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I was on the debate team in college, and one of my most memorable debates was on that enduring topic:
“Is a bath better than a shower?”
I was on Team Shower. We won the debate after presenting a slew of convincing arguments. [Read more…] about Why You Should Treat Yourself to a Bath Tonight
What’s your relationship with your phone?
If you feel naked without it, you’re not alone.
The average American checks their phone somewhere between 40 and 80 times a day. Millennials check their phones twice as often. [Read more…] about Is Your Cellphone Harming Your Health?
My milkshake story starts in an unlikely place:
The Andes mountains of South America, where once a month the banana man came to visit.
He drove up to my village in his battered pickup truck, the bed laden with branches of bananas straight from the tropical coast. [Read more…] about The Trick to a Healthy Milkshake Your Diet (and Kids) Will Love
I started noticing it a few years ago.
I’d be reading profiles of brilliant leaders. People who’d really reached the top of their game.
Consistently, these high performers would mention that they meditate for at least 20 minutes a day. [Read more…] about Why You Need 20 Minutes a Day to Yourself
It’s your worst nightmare.
You wake up feeling like you’ve been hit by a truck. You go to the doctor and he tells you it’s your gallbladder.
You don’t have time to be sick. You’ve got a modeling and acting career to pursue. [Read more…] about #BrilliantBabe: Crazy Sexy Cancer Survivor Kris Carr
When it’s summer, I eat fruit.
It’s my mission. Got to get in as much as I can before the weather turns and the growing season ends.
I’d love to say I stroll through farmers markets, picking up wicker baskets of freshly-picked peaches… [Read more…] about The Freakishly Miraculous Powers of Fruit
Ever felt your neck when you’ve got a cold…
To see if your lymph nodes were swollen?
That’s the only thing I knew about the lymphatic system growing up. Useful for diagnostic purposes, I guess, but not real exciting. [Read more…] about Why Your Lymph Nodes are Your New Best Friend
Popping handfuls of supplements has never been my thing.
Surely a good multivitamin is enough, I thought.
It’s only been in the past few years that I’ve started to question that thinking. [Read more…] about What Vitamin Labels Don’t Tell You
We gotta talk about coffee.
I know you love your Keurig. Just pop in a K-Cup, and voila! Just like a barista made it for you.
Because otherwise you’ll be waiting endlessly in your car, waiting your turn at the coffee drive-thru of goodness [Read more…] about What You Don’t Know about Your Keurig Could Be Making You Sick
The top 5 ingredients for healthy living, according to the best scientific sources, are:
– Diet
– Exercise
– Sleep
– Sunshine
– Socializing [Read more…] about The Missing Ingredient in a Healthy Life
If you’re going to dance, you’d better do it well.
Otherwise there’s an audience ready to laugh you off the floor.
That’s not much of an incentive to take up dancing, even if studies are showing that it can help you beat the advance of age. [Read more…] about Dance Your Way to Happiness & Health
Know anything better than what pleases you at any given time?
Sexual pleasure is intimately intertwined with health. The circulation and flow of sexual energy affects the mind and body, as well as our emotions. It is the most powerful force that we enjoy, and it is available to anyone. [Read more…] about Better Health Through Pleasure
Back in college, I was putting away my lunch things when my housemother stopped me. “Are you going to put that can back in the fridge?”
I blinked at her. I looked down at the can. “I only used half of it.”
“Put it in a container, then!” [Read more…] about Are Your Food Storage Containers Safe?
Raise your hand if you eat three meals a day, with no snacks in between.
Yeah, my hand isn’t up, either.
I snack all day long instead of having proper meals. I used to think that was a good thing. Keeps my metabolism revved up and so forth. [Read more…] about A Diet Plan That Keeps Pounds Off Permanently?
Give me a break. I’m a modern woman, not Paleolithic.
You’ll never catch me in a cave. I don’t look good in animal skins. I prefer to pick my berries at the grocery store.
So why are about 3 million Americans eating like cavemen? [Read more…] about 4 Things No One is Telling You about the Paleo Diet
