- Functional Medicine -
How to Give a Neck Massage in 5 Simple Steps
By Heidi WachterThis Valentine’s Day, surprise your partner (or anyone you love!) with the gift of a relaxing neck massage.
Classification: wellness
Notables: July/August 2014
By Heidi WachterNews, notes, and our top takeaways from the latest issue of Experience Life.
- Gut Health -
Study Finds Exercise May Boost Gut Health
By Maggie Fazeli FardA new study shows that exercise, along with a diverse diet that includes protein, can help the body’s multifaceted microbiome thrive.
- General Health -
Lyme Disease: How to Protect Yourself This Summer
By Maggie Fazeli FardThe tick-borne illness, one of the fastest growing diseases in the United States, can be disabling if left untreated.
- Nutrition -
10 Things You Need to Know About Food Dyes
By Maggie Fazeli FardAt 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?
By Maggie Fazeli FardThe American College of Sports Medicine released its annual list of fittest U.S. cities this week.
- Weight Loss -
The psychological downside of labeling obesity a “disease”
By Maggie Fazeli FardThe 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.
- Food Culture -
Coca-Cola to drop controversial chemical from all drinks
By Maggie Fazeli FardBrominated 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.
- Nutrition -
Salt: Dietary friend or foe?
By Maggie Fazeli FardBritish research reignites the debate over the link between dietary sodium and disease.
TwoGrand: Reimagining the food journal, one photo at a time
By Maggie Fazeli FardPictures trump calorie-counting on TwoGrand, a recent addition to the bastion of food and exercise tracking apps.
How Exercise Keeps the Skin Young
By Maggie Fazeli FardNew research shows that exercise cannot only prevent, but also reverse, signs of aging in the skin.
Pepsi to introduce sodas “made with real sugar”
By Maggie Fazeli FardThe new line of sodas, expected in Regular, Vanilla and Wild Cherry flavors, will be sweetened with “real” sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup, but will come with the same set of health risks.
- Food Culture -
Report: FDA loophole allows companies to determine safety of new chemicals in foods
By Maggie Fazeli FardThe Natural Resources Defense Council says a loophole in a 1958 law allows food manufacturers to bypass federal safety assessments.
Growing Healthy Kids: Dunbar Elementary School in Atlanta
By Maggie Fazeli FardCompassion is a cornerstone of education at Atlanta’s Dunbar Elementary School, a partner of the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation.
- Nutrition -
Nutrition labels get a long-awaited makeover
By Maggie Fazeli FardThe FDA’s proposed changes — the first in 20 years — focus on calories, sugar, and portion sizes, not fat.
Work Your Inner Game, Find Your Mental Focus
By David SchimkeHow The Inner Game of Tennis author W. Timothy Gallwey is teaching business people new ways to master mental focus, “work free,” and win big.
- Nutrition -
Should GMO food labeling be law — or voluntary?
By Maggie Fazeli FardMaine makes headlines as it became the second state to require labeling of genetically modified foods — days after the food industry began a renewed push to make GMO labeling voluntary.
Life Saved: Kathe Yamagata’s Success Story
By Kathe YamagataHow an appointment with her doctor jump-started a woman’s weight loss — and helped her find the strength within.
Detox Your Home
By Jacqueline WhiteHow to limit your exposure to toxins in your home and better balance the basic elements of air, fire, water, and earth.
- Stress Relief -
Back From Burnout
By Jill Metzler PattonLearn to recognize the signs of serious depletion and chronic stress — and how to restore your inner fire.
- video -
The 20-Minute Kettlebell Workout (Video)
By Experience Life StaffLearn how to master the kettlebell swing and the other exercises featured in this month’s workout.