Your body is not your enemy in midlife or older age. It’s trying to tell you something. It wants longer evenings without food. It wants a break from constant digestion. It wants the chance to clean up yesterday’s cellular mess before today’s begins. When you give it that space, everything becomes easier.
The new standard goes beyond body mass index (BMI) to include waist and hip measurements that reveal hidden fat conventional BMI misses. By doing so, it captures millions of Americans whose weight appears “normal” but whose fat distribution signals a higher risk for metabolic disease.
Between Halloween candy, Thanksgiving pies and holiday cookies, the end of the year is often packed with opportunities to consume sugar. What happens in your mouth during those first minutes and hours after eating those sweets?
It is only after scientists made key advances in imaging technology and acoustic physics in recent years that the promise of ultrasound is being realized in the clinic. Hundreds of clinical trials aimed at treating dozens of conditions have been completed or are ongoing.
According to researchers, even a few minutes of chewing gum exposes you to hundreds — sometimes thousands — of microplastics. These particles include the same plastics used to make grocery bags, plastic bottles and even car tires.
What confuses doctors is Candida is considered a normal part of our flora. It is a commensal, meaning that it lives within our bodies without causing harm. But Candida can become our enemy if the micro-biome’s diversity is harmed or disrupted.
Here’s three super simple ideas to have fun and save a little money while giving thoughtful, useful herbal gifts this season.
For decades, the standard approach to treating constipation involved high-fiber diets or over-the-counter laxatives. Yet, one recent study found that eating a small, nutrient-dense fruit — kiwifruit — offers surprising benefits in easing this common bowel issue.
Rather than simply surviving winter, we can approach it as a season to learn, adapt and deepen resilience. Making time your ally, seeking wonder outdoors, cultivating joy and practicing meditation and mindfulness are all ways to engage meaningfully with the season.
If you're trying to use hot baths as a natural therapy to boost your circulation, lower inflammation, or support immune function, you're on the right track — but only if you're smart about how you do it.
When students are taught about shame, the goal is to help future physicians recognize the emotion in themselves and others, so they don’t perpetuate the cycle. Shame remains “a crack in your armor you don’t want to show. Heaven forbid you act like you’re not capable or show fear.
Nearly 80,000 adults from different backgrounds were followed for close to two decades, as researchers looked beyond step counts to ask a deeper question — could the pace of your walk reveal more about its impact on your health and longevity than time alone?
Many people keep Benadryl in their medicine cabinet because it's what they grew up with. Few stop to question whether the drug itself has kept pace with modern science or whether newer options could offer the same relief without the risks.
Once we pass around 60, the systems in the brain and body that govern thirst lose their previous sensitivity. The hypothalamic osmoreceptors that once reacted quickly to rising sodium levels or falling fluid volume just don’t sound the alarm the way they used to.
Understanding this whole-body experience of grief helps us see why plant allies can offer such meaningful support. Herbs work with multiple systems simultaneously, addressing both the physical manifestations of grief and the emotional weight we carry.
When it comes to health, the questions we are willing to ask, matter. A lot. When we begin to wonder what is happening to us and why, we learn through trial and error how to ask good questions without foreclosing on an answer out of fear.
Understanding what’s really behind your stomach distress isn’t just about curiosity — it determines how you recover and whether you're still contagious. Learn the real differences between these two gut-wrenching conditions.
Plants have had to deal with natural pathogens such as fungi and bacterial for millennia, and during that time have learned to successfully defend themselves by producing natural bactericides and fungicides among other important substances. These defensive substances not only benefit plants, but humans as well.
We can’t make every healthcare and beauty product ourselves, but many products we can make at home, and lower our exposure to toxins. This allows one to customize any product to exactly what they need, especially for those with allergies and sensitivities that commercial products can make worse.
Pilates fosters focus, strengthens memory, and helps regulate stress responses. In a world saturated with constant stimuli and distractions, this practice becomes more than exercise; it becomes a tool for sustaining mental clarity and emotional resilience.
What gives honey its healing power? The natural healing properties of honey begin with the work of honeybees and their carefully maintained environments. Bees collect nectars from plants, where they add their own enzymes during the collection and storage process.
The greatest threat to the medical industry isn’t a competitor. It’s the informed individual, someone who no longer waits to be “saved,” no longer accepts decline as normal, and no longer forgets that biology was built for resilience.
Every step in the coffee process, from farming to brewing, has an environmental cost. But with thoughtful adjustments, that cost can be reduced. Whether you’re buying beans or choosing a brewing method, choose options that reflect your sustainability goals.
Our skin tells the story of our life. Skin is a symbol of vulnerability and strength, boundary and belonging. It is our frontline with the world — an energetic and physical barrier that communicates who we are.
Your immune system has many methods of keeping your body safe. One prominent part of it is the lymphatic system, which contains specialized tissues called lymph nodes positioned throughout your body.
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