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Feb 17, 2020 · Health & Wellness11 Ways to Improve Your Health – with Sex!
We all want to be as healthy as possible, so the more good-for-us habits we can develop – and stick to – the better. But in between all that conscientious eating and exercise, there’s another under-rated habit you should also be working on. Drum roll please –and that healthy habit is sex!
Feb 10, 2020 · Healthy AgingInfrared Saunas to Boost Winter Mood and Health
February is a great time to pamper yourself. One of the most pleasurable and healthy ways to do it is by hitting the sauna, specifically, the infrared sauna – the still slightly under-the-radar mind and body health elixir that we all should be doing this winter and beyond.
Feb 3, 2020 · Healthy Aging6 Ways to Outsmart High Blood Pressure
Hypertension is a major driver of both stroke and heart attack. But for common cases of borderline high BP, the best medicine is upgrading the way you live: your diet and your exercise habits and the way you deal with stress.
Jan 27, 2020 · Sleep8 Simple Ways to Fall Asleep Fast
Who doesn’t want a good night’s sleep? It recharges you for the next day, it gives your enzymes and hormones the green light to repair and restore cells and muscles. And as researchers now tell us, it’s also essential for clearing out the metabolic garbage that builds up in our brain during the course of the day.
Jan 20, 2020 · Health & Wellness7 Tips for a Clean, Green and Serene Bedroom
Sleep. It’s the essential, health-supportive, feel-good habit that we get to treat our bodies to every night. And while most of us are aware of its importance, not everyone thinks about the health of the space they’re sleeping in -- their bedrooms. Granted, you probably wash the bedding and vacuum on the regular, but your bedroom’s still got a dirty little secret.
Jan 13, 2020 · Health & Wellness8 Ways to Lose Your Winter Blues
For those of us who live in the temperate zone, winter is a real thing. Not only does it have its own characteristic weather profile – gray, chilly, intermittently snowy or slushy or rainy – it’s got its own emotional profile to match. Call it the winter blues or the winter blahs.
Jan 6, 2020 · Healthy Aging4 Fantastic, Fast-Acting Stress Fighters
For many of us, being relentlessly stressed-out has become an almost ‘normal’ state, however unpleasant. Unfortunately, the stress overload of modern life can have a massive impact on our health, weakening immunity, damaging organs and, over time, increasing the risk for many of the diseases we fear most.
Dec 30, 2019 · Health & Wellness20 New Year's Resolutions for 2020
When it comes to the end of one year and the start of another, I always like to take some time to reflect on the lessons learned and think about the tweaks we all can strive to make going forward. This year, going into 2020, I propose focusing on 20 behaviors that encourage wellness in all aspects of life.
Dec 23, 2019 · Health & WellnessWords from the Wise: Choosing Optimism for 2020
Continually voicing your difficulties can push you – and others – down a rabbit hole of negativity, ironically leading to increased disconnection from others, a poorer outlook on life, and even compromised health. Optimism has the opposite effect, according to numerous studies, positively impacting both mind and body.
Dec 16, 2019 · Healthy AgingDo More and Age Less By Helping Your Mitochondria
Because mitochondria power the biochemical reactions in most of your cells, when you don’t care for them, your body just isn’t going to work very well. If you’ve noticed that your energy isn’t what it used to be, or maybe you’re struggling more frequently with brain fog, that’s a clear signal to pay your mitochondria more attention.
Dec 9, 2019 · Health & WellnessGrow Your Gratitude
You know the drill: ruminating on ’how bad things are,’ competing with others or striving for what you don’t have. It’s all too easy to set yourself on a very dissatisfied course. How to get off the not-so-merry-go-round? Learn the art of gratitude! Think of gratitude as a skill that you can, and should, brush up on.
Dec 2, 2019 · Health & Wellness8 Ways to Stress Less This Holiday Season
The holidays are upon us, and though few of us can skip the month of December altogether, there are ways to better manage this stressful season while preserving your health and sanity. Here are a few tips to help keep body and soul on an even keel for the next few weeks and well into the New Year.
