Fitness & Nutrition

The use of plants to influence mood and cognition goes back centuries and includes chewing ginkgo, ginseng, coca leaves, and turmeric root. Today, we have a new word for drugs, ...

Last month's massive recall of California peaches because of a salmonella outbreak was unfortunate, but don’t let that ...

Thinking about skipping your workout because of a flat mood? If you're upset, depressed, or anxious, a recent ...

Obesity and smoking are well-known risk factors for heart disease and cancer. What is less well known is ...

What would you think if I told you that the trillions of microbes living in your intestinal tract—referred ...

We pass on our genetic traits to our children without even thinking about it. But we can also ...

By any measure, modern medicine is a miracle. Countless lives have been saved, epidemics averted, and suffering eased, ...

If you’re making sure to get enough exercise, calcium, and vitamin D, you probably think you’ve got pretty ...

Though asthma affects almost 340 million people worldwide, there is still no cure. The respiratory disease frequently develops in childhood ...

You can only survive a few weeks without food and just a few days without water. But without ...

Seeds—as the starting point for growing rich, thriving plants—are a source of complex nutrition. They deliver fiber and ...

It’s really easy to make a beeline for the sofa after dinner. You’ve had a long day and ...

A solar term is a period of about two weeks and is based on the sun’s position in ...

Food cravings are very familiar to most people. We may see or smell food and want to eat, ...

Some of us try to do the right thing when it comes to being healthy: We exercise, eat ...

Think avoiding alcohol is the only way to keep your liver healthy? If you did, it wouldn’t be ...

People need iron at every stage of their lives and those needs vary with age and lifestyle. So ...

Approximately 1 billion adults worldwide have high blood pressure, which is continuously being monitored and studied. New research ...

As a culture that is always on the go, it's hard to imagine where our lives would be ...

Fluoride is found everywhere today, from antibiotics to drinking water, nonstick pans to toothpaste, making exposure inevitable. Fluoride's ...

New research finds that a plant-based diet can lower blood pressure even if small amounts of meat and ...

Last week, we talked about Dan Buettner's research on the Blue Zones, the five places in the world ...

Though it’s recommended that we get a daily average of 60 minutes of physical activity, many of us struggle ...

For thousands of years, humans have rested on the ground using variations of a squat, cross-legged, or kneeling ...

Cultural narratives are pervasive in society, to say the least. Men are supposed to be big and strong ...

The oils aisle at the grocery store can be a bit overwhelming. With smoke points, refined, and unrefined, ...

Combining a Western-style high-fat diet with antibiotic use significantly increases the risk of developing pre-inflammatory bowel disease (pre-IBD), ...