How to Go Vegan for Weight Loss in a Healthy Way, According to Experts

People go vegan for lots of reasons: to reduce their environmental impact, to address animal cruelty concerns, to improve certain health markers, and even to lose weight. In fact, at the time this was published, more than 228,000 Instagram posts had been tagged #veganweightloss...

Diet May Be More Important Than Exercise for Long-Term Weight Control, Evidence Suggests

Contrary to decades of popular advice, exercise may not be an effective strategy for weight loss, according to Dr. Herman Pontzer, an evolutionary anthropologist at Duke University and the author of "Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy."

Is It OK to Exercise After Eating?

You want to have enough energy to get in an after-lunch workout, but worry that a meal might make you nauseous. Is it OK to exercise after you eat, or should you fast until your workout is over?

It depends...

The Winding Road to Migraine Treatment

“The process of getting an accurate migraine diagnosis was one of the most confusing, fearful, and difficult periods of my life,” Natalie Sayre tells SELF. Sayre, 28, lived with chronic migraine for years before getting a diagnosis.

After the onset of her first migraine when she was 19, Sayre’s migraine attacks worsened, but she had a pretty limited understanding...

How to Lose Weight on a Plant-Based Diet

Many weight-loss plans promote eating more protein and reducing or nixing carbohydrates. However, if you’re trying to lose weight, evidence suggests a plant-based approach — which tends to be higher in carbs— may be helpful. On a plant-based plan, the emphasis...

When Can You Expect a Personal Record in the Gym?

Tell me if this sounds familiar: You’ve been training to do something—your first pull-up, let’s say—and after weeks or months, you finally make it. Hooray! But the following day or week, you try to do it again, but now you can’t. Did you get weaker? Did your training not actually pay off? Are you a failure? Should you just go lie down and cry?

7 Great Vegan Sources of Iron—and How to Eat Them

Meat is considered to be one of the best sources of iron in your diet, but if you're a vegan, it can seem challenging to find iron-rich meat alternatives.

Luckily, iron is available in a variety of foods and can be taken as a supplement...

The Unexpected Health Downside of Walking with Your Partner

Walking is the superfood of fitness and it’s extra special if your spouse comes along, but walking together for exercise may “unintentionally reduce health benefits” for the couple, researchers at Purdue University have found...

This Is the 'Bare Minimum' Amount of Veggies You Need to Eat, Say Experts

Did you know that only 9% of adults eat the recommended amount of vegetables, according to the CDC? It goes without saying that this is a pretty upsetting statistic.

There are so many reasons why you should be eating vegetables—most of which you probably already know—but they're worth repeating...

4 Signs You Have a Muscle Imbalance—and How to Fix It

If you're suffering from nagging aches and pains (or worse, an outright injury), in all likelihood, you're also suffering from muscle imbalances. The concept is fairly straightforward.

"A muscle imbalance is usually referring to disproportionate strength somewhere in the body," says Steve Yoon, MD...