What Is Overtraining?
Are your workouts leaving you overwhelmed or overly sore? Before you blame it on overtraining syndrome, consider whether one of three more likely scenarios might be to blame.
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How to Maintain Body Positivity in a Digital Age
The web is full of opportunities for self-comparison — and self-judgment. Here’s how to protect your body confidence.
Letting the Sunshine In: Susan Zemke’s Success Story
How correcting a serious vitamin-D deficiency helped one woman transform her life.
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.
Frankenfood: The Health Concerns and Risks of Genetically Modified Foods
Genetically modified food is everywhere in America’s supermarkets and restaurants. And since it’s not labeled, most of us have no idea how much of it we’re eating — or how much it’s affecting our health.
What Is Functional Medicine?
Many people are finding better health solutions with functional medicine, a new model for how to practice medicine and treat chronic disease.
Revolutionary Act 7: Practice Medicine Without a License
Research your own conditions and treatment alternatives, ask questions, and seek second opinions with impunity. Leverage the expertise of trained pros, but don’t allow it to eclipse your own informed instincts about what’s best for you.
COVID-19 and You: A Healthier Look at the Current Crisis
The coronavirus crisis is extremely concerning, but there is a healthier way to understand it and what you can do to help overcome the pandemic.
Why This Scale is the Best Way to Measure Progress
If you have a weight-loss goal, you probably want to look outside of the traditional bathroom scale to assess your success.
Nutrigenomics: Understanding Personalized Nutrition and 7 Genetic Tests
An emerging field of nutritional research dubbed “nutrigenomics” focuses on identifying and understanding molecular-level interaction between nutrients and other dietary bioadditives with the human genome during transcription, translation and expression (the processes by which proteins encoded by the genome are produced and, for better or for worse, do their thing).
What’s New With Life Time in Minnesota
Get a glimpse at how the healthy-way-of-life company is reaching more people in fresh, innovative ways in its home state.
A Guide to Understanding Gluten and Gluten Sensitivity
Learn about the latest research on gluten intolerance.
PUMPING IRONY: Is There a Pharmacist in the House?
The pandemic has pushed pharmacists into primary-care territory traditionally dominated by physicians, and some policymakers believe convenience and expense argue for giving them even more latitude to test and treat. The American Medical Association begs to differ.
A Calling From Cancer
When two sisters received back-to-back breast-cancer diagnoses, they developed a virtual system to support each other — and became inspired to do the same for others.
7 Steps to Improve Your Adrenal Function
Plus, how a Life Time dietitian overcame her own adrenal fatigue.
Should You Test Your Bone Density?
A bone-density test is the gold standard for diagnosing osteoporosis — and can help you assess your risk of fracture.
What Trapper Steinle Eats to Fuel His Fitness
There’s no one-size-fits-all formula for fueling your fitness endeavors. Here’s how Trapper Steinle powers and recovers from his workout.
9 Missing Links to Weight Loss
These often-overlooked factors can help you achieve — and sustain — a healthy weight.
5 Causes of Unexplained Infertility
Here are five possible causes of infertility — and lifestyle modifications that can help women address them.
The New Science of Concussions
As doctors learn more about their consequences, people who have suffered traumatic brain injuries are finding renewed hope.
How To Choose Better Personal-Care Products
While conventional personal-care products still contain plenty of less-than-lovely ingredients, a growing number of companies are putting on a fresher, cleaner face.