Diet

8 Teas To Sip At Bedtime To Help You Sleep Through The Entire Night

Thu, 19 May 2022 13:46:35 -0400

While nightcaps like alcoholic beverages or a warm glass of milk have some sleep-promoting properties, sleep teas tend to be better for your overall sleep quality. Here are the best kinds of teas for lulling you into a dream state...

'Meals are medicine'

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 18:12:24 -0500

Sharon Ivers had a total left shoulder replacement one Thursday this spring. She was discharged from the hospital Saturday, and by Tuesday morning, a box of nutritious food had arrived on the doorstep of the friend she was staying with. The box contained...

Exercise, metabolism, and weight: New research from The Biggest Loser

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:51:57 -0500

The Biggest Loser was a popular reality television show that ran on NBC for over a decade starting in 2004. In it, participants with obesity competed with each other through intense physical challenges and ate a reduced-calorie diet to see who could lose the highest percentage of body weight. Prior findings from studies of The Biggest Loser contestants showed...

A healthy weight can reduce colorectal cancer risk

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:18:30 -0500

Colorectal adenomas that persist and grow for long periods can be a stepping-stone to colorectal cancer, the third leading causeTrusted Source of cancer death in adults in the United States. In a concerning new trend, colon cancer is on the...

10 Tips for Healthy Eating Out

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 14:44:56 -0500

It's one thing to watch your portion sizes and limit unhealthy foods at home. But what do you do when the buffalo chicken wings are on special at your favorite family restaurant? Use these 10 tips to tailor your eating-out experience so it's both enjoyable and healthy...

Finding Food Freedom: Ditching Diet Culture and Learning to Trust Your Body’s Cues

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:40:32 -0500

“Food freedom” — it’s a complex term, with definitions ranging from ditching diet culture and restrictive diets to attaining good health and food security through growing your own foods. It’s marketed as an approach to address eating disorders for some and as a way to promote intentional weight loss for others. However...

An Easy Guide To Improving Your Health And Happiness

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:33:55 -0500

One of the most important things you can do is to improve your health and happiness. This will allow you to live a better life and feel more fulfilled. If you’re not happy with how your life is going, then this article may be just what you need! We’ll provide some simple tips that will help improve both your physical and mental health in no time at all...

4 immune-boosting strategies that count right now

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:24:30 -0500

It’s winter, as a glance outside your window may tell you. COVID-19 is circulating at record levels across much of the country. Keeping our immune systems healthy has taken on new importance, as many of us hope to ward off flu and winter colds as well as worrisome variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, whether Delta or Omicron. Not surprisingly...

9 New Year's Resolutions Therapists Want You to Make

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:15:44 -0500

COVID-19 has transformed our lives in all aspects - from how and where we work to how we socialize - and it will surely affect our New Year's resolutions for 2022, too. "The pandemic has given all of us new perspectives that make resolutions of past years - like losing 10 pounds or...

A Naturopathic Doctor's 5 Must-Have Epinutrients To Slow Down Aging

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:11:44 -0500

In a 2021 study, naturopathic doctor and functional medicine expert Kara Fitzgerald, N.D., author of Younger You, was able to improve participants' biological age by three years. Sounds like a tall order, but the intervention was actually pretty simple: With a very doable diet and exercise plan...