Hiking Machu Picchu: A Preview
Senior fitness editor Maggie Fazeli Fard offers a sneak peek at her trek to Machu Picchu in hopes of inspiring you to take on a challenge that will push you in mind, body, and spirit.
Maggie Fazeli Fard
Marie Forleo: The Life You Want
Marie Forleo wants to help you build a life you love — by developing the gifts that are uniquely yours to give.
Fitness Fix: Building Better Ankle Mobility
Think you can’t squat because of a bad back? Tight hips? Weak knees? You may want to look lower down in the kinetic chain — the problem may just be tight ankles.
The Power of a Pushup: Tyson Mayr
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World traveler Tyson Mayr crusades for clean water in the Third World — and proves that simple acts can make a big difference.
Find Your Focus
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Psychologist Daniel Goleman says our success in life hinges on our ability to concentrate — and he offers ways to build and flex our “attention muscle.”
Primal Inspiration
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Experience Life’s fitness editor discovers that PrimalCon — an immersion into primal living in the modern world — involves more than just eating like a caveman.
The Voice: Vani Hari
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Activist-blogger Vani Hari — a.k.a. the Food Babe — on why universal access to healthy food is “a basic human right.”
Study Finds Exercise May Boost Gut Health
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A new study shows that exercise, along with a diverse diet that includes protein, can help the body’s multifaceted microbiome thrive.
The Forever Athlete
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What 95-year-old track star Olga Kotelko can teach us about living and aging well.
9 Benefits of Eating Fermented Foods
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Fermented foods boost the good bacteria in our guts, which makes us healthier, happier, and more resilient.
Lyme Disease: How to Protect Yourself This Summer
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The tick-borne illness, one of the fastest growing diseases in the United States, can be disabling if left untreated.
Triclosan, an antibacterial agent and suspected toxin, banned in Minnesota
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Although the Minnesota ban won’t go into effect until 2017, it’s possible that manufacturers will begin to phase out the questionable ingredient before then.
10 Things You Need to Know About Food Dyes
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At best, the dyes are aesthetic enhancers. At worst — and as many “real food” advocates claim — they are a public-health menace linked to behavioral problems and other consequences.
Who’s the Fittest of Them All?
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The American College of Sports Medicine released its annual list of fittest U.S. cities this week.
Beyond Weight Loss: 4 Ways Vegetables Improve Your Health
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Doctors across the country are prescribing fruits and vegetables to their overweight and obese patients. But the health benefits extend beyond weight loss.
Angela Sun: Explorer
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The journalist, documentary filmmaker, and surfer talks about her passions for storytelling and protecting the environment.
The psychological downside of labeling obesity a “disease”
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The American Medical Association’s “disease” label appears to boost feelings of self-acceptance among obese people — but it may also undermine weight-loss efforts, a recent study suggests.
Jumping Rope May Suppress Appetite
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Researchers suspect vertical motion may disrupt the gut in ways that reduce the urge to eat.
Coca-Cola to drop controversial chemical from all drinks
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Brominated vegetable oil, commonly used in sports drinks and sodas, has been banned in several countries because it’s both a flame retardant and a potential hormone disrupter.
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