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How to Form Healthier Habits & Commit to Exercise

If you’re like a lot of folks, just the idea of making a life-long commitment to exercise and healthier habits can seem overwhelming. Maybe you just have a few pounds to lose, or a spare ...

Can You Cleanse Your Lungs? How (& Why) to Do a Lung Detox

As one of the hardest-working organs in the body, the lungs are essential for maintaining normal functions of the respiratory system and keeping us alive. Their main roles include transporting oxygen throughout our bodies and ...

Can ‘Forever Chemicals’ Be Destroyed? Promising Research Says Perhaps!

A new analysis by Consumer Reports found that toxic "forever chemicals" still lurk in supermarket and fast food containers, despite mounting public health outcries to remove it. Used for its grease-proof properties, food packaging like paper wrappings and ...

Visceral Fat: What It Is and How to Get Rid of It

Most people view body fat as relatively harmless and merely something we want to banish to look and feel better, but did you know that certain types of dangerous fats that are stored around your ...

Study Shows Potential Benefits of Mindfulness for Diabetes

Numerous studies have linked mindfulness meditation practices, such as yoga and seated meditation, to health perks including improved sleep, help coping with stress, and even enhanced heart and brain health. Now, new research suggests there ...

What Is an Aromatherapy Massage? Benefits + How to Do It Safely

In need of some relaxation and self-care? Consider getting an aromatherapy massage or even having someone you're close to give you one at home. What is an aromatherapy massage good for? Receiving one can help you ...

Study Finds Artificial Sweeteners May Increase Risk of Heart Disease

The dangers of artificial sweeteners are well-known, with research linking consumption to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, obesity and cancer. Additionally, a large-scale prospective study published in September 2022 found that artificial sweetener intake ...

What Is Aromatherapy? 9 Ways It Benefits Health

Alternative treatments, such as aromatherapy, are now offered in therapeutic practices, including massage centers, yoga studios and spas, even hospice settings and chiropractic offices. So what is aromatherapy, exactly? Aromatherapy essential oils are made using dozens ...

Drinking Black Tea May Lower Risk of Death, New Study Shows

Almost half a million adults participated in a six-year study to determine the association between tea intake and mortality. The results suggest that drinking at least two cups of black tea daily may reduce your ...

School Lunch: What Schools Are Getting Wrong and What to Do About It

People like to say, "You are what you eat." We like to say, "You are what you break down and absorb." When you pair this with the staggering statistic that at least 54 percent of ...