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- Nutrition -

Truth on Tap

By Courtney Helgoe

Bottled water is more expensive than you think. Discover why tap is usually the better choice.

- Nutrition -

Fish Smarts for Pregnant Women

By Courtney Lewis Opdahl

Which fish should pregnant women eat? For optimal health, the key is looking at both mercury content and omega-3 fatty-acid levels.

- Food Culture -

Revolutionary Act 31: Go Easy on the Sugar and Flour

By Pilar Gerasimo

These two ingredients have a starring role in most packaged foods we eat. More than any other culprit, they fuel our chronic-disease epidemic.

- Functional Medicine -

Are You Overmedicated?: An Interview With Andrew Weil, MD

By Anjula Razdan

Integrative-medicine pioneer Andrew Weil, MD, talks to us about his new book, Mind Over Meds, and why Americans are taking too many drugs.

- Nutrition -

The Daily Detox

By Megan Gilmore

Whole-food recipes that support your body's natural detoxification systems.

- Nutrition -

Agricultural Pesticides Found in Tap Water. Here’s What To Do.

By Heidi Wachter

A widely used class of agricultural pesticides has been found in drinking water, according to a new study. Here’s how to mitigate their presence.

- Hormones -

The Problem With Hormonal Birth Control: An Interview with Aviva Romm, MD

By Casie Leigh Lukes

Functional-medicine doc and hormone expert Aviva Romm, MD, talks to us about the health effects of hormonal contraception — and what to do about it.

A jumble of whole yellow onions and whole heads of garlic are pictured.

- Clean Eating -

Defend Yourself Against Allergies

By Laine Bergeson Becco, FMCHC

Here are twelve lifestyle-based strategies to reduce your allergy susceptibility.

- Clean Eating -

Allergy, Intolerance, or Sensitivity?

By Laine Bergeson Becco, FMCHC

When it comes to differentiating between an allergy and a senstivity or intolerance, not all tests are created equal.

- Food Culture -

Taking On the Allergy Epidemic

By Laine Bergeson Becco, FMCHC

Health experts are uncovering new ways to help us build resistance to allergies despite the challenging environment, along with straightforward strategies to help us stay healthy.

- Nutrition -

6 Ways to Find Food From Good Soil

By Kristin Ohlson

Looking for food grown in healthy soil? Here are six surprising tips.

- Clean Eating -

10 Surprising Signs You Have an Allergy or Sensitivity

By Laine Bergeson Becco, FMCHC

Forget runny noses and itchy eyes — allergies can manifest in many unexpected ways.

- Clean Eating -

A Whiff of Good News

By Courtney Helgoe

Industry giant Unilever opts to reveal fragrance chemicals in all of its personal-care brands.

- Clean Eating -

Revolutionary Act 28: Watch Your Reactions

By Pilar Gerasimo

Up to 70 percent of adults are intolerant of dairy, gluten, or other dietary triggers. Learn if you’re one of them. Digestive, skin, joint, energy, and mood problems may be your first clue.

An illustration of different types of food

- Food Culture -

6 Ways to Reclaim Your Taste Buds

By Julie Kendrick

These six strategies can help you reawaken your body’s built-in nutritional wisdom.

- Stress Relief -

Learn to Be Well

By Courtney Helgoe

Well-being is not simply the result of good genes or good luck, says pioneering researcher Richard Davidson, PhD. It's a skill we can cultivate.

- Clean Eating -

Revolutionary Act 21: Keep Your Body Clean, Inside and Out

By Pilar Gerasimo

Toxins, poisons, and other gunk have no place in the temple. Avoid artificial flavors, preservatives, colors, fragrances, petrochemicals, and other toxic ingredients whenever possible.

- Nutrition -

A Shopper’s Guide for Avoiding Pesticides

By Kaelyn Riley

The Environmental Working Group updated their Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 lists of conventionally grown produce for 2016 — with a new fruit topping the chart.