How to Relieve Stress During a Pandemic
You may be experiencing a chronic state of stress activation known as “allostatic load.” Our experts offer five techniques to help you de-stress and re-center.
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Out From Under: Escaping the Burdens of Debt Stress
The worry, distraction and shame associated with debt can take an emotional and physical toll on our health. Here’s a look at the confounding factors that make debt such an oppressive source of stress, and some tips on how you can break free.
How Movement Therapy Can Heal Traumatic Stress
Traumatic stress can be debilitating and terrifying. Movement therapy — involving increasingly accessible, thoughtful approaches to exercise — offers new hope.
Maximize Your Metabolism
If you want to take off — and keep off — unwanted pounds, a healthy metabolism is your body’s best fat-burning friend. Find out which habits can make or break your body’s ability to produce energy from would-be pudge.
Zinc: The Mineral You Didn’t Know You Needed
Zinc may be a micromineral, but its impact on your body is major. Learn nine ways it impacts your health and how to optimize your levels.
Functional Wellness, Part 6: Energy, Mitochondria and Toxicity
Mighty mitochondria — those little factories inside our cells that generate energy — play a central role in our metabolism, our vitality and our well-being. Find out how to rev your cellular engines, rid them of the gunk and damage that slows them down, and start feeling your healthy best.
The Trials and Tribulations of the Everyday Athlete
We often push our bodies to their limits — and that’s not always a good thing. Here’s how to balance athletic pursuits with respect for your body, your mind, and your loved ones.
See the Big Picture: 5 Fundamentals of a Healthy Life
Discover what you can start doing now to prepare for your healthiest, most vibrant future.
How to Eat More Veggies
Committed to healthier eating? Here’s how to pile your plate with even more vegetables.
How to Help Kids Manage Stress
Mental health experts offer tips for spotting signs of stress in children, along with healthy ways to help them cope. Plus, discover three mindfulness exercises for the whole family.
How Exercise Can Help Build Physical — and Mental — Resilience
Learn how exercise can help build a body and mind that can roll with life’s punches — and come back stronger after stress.
How to Treat Adrenal Fatigue Naturally
The weight of daily responsibilities and the burdens of chronic stress have produced an epidemic of adrenal fatigue. Find out if this energy-zapping condition is dragging you down, and how to treat it naturally.
7 Adaptogens for Health
Adaptogenic herbs like ginseng are great for battling stress and boosting your overall immunity, strength, and resilience.
The Best Defense: Boost Your Immune System
Your immune system works to keep you healthy 24 hours a day. Here’s how to help it operate at peak efficiency.
Heal Your Gut, Heal Your Joints
A leading functional-medicine physician explains her gut-healing protocol for overcoming arthritis.
DIGIN: A 5-Step Functional-Medicine Protocol to Treat Digestive Disorders
This framework can help simplify the process of diagnosing and treating complex digestive disorders.
The Health Benefits of Blood and Lab Testing
Direct-to-consumer lab testing gives us a chance to see our biochemical realities more clearly — sometimes with surprising results.
Navigating Menopause
A proactive decade-by-decade plan for preparing for perimenopause and menopause that supports a gradual — and even positive — life change.
Why Being Around Water Is So Good for Our Psyches
A marine biologist on why water calms our brains.
Low Testosterone: Causes, Symptoms, and Solutions
Low testosterone is more common than people realize — in both men and women. Here’s what you need to know, so you know what to do.
Upgrade Your Brain
Your brain changes over the course of your lifetime — for better or for worse. Here’s how to make the most of your gray matter.