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  • Veggies for the Win, Image: Alexander Raths/AdobeStock.comVeggies for the Win  
    Five Reasons to Choose a Plant-Based Lifestyle  

    Many of us have come across the term “plant-based eating”. Perhaps the regimen was recommended to us by a medical or nutritional professional. We may have read about it in a magazine or seen a documentary on the subject. Scientists around the globe have...

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  • Thriving With Multiple Sclerosis, Image: Prazis Images/Stock.Adobe.comThriving With Multiple Sclerosis  
    How to Reduce Inflammation and Promote Neuroregeneration  

    For people with multiple sclerosis (MS), the concept of “thriving” is becoming increasingly attainable thanks to advances in lifestyle-related research. While MS is not yet curable, life choices that reduce inflammation and promote neuroregeneration can...

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  • Improving Heart Health, Image: Improving Heart Health  
    Lifestyle Metrics That Can Help Prevent Heart Disease   

    When it comes to preventing cardiovascular diseases, lifestyle changes such as diet and exercise are often mentioned. But a deeper dive into heart health shows other factors such as sleep, stress management and proper ...

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  • Meditation for Longevity, Image: michaeljung/123rf.comMeditation for Longevity  
      

    The International Journal of Neuroscience published a study showing the cells of people that meditate looked 12 years younger under a microscope than their actual age. The most extreme example was a highly experienced meditator with...

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  • Assessing Heart Health in 2023, Image: Assessing Heart Health in 2023  
    A Functional Medicine Approach   

    Heart disease, also known as atherosclerosis, accounts for one in seven deaths in the United States and is the leading cause of...

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  • Brain Power Boosters, Image: Tijana/AdobeStock.comBrain Power Boosters  
    Tips to Preserve Memory at Any Age  

    Although it is completely normal to feel like our memories are failing us as we get older, this is not the time to panic. Regardless of age, it is always possible to learn, store and recall information, and there are numerous...

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  • More than Skin Deep, Image: triocean/Shutterstock.comMore than Skin Deep  
    Healing the Heartbreak of Psoriasis  

    Psoriasis affects approximately 3 percent of the U.S. population. According to Dr. Mark Hyman, founder of the Institute of Functional Medicine, the condition involves terrible suffering from...

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  • 12+ Quick Fixes for Anxiety, Image: finde zukunft/Unsplash.com12+ Quick Fixes for Anxiety  
    Simple Year-Round Strategies for Mental Well-Being  

    t is an all-too-human experience to have anxiety—feeling fear or apprehension about what might happen. A survival mechanism for our species, it can easily get out of hand in times of uncertainty, morphing from...

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  • Good Vibrations, Image: Magic Bowls/Unsplash.comGood Vibrations  
    The Healing Power of Sound  

    For centuries, humans have employed sound in an attempt to heal and cure. The ancient Greeks believed in the power of music, using flutes, lyres and zithers to treat illness and vibrations to alleviate mental disorders. Even today...

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  • The Digestion, Stress and Energy Connection, Image: The Digestion, Stress and Energy Connection  
    How Emotional, Visceral and Structural Stress Short-Circuits Your Body's Digestive Healing Power  

    One of the most frequent questions I am asked in my practice is, “How did I get this digestive problem?” Whether the patients I work with experience Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis, chronic constipation or GERD, the origin...

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  • Staying Serene in Turbulent times, Image: miniartkur/AdobeStock.comStaying Serene in Turbulent times  
    How to Turn Anxiety into Positive Action  

    In this day and age, we have good reason to toss and turn in our beds at night. As our nation faces fears of climate catastrophes, acrid politics, stubborn inflation, unpredictable virus variants and hot-button issues like...

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  • Growing Younger, Image: contrastwerkstatt/AdobeStock.comGrowing Younger  
    Longevity Strategies that Help Reverse the Aging Process   

    Longevity, a human quest through the ages, is now a hot topic among scientific researchers that assert there has never been a better time to maximize our potential for metabolic renewal. Biological age—the state of our health at the cellular level—is in the spotlight, as are the anti-aging benefits of ...

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