Immunity-Biochemistry Archives

Cutting board of healthy foods with the word "immunity"

6 Ways to Boost Your Immune System

By Mo Perry

A strong immune system is essential for health — in the face of a pandemic or otherwise. Learn how to build all-around resilience.

- Functional Medicine -

Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Care

By Courtney Helgoe

Why the ancient healing art of Ayurveda is winning modern fans.

- Fitness Tips -

4 Downsides of Nonstop Training

By Alisa Bauman

Smart athletes understand the value of backing off once in a while. Here's why.

- Fitness Tips -

4 Signs You Need to Stop Working Out

By Alisa Bauman

Here are four common ways your body is telling you it needs a break — plus, how to get back on track.

Hand shows the brain in the sun and sky.

- Gut Health -

Emotional Biochemistry

By Pilar Gerasimo

Like it or not, emotions share some very real biochemical links with your nervous, endocrine, immune and digestive systems. Isn't it time you learned something about how your body responds to what you feel—and vice versa?

- Gut Health -

The Best Defense: Boost Your Immune System

By Alyssa Ford

Your immune system works to keep you healthy 24 hours a day. Here's how to help it operate at peak efficiency.

- Success Stories -

Lucy Croft’s Success Story

By Lucy Croft

Discovering a passion for fitness instruction helped one woman better manage her chronic fatigue syndrome.

- Success Stories -

Cynthia Li’s Success Story

By Cynthia Li

Diagnosed with a baffling autoimmune illness, this physician had to question her medical training to find a path to healing.

- Functional Medicine -

United States of Diabesity

By Mark Hyman, MD

One in two Americans is suffering from diabesity, and most of them don’t even know it. Why? Because most doctors are not trained to treat the single biggest chronic disease in America. The good news? Diabesity can be prevented, treated and reversed. Dr. Mark Hyman explains how.

- Stress Relief -

How Massage Can Heal the Body and Mind

By Catherine Guthrie

Think of massage as an indulgence? Perhaps. But it can also be a powerful tool for health and well-being — from easing pain and inflammation to soothing stress and anxiety.

- Gut Health -

7 Alternative Antibiotics

By Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

The growing threat of antibiotic resistance is leading some researchers and doctors to investigate the power of natural remedies.

- Gut Health -

The Parasite Paradox

By Pamela Weintraub

Intestinal organisms can be a trigger for troubling health issues. But new research finds they can also help the body heal, especially from autoimmune diseases.