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Field Notes: Feral Hog Factsheet
Learn more about wild hogs, which are running amuck in Texas and other southern states.
How One Senior Man Impressed His Family With His Newfound Flexibility From Yoga
Want to be fit and flexible at all stages of your life? Practice yoga.
Culinary Spices and Cancer Prevention
A Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach shares the cancer-fighting properties of spices.
PUMPING IRONY: Meditating on Outcomes
Has 20 years of Buddhist meditation made me a better person? Who cares?
A Nutrition Expert Shares Her Food Label Wish List
The integrative nutritionist shares her top five recommendations for the FDA’s revised nutrition labels.
PUMPING IRONY: The Happiness Factor
A new study out of the UK validates my world view: Do stuff that makes you happy and you’ll maintain your functionality longer.
Exercise Can Transform White Fat to Calorie-Burning Brown Fat
Physical activity can convert some of our bodies’ bad “white” fat into good, calorie-burning “brown” fat.
How To Be A “Morning Person”
Staff writer and natural night owl Maggie Fazeli Fard shares her tips to become an early bird and considers why it’s not always “better” to be a morning person.
PUMPING IRONY: Hoops Fantasy vs. Reality
Playground basketball is not for geezers like me, no matter what fantasies get peddled in the media. That doesn’t mean us 60-somethings can’t play.
Debunking News of Sweden’s “Low-Carb, High-Fat” Guidelines
Although the Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment found benefits of eating healthy fats, they won’t be changing their guidelines.
Beautiful Girl: A Book for My Daughter
Jamie Martin shares a book aimed at encouraging healthy body image in girls from a young age.
Lessons in Camel Pose
How a “heart-opening” yoga pose can teach you to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
