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The 4 Steps to Create a Sustainable Fitness Plan
Determined to get into better shape? Use this inquiry-based process to develop a plan that works — and get real results that last.
The Sipping Point: Women and Alcohol
Many women are drinking more than ever before. Are you one of them?
How to Maintain Body Positivity in a Digital Age
The Web is full of opportunities for self-comparison — and self-judgment. Here’s how to protect your body confidence.
Here Comes the Sun: The Benefits of Healthy Sun Exposure
A little bit of sunlight can do a lot of good for your health.
50 Tips for Taking Fitness Outside
Enjoy all the perks — and avoid the pitfalls — of exercising outdoors this summer.
7 Reasons Why Sleep Is Essential for Your Health and Well-Being
Skimping on sleep can increase stress, undermine metabolism, suppress immunity, and set you up for a host of serious health problems.
Tips and Strategies to Maintain Your Vision
Most of us take our eyesight for granted. But without proper care, nutrition, and protection, our eyes are vulnerable to damage and degeneration. Find out what you can do to keep your vision crisp, even as you age.
Expert Tips and Strategies to Stay Focused During Workouts
Zoning out on the treadmill? Daydreaming while you lift? That lack of focus could be undermining your workouts. Take some advice from the pros on how to tame your wandering mind.
Build Your Own Workout Plan
Want to make maximum fitness progress in minimum time? You need a periodized workout program. An expert trainer gives you step-by-step counsel on creating your own super-effective exercise routine.
Rewrite Your Reality
Does your story of who you are and what you can do make you stronger — or hold you back?
How Heavy Metals Affect the Body
Mercury in fish and dental fillings. Lead in old paint. Cadmium and arsenic in industrial wastes. There’s a lot of talk about heavy-metal toxins these days. But how worried should you be, really? And what can you do to protect yourself?
What Your Skin Is Trying to Tell You
Acne, eczema, psoriasis, and other skin conditions can be red flags pointing to more serious health concerns. Here are six of the most common — and how they might be speaking for the rest of your body.
Free Yourself From Depression
An integrative psychiatrist offers a holistic approach for treating depressive illness.
14 Strategies to Help Break Free from Workaholism
For many Americans, the world of work feels a bit like an endless ride — one that’s spinning too fast and feeling more than a little out of control. But just how and why did we get strapped into this craziness? Understand the machinery of your own workaholic tendencies and you’ll be one step closer to switching gears — and maybe even putting on the brakes.
17 Common Fitness Excuses and Tips on Overcoming Them
Don’t hit the snooze button on your fitness goals. Here are 17 of the most common obstacles to exercising — and expert advice on how to overcome them.
A Call for a Real Food Revolution
A U.S. congressman explains how lack of access to real food is at the heart of our nation’s health problems — and what we can do about it.
Hungry No More
Satisfy your appetite, retrain your fat cells, and lose weight for good.
How to Harness the Healing Power of Your Mind
Science has now confirmed that our thoughts and emotions have very real physiological consequences. What does this mean for medicine in the 21st century? Among other things, that many potions of choice might be produced by our minds and delivered without prescription drugs.
How Does the Body Absorb Nutrients?
Knowing how your body absorbs nutrients can help you fuel your workouts – and your life.
Ready-for-Anything Fitness: 7 Essential Functional Moves
Why you need Functional Training and how to do it.
12 Game-Changing Ideas About Health
12 big ideas that are shifting the way we think about health.