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Is It Better to Sleep In or Exercise When You're Tired? Here's What New Research Says

15/02/2025

Getting enough sleep ranks right up there with eating a balanced diet, moving your body and not smoking as some of the most crucial pieces of the wellness puzzle. But if we have to choose to sacrifice one of those for the other—say, ditch an hour of sleep to sneak in a sweat sesh after that movie kept us up too late last night—should we?

A Beginner's Guide to a Plant-based Diet and How It Can Benefit Your Health

12/02/2025

Whether for health, ethical, environmental, or spiritual reasons, plant-based diets continue to grow in popularity, with nearly 10 million Americans adopting one. Here's what you need to know about plant-based diets and their potential risks and benefits...

6 Best Immune-Boosting Foods for Cold and Flu Season

09/02/2025

As the omicron variant in the US and cold and flu season is in full swing, the question on everyone’s mind is how to stay infection-free. There are the Centers for Disease Control basics, but eating well (or not) makes a difference, too. A healthy diet won’t prevent contracting the coronavirus or the flu, but it can help strengthen your immune system...

7 Diet Hacks to Take Your Exercise Game Further

06/02/2025

If you’re trying to be the most swole version of yourself but aren’t focused on diet, you’re doing yourself a serious disservice. The benefits of exercise are only partially determined by what you actually do at the gym. Other factors like your diet affect your physical results—and your health, too...

12 Foods That Might Help Migraines

03/02/2025

If you're someone who suffers from migraines, you're probably willing to do just about anything to make them go away. A migraine isn't just a headache you can deal with while waiting for painkillers to kick in. The American Migraine Foundation calls migraines a disabling neurological disease, and notes the pain can be "unbearable."

Secret Little Exercise Tricks for Getting a Lean Body Fast, Say Experts

31/01/2025

Given the popularity of CrossFit, marathon running, virtual spinning classes, hardcore group fitness classes, and other really, really intense forms of working out, it's all too easy to forget the importance of slightly less ambitious types of exercise. As some have observed, simply sitting on the floor more—and forcing your body to squat more—can have...

Dieting and Still Not Losing Weight? This Could Be Why

28/01/2025

Losing weight isn’t always as easy as it seems. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), while approximately 17 percent of U.S. adults are dieting on any given day, 42.4 percent of American adults are still classified as obese. However, the reasons you’re not succeeding on a diet aren’t always as obvious as indulging in too many cheat meals...

How To Tell if Your Self-Care Practice is Really a Pseudo-Regulator

25/01/2025

Self care looks different for different people. “For one person, taking a bath may give them the opportunity to be present and to show care toward their body, and for another, looking at their body in the bath may prompt self-criticism, or they may stress about all the things they could be doing instead,” says licensed marriage and family therapist...

How to Navigate Those Uncomfortable Questions at Your Holiday Dinner Table

22/01/2025

While there's often an expectation of joy, love and togetherness during the holiday season, for many families "holidays are much more complicated" and can "highlight complex family dynamics," says Liz Kelly, a licensed clinical social worker with Talkspace...

How to Start Eating Healthy: 10 Changes You Can Make

19/01/2025

One of the most important things that you can do to maintain your optimal health is to eat a balanced and nutritious diet. Doing so helps adults stave off chronic conditions, such as heart disease and diabetes, and allows those who are already chronically ill to manage their diseases. But what exactly is "healthy eating"? It can look different for everyone...

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