by guest blogger Pam Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, FACSM, best-selling author and expert on health, fitness, and nutrition What thoughts and feelings do the word “elderly” conjure for you? Perhaps you immediately envision a frail man or woman in his or her 80s or 90s living with chronic disease and cognitive impairment. How many of […]
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8 Foods That Have More Iron than Beef
by guest blogger Caroline Praderio, food and nutrition writer for Prevention magazine and EatClean.com So you got the memo that excessive red meat consumption is a disaster for the environment and your health, not to mention the animals, and that we should all eat less of it. But isn’t cutting down on beef going to slash our […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
The 10 Best Anti-Inflammatory Foods To Have in Your Kitchen
by guest blogger Stephanie Eckelkamp, senior associate editor at Prevention magazine Inflammation has become an absolute epidemic. Sure, at its most basic, it’s our body’s response to outside irritants, a natural part of our immune system without which our wounds wouldn’t heal. But thanks to increasingly high stress levels and an over-reliance on processed foods, many […]
The Healing Power of Acupressure
by guest blogger Isaac Eliaz, MD, MS, LAc, integrative medicine pioneer Acupressure is an ancient healing art that relies upon the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) concept of energy meridians in the body. It’s the practice of applying pressure to specific points along these meridians. Acupressure achieves the same goal as acupuncture, which is to open up […]
Scratch
Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
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Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment.
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