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PUMPING IRONY: Is It Time for a New Take on Dementia?
As Big Pharma continues to flail away on the Alzheimer’s front, new research increasingly turns toward identifying lifestyle changes that can lower the risk of falling prey to the disease.
5 Markers For Every Health-Conscious Person to Know
Regularly testing for and tracking these markers can provide invaluable insights to the course of your health journey.
How to Balance Your Blood Sugar
It’s estimated that as many as one in three U.S. adults have impaired blood-sugar control — and most are unaware until disease diagnosis. This often means missing months or years of opportunities to intervene with lifestyle habits. Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT, explains how blood sugar impacts nearly every aspect of our health and walks us through the many things we can do to better control it.
Does Sweating Change With Age?
From birth to puberty to perimenopause and menopause in women, sweating changes a lot.
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.
How to Read Misleading Food Labels
Healthwashing, greenwashing, and humanewashing are Big Food marketing trickery. This handy glossary of labeling terms explains what they mean — and don’t mean.
PUMPING IRONY: Easy Pickings
Some 5 million elderly Americans fall prey to scam artists each year, and those who struggle to maintain social connections may be more vulnerable than most. A new evaluation program designed to measure an individual’s ability to make good choices could offer some help.
Demi Church’s Success Story
A woman struggling with three autoimmune diseases discovers the healing power of food and lifestyle changes.
Finding My Groove Again
How a resurfaced workout playlist sparked this Life Time team member to find fitness — and joy in it — once again.
Stories of Pride: Four LGBTQ+ Team Members Share What the Month of June Means to Them
These four Life Time team members share how uplifting, celebrating, and supporting the LGBTQ+ community is vital to our health — and goes well beyond Pride Month every June.
Why Does My Sweat Stink When I’m Stressed?
It all comes down to the apocrine glands.
5-Minute Meditation to Prepare for Sleep
Let go of the day and invite in relaxation with this guided meditation.
Changing Lives
For these eight Life Time members, choosing fitness changed everything.
What Is Homeopathy?
Treating mild ailments with homeopathic medicine is becoming more mainstream in U.S. healthcare. Learn how it works, and how to make it part of your own healthcare toolkit.
How to Talk About Mental Health — and Ask for Help
The key? Understanding and overcoming the stigma surrounding mental health.
How to Treat Postconcussion Syndrome
About 20 percent of people who sustain a traumatic brain injury have postconcussion syndrome — symptoms that last for months or even years. Here are three therapies that may help.
Rethinking Nutrition . . . for Real
After years of quick-fix dieting, the cofounder of the ARORA program finally progressed toward her health goals when she made healthy eating a lifestyle.
Gardens That Heal: Q&A With Juliet Blankespoor
Herbs like basil, thyme, fennel, mint, and more can be used in cooking — and in herbal medicine.
PUMPING IRONY: Dying to Get Better
A trip to hospice typically means you’ve given up on life. But what if you could receive in-home palliative care while still pursuing treatments for your afflictions? A Medicare pilot program suggests it could prolong lives — and save the agency money.
All About Heart-Rate Training: How to Use it to Maximize Your Fitness Efforts
Heart rate can be a powerful tool for building fitness and seeing results from your exercise regimen. Danny King, Master Trainer, shares what to know about heart-rate training, including what it is, how to use it in your workouts, and the ways you can identify the key metrics needed for yourself.
Becoming an Effective Fat Burner: How to Build Your Aerobic Base
The benefits of burning fat efficiently go well beyond aesthetics. Here’s advice for how to do it — and not stress your system.