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Health Coach Tip – Embrace Your Love Hormone

Your love hormone – released in response to intimacy, when hugging a pet, listening to music, giving birth, and more – has many benefits.

Meet Metformin – and It’s Anti-Aging Superpowers

By now, my readers may be aware of my interest in longevity-focused medicine, particularly in light of all of the exciting anti-aging and longevity research and promising treatments making news almost every day.

What Is Sound Healing?

While we’re often inundated by noise, we might overlook the fact that sound can be therapeutic for the body and mind.

Health Coach Tip – All About Hormesis

Did you know that small bursts of stress may benefit our longevity? These intermittent bursts of stress, “hormesis,” likely enhance health.

9 Ways to Develop an Attitude of Gratitude

Particularly these days, life is not without its challenges. We live in a time of global upheaval and chronic anxiety, and the prospect of navigating through it can seem daunting.

A Beginner’s Guide to Meditation

You may want to sit down while reading this.

Health Coach Tip – Keep Active This Winter

Does winter make it feel harder for you to stay active? If so, don’t use it as an excuse to stop moving. Being sedentary is never the answer when it comes to staying healthy.

10 Tips to Banish Blood Pressure Problems Naturally

So, you go for an annual check-up and your primary care doc slaps on the blood pressure cuff and then delivers the bad news. Your blood pressure, which has been steadily ticking up for years, has now crossed the threshold, into either borderline or bona fide hypertension.

The Skinny on Visceral Fat: It’s Health Implications & How to Get Rid of It

When we want to improve our health, be it for a new year’s resolution or enhanced longevity, many of us focus on weight loss.

Health Coach Tip – How Sleep Protects The Brain

Beyond its role in rejuvenating the body and promoting overall well-being, sleep plays a crucial role in safeguarding our brains.

6 Ways Your Biological Age Matters More than the Number of Candles on Your Cake

When we think about age, we should be thinking of it in terms of two numbers: your actual chronological age and what researchers and some forward-thinking clinicians are now calling “biological” age, which captures the differences in how our bodies change over time. The good news? Medical science is in the first stages of being able to measure the biological processes that underlie aging, and clinicians – myself included – who embrace “longevity medicine” and can use that information to tailor therapies and target lifestyle upgrades to slow that process down.

How Fiber Supports Healthy Skin

Here's why fiber is a powerful ally for your skin's health.

Health Coach Tip – All About Zinc

Did you know that zinc’s benefits are wide-ranging and essential for the proper functioning of our bodies? Zinc plays a role in maintaining optimal health and wellness, from immune support to wound healing.

7 Thoughts on How AKG Can Make Aging Better – and Slower

Pharmaceutical drugs. They are, for better or worse, just about everywhere these days, and while they have their place, they’re also wildly over-prescribed – blunt instruments that can sometimes create more problems than they solve. That’s why I’m always curious about promising alternatives and excited by the growing research into natural compounds – and one candidate that may be able to keep health moving in a positive direction is something called ‘alpha-ketoglutarate’ or ‘AKG – which can help the body restore itself when it begins to run down.

7 Signs That Your Mental Health Needs Attention

You know when a cold is coming on thanks to telltale symptoms like a sore throat, cough, or a stuffy nose. But you may not be quite so attuned to the signs of oncoming mental unwellness.

Health Coach Tip – The Health Benefits Of Swimming

Curious about the benefits of swimming? From enhancing cardiovascular health to promoting muscle strength, discover them here.

24 Ways to Ditch Sugar in 2024 (and Beyond)

In honor of 2024, I’ve put together my 24-point list of tips for slaying the sugar monster once and for all. Here’s where to start.

How Collagen Supports Healthy Skin

The most abundant protein in the body, collagen is a key component of skin, tendons, and ligaments. As the body ages, it makes less (and lower quality) collagen. This contributes to reduced elasticity and less fresh-looking skin.

Health Coach Tip – Oils For Hair Growth

Inspiring Words of Wisdom to Guide Your New Year

Welcome to 2024!

18 Ways to Find Hygge

Many of us crave sanctuary from our hectic lives, but we’re not sure how to find it — or whether it’s even possible. Enter hygge (pronounced “hoo-gah”), the Danish art of creating an atmosphere of coziness, warmth, and refuge. It’s the feeling “that we are safe, that we are shielded from the world and [can] allow ourselves to let our guard down,” notes Meik Wiking in The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living.

Health Coach Tip – Making New Year Resolutions

Making sustainable resolutions can be hard! This year, save yourself wasted time and use these tips to create a fitting resolution.

TOP 10 MOST POPULAR BLOGS OF 2023

Now’s a great time to look back at 2023 and think about what you want for the New Year.

How Vitamin C Supports Healthy Skin