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Jan 23, 2026 · Movement5 Ways to Sharpen Your Senses While You Exercise
Embrace your sensory experience — and boost your brain health — by tuning in while working out.
Jan 21, 2026 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip - The Food Pyramid
Recently, the United States government unveiled a major overhaul of its national dietary guidelines, bringing back the food pyramid with a completely new design and message. This shift, labeled a historic reset of federal nutrition policy, moves away from nutrition models used for more than a decade and reflects a new approach to what Americans should eat.
Jan 19, 2026 · Healthy AgingSlow Your Aging Roll Overnight – With Longevity-Loving Sleep!
The bedside table light turns off, you slip into unconsciousness and the business of living is put on hold until you wake up in the morning. Except that’s not really how sleep works. While you’re conked out, the body is busily engaged in a slew of renovation and repair operations that human life depends on. And it’s the difference between good sleep – 7-9 hours a night – and insufficient poor-quality sleep that helps determine how well, nor not so well, we age. Sleeping well and enough helps tame the inflammation ages us and nearly every system in the body. So, if your body is operating in a high inflammation state, you’re aging faster, and in a low inflammation state, slower.
Jan 16, 2026 · MovementMake Your Fitness Routine Fascia Friendly With These 6 Tips
Fascia is key to not just your fitness activities but to nearly everything you do. Here's how to take care of it.
Jan 14, 2026 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip - The Health Benefits Of Chia Seeds
The benefits of chia seeds + how to eat more of them.
Jan 12, 2026 · Healthy AgingLow-Dose Lithium: The Little Mineral with Big Potential for Longevity and a Healthier Brain
What’s emerging now is a portrait of lithium as a subtle supporter of brain health and longevity, especially when used in microdoses far below psychiatric levels.
Jan 9, 2026 · Healthy AgingNo Bones About It
Mounting evidence suggests that osteoporosis is more common — and more serious — in older men than previously thought. But a lack of consensus among public health experts has hampered access to necessary screenings.
Jan 7, 2026 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip - Get In More Steps
Here are some simple tips to take more steps in a day, no matter what your goal is.
Jan 5, 2026 · Healthy AgingWhy We Age—and What We Can Do About It.
Aging is a privilege. Yes, some aspects don’t always feel that way — lines and wrinkles, muscles that aren’t as pumped as they once were, thinning hair — but these are simply gentle reminders that time is doing what time does to us all. Beneath the surface, something deeper is happening: all 37 trillion of your cells are aging right along with you. That can feel a little unnerving, but here’s the good news — once you understand why aging happens, you can start making choices that help slow the pace and support better healthspan and longevity. Aging doesn’t have to be a runaway train.
Jan 2, 2026 · Healthy AgingLongevity in the GLP-1 Era: GLP-1 and Aging
Because longevity isn’t about eating less—it’s about signaling better.
Dec 31, 2025 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip – New Year, New Resolutions
Here’s what to look for in a sustainable resolution.
Dec 29, 2025 · Healthy AgingTop 16 Must-Read Longevity Articles for 2025 – And Why They Matter
If there’s one thing I’ve learned immersed in the worlds of longevity and integrative health, it’s that science never stands still (and thank heavens for that!). Just about every day, fascinating new ideas and insights emerge to dig into. Some confirm what we’ve long suspected, while others may challenge our assumptions, and still others may give rise to entirely new ways of thinking about how we age and how we thrive.
Dec 26, 2025 · Health & WellnessBalancing Act
Mounting evidence suggests that an unbalanced mix of microbes in our guts can damage our physical and mental health. New research argues that it can also affect how we age.
Dec 24, 2025 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip - Holiday Food Tips
Flexible holiday eating tips.
Dec 22, 2025 · Health & WellnessReaders’ Choice: 15 Favorite Lipman Posts of 2025
As a doctor, educator, and lifelong health and longevity advocate, my mission is to help patients and health-conscious readers understand not just the science behind longevity, but the simple, practical actions that can profoundly influence how long and how well one can live with vitality. As 2025 winds down, I want to revisit and share a few of my site’s top posts—the ones that struck a chord with readers, and, in their own different ways, helped shape the global conversation around healthspan and longevity.
Dec 19, 2025 · Health & WellnessHow to Recover from “Family Jet Lag”
Expert tips for navigating the fraught dynamics of family gatherings.
Dec 17, 2025 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip – Guide For Holiday Eating
Here are some simple tips to help you enjoy, without surrendering your health!
Dec 15, 2025 · Healthy AgingLion’s Mane: Could This Mushroom Help Keep Your Brain Younger?
Mushrooms are having a moment, and a health-supportive one at that. While there are a number of very popular ones on the market these days each with their own unique health supportive properties (think reishi, chaga, cordyceps, turkey tail, etc.), lion’s mane is one of my favorites from a healthspan and longevity perspective. What makes it special in particular is the emerging research that’s showing lion’s mane’s potential to help support brain health, mood, gut balance, heart health and the cellular defenses that matter quite a bit for healthy aging.
Dec 12, 2025 · Health & WellnessAre Autoimmune Diseases Becoming More Common?
Yes, and many experts suspect environmental triggers. Here's why.
Dec 10, 2025 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip – Avocados & Longevity
Rich in heart-healthy fats, antioxidants, and key micronutrients, avocados are a true longevity food — one that supports brain health, cardiovascular function, skin vitality, and metabolic balance.
Dec 8, 2025 · Healthy AgingThe 4 Essential Sex Hormones to Optimize Now – for Better Longevity Later
Among the dozens of hormones at work in our bodies 24/7, four stand out as key players in the vitality and longevity departments: estradiol, progesterone, testosterone, and DHEA. Commonly thought of as our sex hormones, they do far more than just influence libido. When levels are optimized and balanced, they support your over-all energy, your restorative deep sleep and manageable moods. But as the hormonal dials start to turn down with age, the harmony fades and the static creeps in. How to fight back? Optimize the hormones that can help keep you more youthful.
Dec 5, 2025 · Health & WellnessWild Yam Creams: Separating the Yam from the Sham/Scam
Your Instagram feed is probably flooded with posts about "natural hormone balance" featuring wild yam creams – here's what to know.
Dec 3, 2025 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip – Does Matcha Make Your Hair Fall Out? Here’s What You Need to Know
Can matcha cause hair loss? Let's dive in.
Dec 1, 2025 · Healthy AgingFour "Everyday" Hormone Levels to Optimize for Longevity, and a Longer, Stronger Healthspan
Hormones, produced by various glands throughout the body, act as chemical messengers that keep nearly every one of our systems —from brain and heart health to mood, muscle, and bone strength—running smoothly. While estrogen and testosterone often steal the spotlight, other “everyday” hormones like growth hormone, thyroid, cortisol, and melatonin are just as vital to our energy, resilience, and overall wellbeing. As levels naturally decline with age, optimizing them becomes key. The good news: the choices we make daily—how we eat, move, sleep, and manage stress—have a profound effect on preserving hormonal harmony, vitality, and longevity