This has been a strange year. And you’ve probably been anxious to get back to “normal”. Unfortunately, not everything “normal” is good. Around this time every year something predictable happens that you’d probably rather avoid. Cold and flu season. The COVID-19...
This timeless question is the reason Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon searched the New World for the Fountain of Youth. For thousands of years, people have tried to turn back the clock. But doing so has been little more than an impossible dream. Given enough time, the...
Imagine you’re in your 40s, 50s, or 60s…and something isn’t right. You’re so tired you can’t get through the day without a nap…but you can’t seem to sleep at night. No matter how much you watch your diet, you can’t lose weight. And you don’t get as much benefit from...
When it comes to hormones, we commonly focus on the more obvious players within the endocrine system like testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone. But there are other hormones that are also critically important to your health. Not just because of what they do…but...
Let’s face it…you probably felt pretty good during your twenties and early thirties. There’s a simple explanation for this. The hormones that control most of your body’s vital functions are at their peak during this part of your life. But at some point after age...
Stress is almost never a good thing. But there’s one kind of stress that’s particularly damaging to your body. It’s called oxidative stress. Your body contains two important but different kinds of compounds: free radicals and antioxidants. Free radicals are atoms...
