Step away from your computer. Since long hours hunched over your keyboard may lead to numbness, weakness, or pain in your wrist, arms, and hands, aka carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), you need to take breaks and stretch. Studies show that yoga poses designed for stretching the upper body reduce pain and improve grip strength in … Read more
“Apple juice is worse for you than soda,” I declared on social media last week, unleashing a torrent of comments that I was being sensationalistic or overstating my case. Others expressed confusion about why fruit juice, which often parades around in grocery stores with an undeserved health halo, could really be so bad. Consider … Read more
Entertaining can be stressful. Whether it’s the holidays: Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, or even just a family get together, Parties can come with an abundance of unwanted calories, waste, and stress. But it doesn’t have to be that way. We spoke with four culinary experts—a vegan, a raw foodie, an omnivore whose husband is vegetarian, and … Read more
If you have stubborn weight problems, you may be suffering from gut dysbiosis, an imbalance in the bacteria that live in your gut. Gut dysbiosis can manifest in the body in all sorts of ways: various digestive symptoms such as loose stools, bloating, gas, constipation, or abdominal pain. It can also appear in the form … Read more
Have you ever taken the time to evaluate how YOUR specific metabolism operates the best? And whether your exercise (and eating) regimen is ideally suited for YOUR metabolic type? WARNING: If not, that’s a HUGE mistake that could be forcing you to put on weight, aging you faster and robbing you of the opportunity to … Read more
Like so many other aspects of declining health today, people consider it normal that your eyesight gets worse with age. Along with gray hair, wrinkles and other “normal signs of aging,” the need for eyeglasses or eye surgery is simply part of the aging process, they believe. Blindness is one of the most feared health … Read more
It’s one of those happy coincidences: Many of the flavors we love best come from herbs and spices that are also good for our health. And these everyday herbs can affect more than just everyday health problems. Oregano, for example, is an effective bacteria fighter. And turmeric, which adds punch to Indian food, may ease … Read more
From energy production to proper blood and nerve formation, minerals work synergistically with vitamins to regulate hundreds of essential functions in the body. Like most vitamins—the exception is vitamin D—minerals come from the world around us. Our bodies can’t produce these essential nutrients, and we can only acquire them through a combination of supplements and … Read more
It really is all in your head—all three pounds and 100 billion neurons of it, that super biocomputer affectionately known as the brain. And now that Americans live, on average, for 78 years (three decades longer than they did in 1900), it doesn’t take, well, a brain surgeon to figure out that nurturing the brain’s … Read more
10. The straw will break the camel’s back We’ve all heard the expression “the straw that broke the camel’s back.” This is true for too many people who ignore minor spinal problems. One day they do something silly, like bend down to tie their shoe and they can’t get up. Major problems are much more … Read more