6 Misconceptions About Blood Pressure to Rethink
It’s time to cut through the confusion about this common health metric.
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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.
Fitness Supplements 101
Here are 4 go-to fitness supplements to help you get better, stronger, and faster.
How to Eat a More Climate-Friendly Diet
We know that our food choices affect our individual health; they also matter to the health of the planet.
Diversify Your Diet to Improve Your Health
A new study suggests that increasing the variety of the foods we eat could be key to avoiding type 2 diabetes and other chronic diseases.
Challenging Diet Culture Language
Heidi Wachter on body image, our food culture, and how we perceive “healthy”.
Why You Need to Eat Fiber
Even a relatively nutritious diet can deliver inadequate amounts of fiber. Learn why it’s so critical to your health — and which foods are high in fiber.
3 Supplements That Support Weight Loss
Don’t get confused with which supplements to take for weight loss — Life Time Training explains why multivitamins, fish oil, and protein are top choices.
The Nutrition and Supplementation Guide to Supporting Your Immune System
Discover which foods and supplements are essential for helping your body build a strong immune system.
Connecting ADHD and Nutrition
For kids with focus and behavior challenges, nutritional shifts may work as well as, or better than, medication.
The Plant-Powered Athlete
Prioritizing plant foods can benefit both your health and your fitness performance. Three athletes share how they fuel their active pursuits — and with great success.
The Rise of Adult ADHD
The number of adults diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is growing more than four times faster than diagnoses among children. What’s behind this trend — and what are the latest treatments?
Demystifying Detox
Detoxing is all the rage these days. But what’s the right way to approach it? Here’s everything you need to know to lose your toxins without losing your mind.
How Individualized Nutrition Optimizes Health
The ideal diet, the spot-on supplement strategy — can a few simple tests help you carve out the one and only nutritional program that’s perfect for you?
Reducing Inflammation: The Key to Sustaining Healthy Weight Loss
Subsisting on low-calorie foods and skipping meals is no way to lose weight – and no way to live. Instead, we should rid our diets of toxins and inflammatory irritants. As a byproduct of cleaning up our bodies, we’ll shed extra pounds.
Intuitive Eating for Weight Loss
As an alternative to doomed diet regimens, some weight-loss experts recommend tuning in to our own instincts and trying intuitive eating. But are our bodies’ cravings always a good guide?
How Sugar Affects Your Health
On average, Americans consume 22 teaspoons of sugar a day — which can fuel inflammation, candida overgrowth, and a variety of chronic diseases, including cancer. Here’s how to tame your sweet tooth.
Navigating Nutrition Controversies Surrounding Fat
Expert fats researcher Dr. Mary Enig offers surprising insider views on good fats, bad fats and the food police.
Fighting Inflammation
Some aging factors are beyond our control, but one of the biggest — inflammation — needn’t be. Here’s how you can extinguish the flames of chronic inflammation before they ignite.
CLA: Can This Fatty Acid Help You Lose Weight?
Fans of the CLA supplements believe it does. Here’s the skinny on how CLA works and whether or not it can help with weight loss.