What Happens When Fitness is a Family Affair

Making fitness a part of everyday life within the family helps keep bones – and bonds – stronger. Here’s how one writer keeps fitness in her family.

4 Ways Your Body Suffers from Lack of Sleep

Sure, you know you feel a little sluggish when you don’t get eight hours a night. But these surprising ways lack of sleep affects your body may have you going to bed a little bit earlier.

How SweatWorking Kept Me Accountable To My Fitness Goals From Across the World

According to one team member, the SweatWorking app creates consistency and accountability for an entire team taking on a Liu Gross challenge from all over the world.

Chris Kresser and the Functional Medicine Revolution

Chris Kresser, author, writer and leader in the alternative medicine space, is a big proponent of ancestral health and functional medicine. This is what we took away from his newly released book.

High Cholesterol? Allow Us To Dispel Some Myths

Studies done by experts in the field let us think there’s more to be said than “high cholesterol is bad.” Read some of the myths about cholesterol here.

How to Use Eastern Medicine to Treat Cold and Flu

As opposed to western medicine, Eastern approaches include acupuncture and herbs and aim to treat the body, not the systems when treating sickness.

Why Your Fitness Routine Today Matters For Your Health Tomorrow

Recent studies bring up the importance maintaining physical fitness as you age in order to keep up cardiovascular & muscular strength throughout your years.

What Are the Benefits of Raw Coconut Oil?

We know coconut oil has benefits far beyond a healthy cooking alternative, but what exactly does it mean when you buy raw coconut oil?

Five Surprising Lessons a Midnight 10K Taught Me

Hint: These lessons don’t have anything to do with running.

Is Going Gluten-Free Dangerous for Your Heart?

One study asserts that for those without celiac disease, going gluten-free may be bad for heart health. We dug for more info about what that means for you.

Your Next Healthy Adventure Is Waiting In Your Own Pantry

Buying local foods and sharing in their preparation with friends is one way to step out of your comfort zone and build a healthy habit while you’re at it.

Three Ways Uprooting Your Life Can Affect Your Health

Studies show how happiness affects health overall; this writer saw a big life decision as a means to create her own happiness & thus improve her health.

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