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Want to Eat More Plant and Lose Weight? Follow a Flexitarian Diet
Hands down, one of the best things you can do for your health (and the health of the planet) is to adopt a plant-focused diet. A flexitarian eating pattern emphasizes plant foods, such as veggies, fruits, nuts, seeds, pulses (beans and legumes) and whole grains, but leaves some room for meat, dairy and other animal foods. According to the latest...
How and Why the Coronavirus Pandemic Might Be Messing with Your Memory
How Much Water Do You Actually Need Every Day Per Day?
There's nothing like a refreshing glass of...water. Yes, you read that right: water. Whether you just reached a new PR on that Peloton or snacked your way through a bag of something salty, a gulp of H2O is sure to quench your thirst. But that's not all the natural beverage can do. Water is essential for survival, and experts of all kinds continue to preach...
Is Cheese Healthy? It Can Be if You Follow These Tips
So, you love cheese. What’s not to love? It’s decadent, creamy, and delicious. And it’s just as great as a simple snack as it is artfully arranged on a cheese board. It’s also the perfect addition to meals like tacos, pasta and salad. Plus, cheese provides a slew of beneficial nutrients. Cheese contains protein, fat and saturated fat, sodium, calcium, phosphorous...
Melancholy Holiday: 6 Ways to Fend Off The Winter Blues
It’s no surprise that the number of people feeling stressed and anxious the last two holiday seasons is at an all-time high. Thanks, COVID-19. And if the holidays aren’t overwhelming enough, we have the constant tension between rising prices, holiday shopping and weighing whether or not it’s safe to visit family has many of us eating and drinking...
The Worst Lifestyle Habits Causing You to Feel Older, Science Says
We're all getting just a little bit older each day, but at least we're in it together. The World Health Organization estimates that by the year 2050, there will be over two billion people ages 60 and older on a global scale! Indeed, people all over the world are living longer than ever, and there's no sign of that trend slowing down. Near unbelievably, a recent study...
The Essential Guide to Tai Chi for Beginners
For many, a balanced wellness routine involves a blend of physically challenging activities, including HIIT workouts, yoga flows, and cardio-heavy sweat sessions, and mental health-enhancers, such as meditation or micro-mindfulness exercises. While there's nothing wrong with splitting free time between the two types of practices, there is one activity that allows you to accomplish both at the same time: Tai Chi...
A Guide to the Essential Nutrients — and Why Your Body Needs Them
8 Ways to Cope If You Can't See Family and Friends This Holiday Season
The start of this new decade has been full of anxiety, stress, frustration, confusion, fear, and disappointments. For many people, it's meant losing a job—or a loved one. For others, it's forced them to make difficult decisions about significant life events, like canceling their wedding or giving birth alone. No matter how the coronavirus pandemic...
6 Pomegranate Health Benefits You Should Know
Admittedly, pomegranates are a bit of an unconventional fruit—you can’t just munch on them casually on your walk back from the gym. But whether you go for the juice or seeds (properly known as arils, that pop out of the husk of the fruit), you’re getting a full blast of vitamins like B, C and K, plus antioxidants, so it’s definitely worth cracking one open...