifestyle factors that contribute to a long and healthy life, as well as the growing body of resources and tools that can support this effort, including MIORA Performance and Longevity at Life Time.

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A Life Time team member working with a member who's using the InBody scale in the club.

5 Markers For Every Health-Conscious Person to Know

Regularly testing for and tracking these markers can provide invaluable insights to the course of your health journey.

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a senior woman sits on a beach at sunset

10 Essentials of Aging Well

Functional-medicine pioneer Frank Lipman, MD, offers simple strategies to improve how we age.

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jim headshot

Pursuing Peak Performance: How to Reach Your Full Potential (Performance & Longevity Series)

Learn steps you can take — no matter your age or stage in life — to achieve your best possible health.

Healthy Skin and Body

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woman sitting by the ocean

How to Support Your Hair, Body & Skin as You Age

LifeSpa experts offer tips for aging healthfully.

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A close up of a woman's face who has a large amount of freckles.

8 Factors That Age Us Prematurely — and What We Can Do About Them

Some of our daily habits may be doing more harm than good when it comes to how we age. Discover some basic lifestyle shifts that can slow the effects of this natural process.

Woman doing skincare routine
Woman doing skincare routine

What Your Skin Is Trying to Tell You

Acne, eczema, psoriasis, and other skin conditions can be red flags pointing to more serious health concerns. Here are six of the most common — and how they might be speaking for the rest of your body.

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a woman holds sliced fruit by her face

11 Vital Nutrients for Skin Health

Here are some of the most important nutrients for skin health, including collagen, probiotics, selenium, and nitric oxide.

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