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Egg Recipes from Around the World

High in protein and versatile, eggs are an essential ingredient in many cultures. Try one of these tasty meals — good any time of day.

Health Coach Tip - Healthy Savory Snacks

When it comes to reaching for a salty snack, most people mindlessly grab store-bought popcorn or chips. But with a little forethought, it’s easy to make a healthier choice. Prioritize your health this new year by choosing healthy snacks over inflammatory processed foods - either store-bought or homemade!

Get to Know TUDCA: The Easy Way to Protect Your Digestion, Brain and Liver

There are many tools in the wellness toolbox but one you might not yet be familiar with is a favorite of mine known as tauroursodeoxycholic acid or ‘TUDCA.’ It’s been a staple of Chinese medicine for thousands of years, and is now gaining traction in the West as a well-tolerated compound with numerous potential health benefits for your digestion, brain, liver and so much more. Here’s my topline on this important health helper.

Aging Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All: Why Men and Women Take Different Roads to the Golden Years

Aging—it's a universal truth, but the way we age? That’s where the story gets interesting. For men and women, the journey through aging takes distinctly different paths, influenced by biology, lifestyle, and environment.

Health Coach Tip - The Connection Between Menopause And Poor Cognition

Women make up nearly two-thirds of Alzheimer’s cases globally. Read to discover the connection between the hormonal shifts during menopause and their impact on cognitive health is critical.

5 Smart Strategies for Eating Tuna Without Spiking Mercury Levels

Love fish? Then you also need to be careful about not elevating your body’s mercury levels – a common problem that often comes with ‘too much of a good thing.’ While not over-doing it is a good rule of thumb for just about any kind of fish you enjoy, it’s especially important when it comes to tuna, one of the most popular lunch and dinner staples in the fish-eating world, which despite its many nutritional upsides, can be very high in mercury. So how to minimize the downsides and take advantage of tuna’s pluses? Here are a few thoughts on how to do tuna right.

How Many Microplastic and Nanoplastic Particles Are in a Bottle of Water?

Higher than previously estimated, according to a recent study. Here's why that matters.

Health Coach Tip - Kickstart Your Health This New Year

Welcome to 2025! A new year brings new opportunities to prioritize your health and wellness. Whether you’re starting fresh or building on last year’s progress, this checklist is here to help you begin the year with intention and energy.

The Top 15 Health and Wellness News Articles from 2024

For the past few decades, I’ve made it my life’s work to encourage people to take care of themselves so they can live long and fruitful lives. And while we in the functional medicine and longevity worlds have long appreciated the powerful benefits of a healthy lifestyle, sometimes it takes a minute (or two) for the research to catch up and re-confirm what should be self-evident: the choices we make now have both an immediate and long-term impact on how well we age. So, choose wisely!

How to Fall Better

Falling is inevitable, but you can minimize injury by with these tips, moves, and exercises.

Health Coach Tip – Making Resolutions

When it comes to the end of the year and the start of another, taking some time to reflect on the lessons learned and think about tweaks going forward can be a life enriching experience. But making sustainable resolutions can be hard! This year, save yourself wasted time and use these tips to create a fitting resolution – not without the help of Dr. Lipman.

14 Articles on Anti-Aging and Longevity Therapies Driving Healthspan Innovation from 2024

In a lot of ways, 2024 has been a watershed year, especially when it comes to advances in the longevity field. And while we may not have yet unlocked the secret to eternal youth quite yet (we’ll leave that to the Twilight crew), just about every day we’re gaining more insights on how to get closer to it and live longer lives with plenty of health and vitality ideally, right up ‘til our last breath. With this in mind, for this end-of-the-year review I wanted to share some of the most interesting reporting on anti-aging and longevity strategies to inspire your journey and offer a quick inside look at these exciting discoveries.

5 Ways to Practice Humility

A Soto Zen teacher on how humility can create connection — with others and yourself.

Health Coach Tip - All About Knee Health

We’ve explored the importance of knee health and how to strengthen the muscles that support and stabilize them for resilience in “Health Coach Tip - Exercises To Build Resilient Knees”. But what if you’ve already experienced an injury and feel like you’re doing everything possible—what else can you consider?

13 Headline-Making Reports and Research on Longevity from 2024

For those of us who have the privilege of aging with health and vitality, the longevity news this past year is giving us even more insights into the multiple aspects of the aging process that we want to combat. So, whether you’re a fit 25-year-old hiker, or a power-lifting retiree, there’s much to learn from these recent reports from longevity’s cutting edge, so check out a few of the year’s best.

5 Ways to Embrace Continuous Learning in Your Daily Life

Life Time experts reveal their strategies for cultivating curiosity and fostering ongoing personal growth.

Health Coach Tip - Exercises To Build Resilient Knees

Read on to explore the key muscle groups involved in knee health and provide effective exercises to strengthen them for long-term resilience.

Reader’s Choice: 13 Most Popular Dr. Lipman Posts of 2024

Over the past twelve months on the blog, we’ve covered a lot of longevity-focused and anti-aging ground! Each post has been about exploring compelling health and longevity pathways and connecting with readers. Some articles emerged as clear favorites, sometimes to my surprise. What made it to the top of the anti-aging must-read list? Posts on maintaining brain health, heart health and managing metabolism ranked high, while posts on red light therapy and biohacking followed close behind. It’s tough for me to pick personal favorites, so I’ve left it to the readers to decide – and here are their 13 top choices for 2024. Enjoy!

Build a Better Brain

Fitness is more than just losing weight and toning up — it's a whole-body pursuit, one that includes tending to the health of one of your most important organs: the brain.

Health Coach Tip - Joint Health 101

In this guide, we’ll explore practical tips to keep your joints healthy and strong, no matter your age or activity level.

7 Ways Longevity Starts with Your VO₂ Max

Why does cardio fitness matter so much to longevity? Cardiovascular fitness, best measured by assessing your VO₂ (oxygen consumption), is one of the most powerful indicators we have to measure your overall health and longevity potential. Your ‘VO₂ max’ reflects how efficiently heart, lungs, and muscles function together to keep the body moving when it’s working hard. Research indicates that higher VO₂ max levels are associated with a lower risk of mortality and a longer lifespan, which is the main reason I encourage everyone to work on improving their VO₂ max.

Sunshine Deficiency: Why Your Mood Might Be Hibernating This Winter

Health Coach Tip - Improve Your Immunity With Meditation

Can meditation help support the immune system? When creating a health arsenal to support your immune system and combat illness, I bet that meditation isn't the first thing that comes to your mind! While it’s always important to incorporate as many immunity-boosting, health-supporting foods, supplements and healthy habits as possible, there are other lifestyle modalities to focus on – like mindfulness and meditation!

9 Life-changing Ways to Tend to Your Soulspan

As my readers know, I often talk about ‘health-span,’ the number of years we’re able to physically function well. Well, soul-span speaks to an even bigger issue, as in, what are you doing with all those years? What good is a long life with a well-functioning mind and body if the time you spend on the planet lacks meaning or purpose? I think if we’re honest enough to ask that question, we already know the answer. Which begs the question: how to cultivate and nourish your ‘soul span’ to help seed a happier, and yes, healthier life?