Nov 25, 2019 · NutritionFoods and Spices to Strengthen Your Immunity This Winter
We as a culture have become used to popping antibiotics with the first signs of a cold, especially during the winter. Instead of popping pills, incorporate some of these foods into your diet. Minimize the need for antibiotics by lacing your diet with foods that naturally have antibiotic properties.
Nov 18, 2019 · Healthy AgingBoost Heart, Brain and Mental Health with Meditation
Need a vacation? Get into meditation! It’s free, easy to learn and is an essential skill that you can use anytime, to help you manage the stress, pressure and non-stop challenges of modern life. And did we mention that meditation can also keep your heart, brain and body young, healthy and relaxed?
Nov 11, 2019 · Health & Wellness6 Ways To Stay Well – and Not Get Sick This Winter
As the leaves and temperatures start to fall, colds and flu are never far behind. While it may seem like getting sick sometime between now and April is a forgone conclusion, it doesn’t have to be. Yes, I’m saying you don’t have to get sick this year, that is, as long as you start fortifying your body now.
Nov 4, 2019 · NutritionHow to Juice Like a Grown-Up
Stroll any supermarket these days — especially the health-conscious ones – and where once there were aisles lined with soda pop, now they’re stocked with every kind of juice and juice drink imaginable.
Oct 28, 2019 · SleepSleep Right Tonight – Make Light Work For You!
It’s no surprise that people who get a full, deep night’s sleep – on a regular basis – are much healthier, on average, than those who don’t. Wish you could join their ranks? You can. Here’s a topline on how to use light, to help you take back the night – and snooze happily through it.
Oct 21, 2019 · Nutrition6 Ways to Lose the Sweeteners – and Your Cravings
By now, just about everyone understands that sugar, especially all the added sugar dumped into sweetened drinks and other processed foods, is a health and wellness disaster. It hijacks our taste buds, pumps up blood sugar and insulin levels (next stop, diabetes) and it’s a major driver, maybe the major driver, of weight gain.
Oct 14, 2019 · Movement6 Ways to Walk Your Way to Health
Walking. Most of us have been doing it since we were very little kids. Not only is it an excellent way to get from one spot to the next, it's an excellent, and often underrated, form of exercise that far too many people simply don’t do enough of. Long commutes, sedentary jobs, family and social obligations make finding time tough, but walking is an essential health-booster that I urge everybody to fit into their day – even if it’s only for a few minutes at a time.
Oct 7, 2019 · Sleep13 Ways to Re-synch Your Natural Rhythms
In these pressure-cooker times, with so many people feeling over-stressed and under-slept, is it any wonder that depression, burn-out, and chronic illness are considered routine costs of getting through life? With every corner we cut, in the way we eat, rest and move, we push ourselves further away from the natural rhythms that should be guiding our daily lives.
Sep 30, 2019 · Health & WellnessClean-Up, Green-Up and Fight Your Indoor Air Pollution
Entire books have been written on ways to minimize the toxic hits our bodies take every day. From the products we slather on them to the furnishings we live and sleep in to the offices we work in, even to the cars we drive, most of us are steeped in toxins around the clock.
Sep 23, 2019 · NutritionCruciferous Superfoods to the Rescue!
The world of health-promoting vegetables is so rich and diverse, it’s maybe a mistake to pick favorites….but if I were to pick a favorite veggie family, I couldn’t go wrong with cruciferous! Named after their cross-shaped flowers and also referred to as the Brassica family, veggies like broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts are among the true superfoods of the produce aisles.
Sep 16, 2019 · Health & Wellness4 Ways To Side-Step Autumnal Allergies
Autumn is one of the most glorious times of the year. The trees bursting with color, the crunch of falling leaves underfoot, the still-warm days and cooler nights. If, however, you’re saddled with seasonal allergies and all the respiratory misery that goes along with them, the arrival of fall may be anything but a cause for celebration.
Sep 9, 2019 · Health & Wellness8 Ways to Instantly Cut Your Pesticide Exposure
One of the key concepts in my work is “toxic load,” in other words, the sum total of all the harmful things that your body is exposed to. When we do everything in our power to reduce that toxic load, for instance, reducing our exposure to chemicals in the home, we reduce chronic illnesses and lead healthier, happier and longer lives.