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Power Aging

By Dimity McDowell

The older, the better? You bet! These age-specific strategies will help you get off on the right foot.

Shot of a group unrecognizable people's hands each taking a slice of cake on a dinner table

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Guilty Pleasures

Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl on why you don't have to deny yourself during the holidays. Just make sure that comfort food is really worth any subsequent discomfort.

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5 Ways to Maintain and Spread Healthy Habits

By Katie Dohman

By now we've heard that obesity is contagious. Well, the flip side of that is that healthy habits are contagious, too. Here's how to build and share those habits with everyone around you.

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Coca-Cola to drop controversial chemical from all drinks

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

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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TwoGrand: Reimagining the food journal, one photo at a time

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Pictures trump calorie-counting on TwoGrand, a recent addition to the bastion of food and exercise tracking apps.

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What makes a “Shamrock Shake” green?

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

We take a look at the artificial food dyes that give St. Patrick's Day-themed treats their signature hue.

Only 8 percent of people who make New Year's resolutions actually succeed, according to the University of Scranton. Take heart: By learning a few tricks to bolster your willpower, this year can be different.

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People

By Courtney Helgoe

The authors of Blindspot show us how to “outsmart the machinery of our own hidden biases.”

Shift Change: Scott Johnson’s Success Story

By Courtney Helgoe

A bartender leaves his life long job, finds work in a natural food co-op, and radically overhauls his health.

Magic 8 ball that says "Signs Suggest Yes"

Ready, Aim . . . Aim Again

By Courtney Helgoe

In their new book Decisive, business strategists Chip and Dan Heath explain how to avoid the usual pitfalls of decision making.

The Antidote

By Laine Bergeson Becco, FMCHC

Ideas on obsessing less about happiness from author Oliver Burkeman's best-selling new book.

A New Path: Courtney Lewis Opdahl’s Success Story

By Courtney Lewis Opdahl

One woman's journey from yo-yo diets and a spirit-crushing obsession with weight to a happy, healthy rebirth.

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

- Perspective by Bahram Akradi -

Your Attention, Please

By Bahram Akradi

Looking for a fast way to improve your life? Take a moment to focus intently on what’s working, what’s not — and why.

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Body Mind Mastery

By Brian Johnson

Selected wisdom from Dan Millman’s guide to training for sport and life.

- Stress Relief -

Fear of Moving Forward

By Jon Spayde

Contemplating a major life change can create significant levels of stress. Psychologist and author Joseph Burgo, PhD, offers strategies on how to cope.

Hooked on Fitness

By Nicole Radziszewski

Fitness isn’t always love at first sweat. Learn how three individuals became infatuated with activity — and made it a joyful priority.

- Honestly, Dara -

Prisoners in Candy Land

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl

It may seem there's no escaping in the profusion of sugary treats we're offered each day. Food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl shares her thoughts on breaking free from the death grip they have on our health.

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Alone With Your Thoughts

By Jon Spayde

Find it difficult to just sit with your own inner ramblings? Clinical psychologist Noam Shpancer, PhD, offers advice on taming the tumult and finding some mental peace and quiet.

- Perspective by Bahram Akradi -