How Tai Chi Can Ease Pain, Improve Your Balance, and Protect Your Bones

06/12/2024

We’ve all been told to move more, but if you have a limited range of motion, Tai Chi can help you reach your fitness goals—and reap other benefits too. It’s a traditional Chinese wellness practice comprised of a series of movements that you perform slowly and purposefully. It’s been popular for centuries for a reason: It has a host of benefits...

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

03/12/2024

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...

Your Guide to Essential Winter Greens and How To Use Them

30/11/2024

Even though there’s a heck of a lot of plant-based foods out there, greens are often thought of as one of the foundational foods of plant-based eating. This is because they have high concentrations of vitamins, nutrients, and minerals. They’re also inexpensive and widely accessible; even in the dead of winter, there’s still plenty of varieties of greens that are in season...

How To Use Psychological Flexibility To ‘Bend’ Negative Emotions Rather Than Deny Them

27/11/2024

Even if you're a glass-half-full type of person, no one can be positive all the time. But it's also just as true that how we respond to negative emotions when they surface can have a direct effect on our overall mental health. Often, there's a desire to completely push negative thoughts away or become consumed by them completely...

How Extreme Weather Affects Your Health

24/11/2024

We can no longer ignore the effects of climate change. From shrinking glaciers to frequent heatwaves, the future none of us wanted to imagine is already the present. We’ve already seen natural disasters hit the far corners of the earth and, according to the experts, this is just the beginning.

Understanding the health implications of this colossal...

12 Science-Backed Ways to Lose Belly Fat for Good, According to Weight Loss Experts

21/11/2024

Losing weight in general is hard, but dropping belly fat in particular can feel insurmountable. It’s not all in your head: “It’s essentially impossible to tell one specific region of your body to accelerate fat metabolism,” says Chris DiVecchio, a NASM-certified personal trainer and author of The 5 x 2 Method: Revealing the Power of Your Senses...

How I Protect My Mental Health Against the Isolation of Quarantine

18/11/2024

The outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has rocked our world and caused all of us to isolate in ways we never dreamed of doing before. For some of us who have a severe mental illness diagnosis, this isolation is more than we might have ever experienced with our most extreme symptoms. While I have to fight...

6 Ways to Burn More Calories While Walking, According to Personal Trainers

15/11/2024

It can be hard to convince yourself to exercise, especially if it means dragging yourself to the gym. But not all exercise has to be a high-intensity sweat sesh. 

In fact, just walking can help you meet the US Department of Health and Human Services exercise guidelines. Walking can also be a great, low-impact...

5 Rules for Choosing Healthy Juices

12/11/2024

With a juicery on every corner and a well-stocked beverage section at every health food store, it's super easy to just grab a nutrient-packed refreshment after a yoga class or if you skipped lunch. While a fruit-and-veggie-loaded drink sounds righteous in theory, are juices really healthy? Well, yes and no.

"Juices can be part of a healthy diet, but they are not...

A Simple Guide on How to Start Meditating, According to Experts

09/11/2024

We’ve all been there: The clock strikes midnight, and our thoughts race on as if we’d just walked into the office with our first cup of coffee. Sleep? Never heard of her, minus a few quick minutes of shut-eye in between the tossing and turning.

This scenario is all too common for many. It’s incredibly challenging to calm down a racing mind after a full day of working, parenting...