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Can Eating A Variety of Foods Help You Avoid Food Intolerances?

Are you eating the same five or six foods every day? Stop! Enjoying a range of diverse fruits, veggies and lean proteins can help you correct chronic nutrient deficiencies – and even avoid food intolerances.

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How to Overcome Being Addicted to Busyness

Life in the fast lane might be exciting, but are you living quickly at the expense of living deeply? Learn how to say no to busyness and yes to what really matters.

How to Make Driving Less Stressful

October 1, 2006
Eliza Thomas
Attitude/Mindset, Health, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Stress, Travel, Work
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Does getting behind the wheel make you anxious or angry? Embark on the road to relaxation with these commute-improving tips.

How to Do Overspeed Training

October 1, 2006
Sarah Tuff
Cardio, Fitness, Fitness Tips, Intervals & Circuit Training, Running
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Feeling the need for speed? Yearning to turn on your turbojets? Overspeed training may deliver the velocity you've been missing.

What Is ChiRunning?

Plagued by chronic running injuries? Perhaps it's time to try ChiRunning, an intuitive style that works with your body and draws from your physical and spiritual center.

What Is Eccentric Training?

October 1, 2006
Krista Scott-Dixon
Fitness, Fitness Tips, Strength Training
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Go ahead and focus on the negative. With eccentric training, you can achieve some very positive workout results.

Hopping the Track

Funny thing about ruts: You don’t always recognize you’ve fallen into one until you’ve come out the other side. We’re creatures of habit, after all. And that’s not entirely a bad thing.

Bahram Akradi, founder, chairman, and CEO of Life Time — Healthy Way of Life

Goodbye, Convention. Hello, Evolution!

Among the many industries due for an evolution, I’d say the fitness industry ranks high. It seems like so much of it has remained trapped in the ’80s - the hype, the noise, the focus on the surface of things.

people climbing on an indoor climbing wall at Life Time

Getting Started With Indoor Rock Climbing

Convenient and safe, indoor climbing is attracting enthusiasts at all fitness levels. Discover the fundamentals of this engaging sport – and why it's likely to leave your whole body looking and feeling solid as a rock.

Eggs: Recipes, Techniques, and More

A familiar and formerly maligned food enjoys time in the spotlight – as one of nature's most nutritious and delicious culinary pleasures.

Healthy Fats for Kids

September 1, 2006
Nancy Duncan
Cooking & Food, Family/Parenting/Kids, Nutrition
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The skinny on essential fatty acids.

Are Women More Prone to Knee Injuries?

September 1, 2006
Krista Scott-Dixon
Arthritis & Joint Health, Fitness, Fitness Tips, Recovery
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If you're an active woman you may be at greater risk for knee injury than your male counterparts. Learn how to protect one of your body's most valuable joints.

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6 Strategies to Improve Fertility

If you want a baby, take note: making one may require a more cultivated effort than you thought.

Breaking the Gag Rule

September 1, 2006
Pilar Gerasimo
Blogs, Columns
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My nephew, Toliver, turns 12 this month, and like many kids his age, he names pizza, burgers, macaroni and cheese, chips, fries, and similar fare among his best-liked foods.

Fitness Hits Home

September 1, 2006
Bahram Akradi
Blogs, Columns
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Some of the most powerful messages we see and hear about fitness today (the ones that reach us through mass media) would seem to suggest that fitness is the domain of the young, the super-buff and, above all, the single.

Survival of the Fittest

The term “ageless vitality” has taken on a whole new meaning for me since this spring, when my 76-year-old father’s lifelong dedication to health and fitness may very well have saved his life.

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Ageless Vitality

July 1, 2006
Eliza Thomas
Active Aging, Health, Healthy Aging, Nutrition
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With age comes wisdom. And if you make wise choices, it can also come with robust health and fitness, great energy, and a generous dose of satisfaction. Discover the variables that play the biggest role in determining your vitality for a lifetime — and why it pays to start focusing on them now .

whole and half avocados displayed on a cutting board

Avocados: Nutrition, Kitchen Tricks, and More

Nutritional power and dining pleasure – all in one versatile, ready-to-eat package.

Sugar Breakdown: The Impact of Sugar on Your Body

July 1, 2006
Catherine Guthrie
Food Addiction, Nutrition, Nutrition Tips
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The effects of sugar on the body go beyond cavities. High blood-sugar levels have many negative health impacts, including many inflammation-based diseases. Here's how to cut back and balance your blood-sugar levels.

Forever Young: Dan Buettner

Extreme adventurer and educator Dan Buettner has broken world records, cycled the globe and sought answers to some of humankind's greatest mysteries. Now he sets his sights on a new frontier: unearthing the secrets of healthy longevity.

Two Colleagues Talking While Working Together

The Magic of Mentoring

Mentor or be mentored. Either way, you gain valuable wisdom and experience – and a meaningful personal connection. The best thing about mentoring? There's something in it for everyone.