September 2016: Future of Health

When Fear Keeps You Home

By Jon Spayde

Strategies for enjoying life in an uncertain world.

3 Ways to Fight Alzheimer’s

The key to avoiding Alzheimer’s is fighting neuroinflammation. How do you do that? Rudolph Tanzi, PhD, says it’s all about lifestyle choices.

- Functional Medicine -

Manage Pain Without Painkillers

By Kaelyn Riley

Some healthcare facilities are finding that integrative pain-relief methods could offer a suitable alternative to opioids.

On the Leading Edge: Sanjay Gupta

By Heidi Wachter

CNN’s resident neurosurgeon and raconteur, Sanjay Gupta, MD, is using the power of stories to help shape the future of medicine.

- Editor's Note -

Lessons From the Past

By Jamie Martin

Editor in chief Jamie Martin on how a look back at what’s past can offer inspiration for the future.

5 Ways You’re Smarter Than Your Smartphone

By Julie Kendrick

These handheld wonders can make life easier — but is easier always better? Learn why it’s worth the time and effort to take back a few basic tasks.

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Revolutionary Act 24: Eat More Plants

By Pilar Gerasimo

There’s a long list of phytonutrients and other good stuff in vegetables, fruits, and legumes that you can’t get any other way. Put plants at the center of your plate for as many meals and snacks as you can.

Make It Stick

By Brian Johnson

Expand your knowledge and boost your memory with these innovative learning strategies.

- Food Culture -

Healthy-Living Missionary: Q&A With Gunnar Lovelace

By Laura Fogelberg

The cofounder of Thrive Market shares how his company is working to make healthy foods and products available to everyone.

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Behind the Scenes With Sanjay Gupta, MD (Video)

By Experience Life Staff

The neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent shares his thoughts on the future of health.

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The Workout: Kettlebells 2.0 (Video)

By Experience Life Staff

This innovative new method of using kettlebells engages your body and mind in unexpected ways.

- Honestly, Dara -

The Cure Is in the Kitchen

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl

A trip to the Mayo Clinic reveals the surprising future of medicine.

- Fitness Tips -

Smart Tracking

By Heidi Wachter

Step aside, smartwatches! Blending advances in technology and textiles, these workout clothes are geared for exercisers seeking aesthetically pleasing ways to track their biometric data from head to toe.

- Fitness Tips -

Expert Answers: Training Logs to Try

By Heidi Wachter

Keeping a training log can help you see the results of your efforts. Here are a few tips to consider, and some favorite trackers to check out.

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Expert Answers: Why You Get Winded Climbing Stairs

By Heidi Wachter

There’s a reason walking up a flight of stairs is challenging — even for fit individuals. Here’s what the research tells us.

- Functional Medicine -

Expert Answers: Natural Pain Relief

By Yael Grauer

Consider these natural remedies for post-workout pain.

- Food Culture -

How to Make Pour-Over Coffee

By Casie Leigh Lukes

This classic brewing technique is a minimalist — and cost-effective — way to enjoy the healthy benefits of java.

- Gut Health -

Gut Reactions: Exploring the Microbiome

By Heidi Wachter

New studies continue to confirm the essential roles of beneficial gut bacteria to our overall health.

- Weight Loss -

Lost and Found: Cindy Kelly’s Success Story

By Cindy Kelly

When a lifelong dieter gave up sweets, smoking, and a sedentary lifestyle, she rediscovered her sense of self.

- Travel -

New Frontiers

By Sarah Tuff Dunn

Ready to expand your horizons? Our travel and gear guide will help you go where you’ve never gone before.

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Smart Gear and Tools for Travel

By Sarah Tuff Dunn

Upgrade your next trip with these eight travel necessities.

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Go With Your Gut

By Robyn Youkilis

Healthy digestion is about more than what you eat. It’s also about slowing down, chewing your food, going with the flow, and cultivating your intuition.

Learn to Be Well

By Courtney Helgoe

Well-being is not simply the result of good genes or good luck, says pioneering researcher Richard Davidson, PhD. It’s a skill we can cultivate.

- Functional Medicine -

Rethinking Heart Health

By Anjula Razdan

Think you know what makes for a healthy heart? Think again. New research and progressive practitioners are looking beyond cholesterol for answers.

The Workout: Kettlebells 2.0

By Jen Sinkler, PCC, RKC–II

This innovative new method of using kettlebells engages your body and mind in unexpected ways.

- Gut Health -

Eat Your Sea Vegetables

By Heather Rogers

Densely nutritious and sustainably grown, seaweed is finally getting the recognition it deserves as a superfood.

- Functional Medicine -

8 Ways to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease

By Anjula Razdan

Tips from our experts on the best lifestyle changes that can help you take a proactive approach to preventing — or even reversing — heart disease.

- Nutrition -

Safe Seaweed

By Heather Rogers

Reap the nutritional benefits of this environmentally friendly superfood with these tips on purity.

- Gut Health -

5 Seaweeds to Try

By Heather Rogers

Rich in vitamins, minerals, healthy fats, protein, and fiber, seaweed is considered by many to be a superfood. Here are five varieties to look for in your local natural-food store.

- Food Culture -

Take the Chewing Challenge

By Robyn Youkilis

Slowing down to chew your food offers a bounty of benefits. Follow these tips to get the most out of your meals.

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Proactive Prevention

By Bahram Akradi

Fasten your seat belts — healthcare innovation is moving faster than we think.