Your Supplements Could Be Harming You
Do you take vitamins or micronutrient supplements? If you do, you’re not alone. A 2018 study showed that 75% of Americans take one or more. Supplements are big business and …
Wellness
Not So Fast! The Truth About Intermittent Fasting
By now, you have probably heard of intermittent fasting (IF). Perhaps you know someone who fasts or have even tried it yourself. When it comes to fad diets, IF has …
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Drowning in Hype About Hydration?
Every January, hydration appears on millions of resolution lists. We’ve all heard the longstanding recommendation to drink eight glasses of water a day, equivalent to a 2-liter bottle, and so …
Why Not Try a “Damp Winter” Instead?
If your email inbox has recently been flooded with advice to try having a “Dry January,” you might find yourself wondering…Whose idea was this? Why would one participate? Isn’t it …
Suffering from Sleepless Nights? Try Sleep Tracking
Sleep disorders are very common and affect up to 70 million Americans every year. Insomnia symptoms occur in 30-50% of the adult population, and 10-15% suffer from a true chronic insomnia disorder …
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Yoga and How it Can Help You
Yoga connects your body, breath, and mind Asanas, or poses, move you through both full body range of motion and exercises for specific areas of the body. Pranayama, or breath, helps …
6 Ways to Stimulate Your Vagus Nerve
And Develop a Healthy Stress Response Learn to calm yourself down In previous articles, we’ve talked about the sympathetic nervous system, which is what produces the “fight or flight” response. …
Back to School Checklist
As the end of summer nears, August reminds us that it is time for back to school. Soon it will be first days, fall leaves, and all things school. There are school …
Set Yourself On “Health Autopilot”
Our everyday world is full of stressors combined with unhealthy temptations leading a lot of us have unintentionally built unhealthy habits around coping mechanisms, like emotional eating, binge eating, binge …
Tips for Treating Sunburn at Home this Summer
It’s summer and people are soaking up the sun. However, this comes with something we have all experienced, a sunburn. We try to use sunscreen but inevitably we miss a …
