Functional Wellness, Part 1: Genes and the Environment
Learn how your genes interact with your habits, lifestyle, and surroundings to create a healthy body — or an unhealthy one.
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Functional Wellness, Part 3: Digestive Health
A well-functioning digestive system is the cornerstone of good health. Find out how the gut works, what makes it vulnerable — and what you can do to keep your own digestive tract in tiptop shape.
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.
Functional Wellness, Part 2: Hormones and Inflammation
Hormonal imbalances can lead to a host of serious health problems, including inflammation, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, cancer, dementia and more. Here’s how to get your body back in balance.
Functional Wellness, Part 5: The Body-Mind Connection
Discover the truth about how your mind affects your body, how your body affects your brain, and what you can do to keep the whole brilliant system working to your advantage.
Functional Wellness, Part 4: Real Healthcare Reform
Everyone’s talking about universal coverage, single-payer plans, and other well-intended solutions to America’s healthcare access dilemma, but we’re missing the real question: What’s the point of giving more people access to a system that is likely to make them sicker?
How to Treat Long-Haul COVID
COVID-19 is leaving many with a disturbing array of chronic symptoms. These functional-medicine strategies can help.
The New View of Health
Once perceived as the domain of medical experts tasked with keeping our symptoms at bay, the realm of personal healthcare has expanded. It now includes broader definitions, more integrated, preventive approaches — and, perhaps most important, us.
Our Experts’ Top Health and Wellness Trends to Watch in 2023
Life Time experts share their predictions for what will be up and coming in the next year.
How Functional Medicine Came to the Military
A group of dedicated service members and physicians are bringing whole-person healthcare to the U.S. military to treat brain injuries, toxic exposures, gut dysbiosis, and more.
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.
How to Heal a Leaky Gut
Your intestines are home to a great deal of your digestive system, nervous system, and immune system. Here’s how to heal your gut lining and avoid leaky gut syndrome.
Mark Hyman: Take Care of Yourself
Functional-medicine pioneer Mark Hyman, MD, is doing his best to help you avoid the doctor altogether.
It’s Not All in Your Head: A Q&A With Author Sarah Ramey
A candid conversation about chronic illness based on one woman’s personal experience of seeking a diagnosis and treatment.
15 Health and Wellness Trends to Watch in 2024
Life Time experts share their predictions for what’s up-and-coming in the next year.
The Problem With Acid-Blocking Drugs
Senior editor Anjula Razdan on how acid-blocking drugs can lead to a vitamin B12 deficiency.
Change Agents
Meet five visionaries who are leading the charge to better health, and a healthier world.
Money, Politics and Health Care: A Disease-Creation Economy
Dr. Mark Hyman examines the connections of politics, money, and our healthcare system — and what we can do about it.
Plus-Size Wellness Advocate Sarah Sapora Talks About Getting Healthy
One woman’s journey to create a healthier life for herself led her to become a wellness advocate for people of all sizes.
Our Awards
Over the years, the Experience Life team has worked hard to provide smart, well-researched, beautifully designed stories to our readers — and our efforts have paid off. Here, a comprehensive list of awards and nominations that have come our way.