June 2014: Explore
This Is Your Body on Ibuprofen
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How NSAIDS — nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen, naproxen, and aspirin — can cause more pain than they relieve.
The Unexpected Gifts of Travel
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Why a change of scenery can make us feel better about everything — including ourselves.
How To Handle A Move
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Tips for navigating the stress of relocating and feeling at home in a new place from psychologist and psychotherapist Elizabeth Stirling, PhD.
Rock On: Get Into Rock Climbing
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Thanks to its physical and mental challenges, rock climbing gives new meaning to upward mobility.
Escapist Reading
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Choose your own summer adventure with a trio of travel books that explore life off the beaten path.
Explore Your Circumstances
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Dissatisfied with your lot in life? Anxious about what’s ahead? Life Time founder Bahram Akradi on how to reorient yourself to the reality of the here and now.
Spiritual Journey: Kandace MacKaben’s Success Story
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A long-distance bike trip that changed one woman’s life forever.
The Truth About Artificial Food Colorings
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European countries require warning labels on foods containing certain dyes. Why isn’t the Food and Drug Administration doing the same?
Discover Fermented Foods
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Fermented foods not only support the immune system, they provide strains of good bacteria that are essential for health.
The Beauty of Cooking Simple
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Food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl on how not to cloak good food in canned chemical goo.
Be Strong
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Strength training isn’t just for building muscle anymore: It’s an all-in-one functional-fitness strategy.
Healing Spaces
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Can the spaces in which we live, work, and recover from illness have an impact on healing and well-being? Integrative-medicine doctor Esther Sternberg says yes.
How Sleep Clears the Mind
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University of Rochester Medical Center research reports that while we sleep, our brains flush out toxins that build up when we’re awake — allowing us to clear our heads.
Watermelon Power
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New science supports the old notion that drinking watermelon juice eases postexercise muscle soreness.
Skin Deep
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A new companion app allows users to scan the bar codes of their favorite products right at the store and learn how safe — or not — an item is.
Angela Sun: Explorer
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The journalist, documentary filmmaker, and surfer talks about her passions for storytelling and protecting the environment.
The Ultimate Obstacle-Course Workout
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Prepare to tackle a variety of races with this scalable training plan that’s designed to boost power, strength, and mobility.
Expert Answers: On Caffeine and Exercise, and Overexercising
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Our fitness experts tackle your questions on caffeine and athletic performance, and rhabdomyolysis. Plus, tips for improving your “wheel” pose.
Summer Vegetable Pickles (Video)
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Learn how to preserve all those homegrown goodies you'll be harvesting come fall — and get a significant dose of gut flora while you're at it!
Behind the Scenes With Angela Sun (Video)
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Eco-adventurer and journalist Angela Sun shares her passion for getting plastic out of oceans.
The Ultimate Obstacle-Course Workout (Video)
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Training for your first obstacle-course race? This functional, whole-body workout will help you get ready for the route.
Healing Spaces: An Interview With Esther Sternberg, MD (Audio)
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Senior editor Courtney Helgoe connects with Healing Spaces author Esther Sternberg about the power that our surroundings have on health, happiness, and how we heal.
How I’m Doing It: Kandace MacKaben’s Success Story (Video)
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After her 22-year marriage ended, Kandace MacKaben began examining her path forward as her caretaker role was changing. She never expected a long-distance bike trip to lead her to a new identity. Here, Kandace recalls how she changed her life.
Revolutionary Act 2: Buck Trends
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Just because it’s popular doesn’t mean it’s smart or good for you. Enlist fellow trend buckers — and create a trend of your own.
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