If it isn’t already, your digestive health should be high up on your priority list. Unhealthy eating habits are linked to colorectal cancer, which is the third most common cancer among both women and men worldwide. Not only that, but a properly functioning digestive system affects our immune, heart, hormonal, and even mental health! Most…

As you rush to complete to-do’s for the new year, your head feels like a tea kettle, building up painful pressure. “Everything about the holidays sets us up for headaches, from increased travel to changes in what we eat and drink,” says Dawn Buse, PhD, clinical professor of neurology at the Albert Einstein College of…

Just opening your mouth and taking a peek at your tongue is one of the easiest ways to detect a nutrient deficiency — which two in three of us half. Check for these signs. If it is swollen and sore, up your B-12. Your risk of a B-12 deficiency doubles after age 50 — and a swollen…

Does the quarantine have you packing on pounds? Trim down fast with these tasty treats. Leafy greens boost sugar burn. Leafy greens, like spinach and kale, already offer a host of body benefits, and UCLA researchers say you’ll slim 40 percent faster if you add one cup of them to your daily diet! Thanks goes…

Raise your hand if you’ve ever thawed frozen food only to realize you wouldn’t be able to use all of it at once. Keep your hand high if you’ve ever finished thawing frozen food only to find out you wouldn’t have time to cook at all that night. If this sounds like something you’ve experienced…

Right now, we’re all doing our best to stay clean and safe amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. And while Quarantine regulations have eased up in many states, and many of us are returning to the outside world, there’s one place that scientists say we need to take extra precautions. If you’re using a public restroom,…

This just in from Harvard researchers: Melatonin helps you sleep more soundly, reduces harmful inflammation, and improves insulin sensitivity, cutting your risk of breast, uterine, and ovarian cancers 32 percent — and your risk of diabetes, stroke, and migraines 50 percent. Here are some ways you can keep your melatonin high. Take 5-HTP. Although you can…

If you’re suffering from a recurring yeast infection, you might be surprised to learn that it may not actually be a yeast infection at all. Many women these days are misdiagnosing another totally different vaginal condition, according to Lauren Streicher, MD, an associate clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University. “One of the…