Health & Fitness

4 Science-Backed Reasons to 'Eat Dirt'

4 Science-Backed Reasons to ‘Eat Dirt’

by guest blogger Josh Axe, DNM, DC, CNS People have been eating dirt for thousands of years—until now. An obsession with germ-free homes and a sterile food system is leaving us craving dirt—more specifically, all of those beneficial soil-based organisms found in dirt. For our great-grandparents and earlier ancestors, pulling a carrot from the ground, […]

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Anti-aging Yoga: Healthy Knees, with a Twist!

Anti-aging Yoga: Healthy Knees, with a Twist!

by guest blogger Holly Walck Kostura, BSN and certified Iyengar Yoga teacher “Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.”—Sri B.K.S. Iyengar, Yoga Master After reading this quote from my Guru, B.K.S. Iyengar, I had the following radical […]

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15 Self-Care Habits to Help You Achieve Your Wellness Goals

15 Self-Care Habits to Help You Achieve Your Wellness Goals

by guest blogger Pam Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, FACSM, best-selling author and expert on health, fitness, and nutrition With so much complexity in our daily lives, it’s sometimes hard to remember what you need to do to stay on track with your wellness. So often, we get derailed by countless distractions tugging at us from […]

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No Joke: 6 Fruits And Veggies You Should Never Peel

No Joke: 6 Fruits And Veggies You Should Never Peel

by guest blogger Caroline Praderio, food and nutrition writer for Prevention magazine and EatClean.com Most of the time, we’re telling you that eating healthier means you’ll need to do a bit more work, e.g. cook more meals at home, DIY your own almond butter, scour every food label. So this will come as a welcome change: Put […]

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Yoga for Enhancing Fertility

Yoga for Enhancing Fertility

Photo credit: Caryn Metzger by guest blogger Holly Walck Kostura, BSN and certified Iyengar Yoga teacher As a yoga teacher, I regularly hear from my students about the challenges they’re facing: low back, neck, shoulder, and knee pain; high blood pressure; digestive disorders; headaches; anxiety and depression; and infertility are some of the most common […]

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Harnessing All Weapons Against Cancer

Harnessing All Weapons Against Cancer

by guest blogger Isaac Eliaz, MD, MS, LAc, integrative medicine pioneer We all know that cancer is a difficult disease to treat. Unlike most conditions, which progress in predictable ways, the latest research reinforces that each individual’s cancer is unique. For example, two people with the same type of ovarian cancer will have mutations and other […]

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Get Inspired to Perspire with These Top Fitness Trends for 2016

Get Inspired to Perspire with These Top Fitness Trends for 2016

by guest blogger Pam Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, FACSM, best-selling author and expert on health, fitness, and nutrition Winter is beginning to wrap up. Early blossoms are blooming, days are warming, and you are looking to get more active. Whether you’re a regular exerciser who wants to change things up or an absolute exercise newbie, […]

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Getting Grounded

Getting Grounded

I was fine until I got sick. Isn’t that always how it goes? It was nothing serious, mind you…just that plaguey cough and flu thing that’s going around. But of course, I pushed through it because people depend on me. And that’s just what we do. We push until we can’t push any longer, and […]

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