Michael Mackie’s Success Story
By Michael MackieAfter gaining weight and struggling with health issues, one man decided to avoid sugar for a year — and experienced some surprising results.
After gaining weight and struggling with health issues, one man decided to avoid sugar for a year — and experienced some surprising results.
Consuming sugar can lead to body-wide inflammation, microbiome disruption, insulin resistance, and more.
Here are some of the latest findings about sugary drinks like soda, juice, energy drinks, and more.
For decades coconuts have gotten an unfair health rap based on their high fat content. The truth is, they're good for the body — and easy on the taste buds. Here are quick-and-easy recipes to incorporate more coconuts into your diet.
The following foods can support the body nutritionally as it adjusts and rebuilds during recovery.
Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl on why you don't have to deny yourself during the holidays. Just make sure that comfort food is really worth any subsequent discomfort.
Here are 5 things to consider before making your next gum purchase.
What you eat can play a key role in overcoming drug and alcohol addiction.
Here are eight ways to balance your vagina’s pH level — and keep infection at bay.
When ground into flours, most grains act like sugar in the body, triggering weight gain, inflammation and blood-sugar imbalances. Here’s why whole kernels are a better option than processed grains.
Step away from the vending machine! These nourishing, whole-food snacks can keep you energized throughout the workday.
Go behind the scenes with minimalist Sarah Wilson to learn how we can simplify the ways we eat, move, and think.
Author and minimalist Sarah Wilson shares how simplicity makes life sweeter and change easier.
Here are the foods to embrace — and avoid — if you’re trying to fend off the flu this season.
Holistic dentist Steven Lin, DDS, offers nine quick tips to deal with sugar cravings.
Candida overgrowth can cause a wide range of health problems, but these troublemaking fungi respond well to natural treatments.
People spend millions of dollars on the popular fermented tea, but several recent lawsuits question whether the commercial brews are actually good for you.
Dark chocolate is hailed as a health elixir. Is this more hype than reality?
According to the World Health Organization, raising taxes on sugary beverages is one way to tackle chronic disease.
Blood sugar and insulin work together to support your energy and health. Learn how to keep them in balance.
In his new book, functional-medicine doc Mark Hyman, MD, says a Pegan diet — which combines principles of Paleo and vegan diets — is the best way to eat. Here are the 13 pillars of the Pegan diet.