stress
How to Prevent Disease with an Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Posted on June 20, 2011
Sick of being sick? Incorporate these healthy foods into your diet — they’ll help you become more stress-resilient, but also reduce the inflammation in your body that can lead to illness. From The Ultimate Stress-Relief Plan for Women: Heal the Destructive Effects of Stress on Your Body by Stephanie McClellan, M.D., and Beth Hamilton, M.D.
Chill: Try the 5 Best Stress-Busting Supplements
Posted on April 28, 2011
Reduce stress with help from these supplements commonly found in health food stores. From Natural Hormone Balance for Women: Look Younger, Feel Stronger, and Live Life With Exuberance, by Uzzi Reiss, M.D./O.B.-GYN and Martin Zucker.
How to Overcome Emotional Eating
Posted on April 27, 2011
The next time you feel like mainlining a pizza, stop and ask yourself the following questions first. From The Life You Want: Get Motivated, Lose Weight, and Be Happy, by Bob Greene, Ann Kearney-Cooke, Ph.D., and Janis Jibrin, M.S., R.D.
What’s Your Lifestyle IQ?
Posted on March 10, 2011
We think we know more about what’s healthy than we really do. Test your lifestyle knowledge with these seven simple questions, and learn healthy habits from the answers. From The Pritikin Edge: 10 Essential Ingredients for a Long and Delicious Life, by Robert A. Vogel, M.D., and Paul Tager Lehr.
A Simple Yoga Exercise for Relieving Neck and Shoulder Tension
Posted on January 13, 2011
De-stress in a chair at work, at home, or even on an airplane with this technique from Making Room for Mr. Right, by Robin Mastro and Michael Mastro, which examines how yoga can help you to love and feel loved.
The Secret to Stress-Free Days
Posted on November 25, 2010Shield yourself from stress with this simple meditation technique from Baron Baptiste, author of Journey Into Power: How to Sculpt Your Ideal Body, Free Your True Self, and Transform Your Life With Yoga.
Energy Quiz: What Is Your Exhaustion Telling You?
Posted on October 26, 2010
Stress can cause many negative body symptoms, including weight gain. Take this quiz, from Energy Breakthrough: Jump-start Your Weight Loss and Feel Great to find out if fatigue is plaguing you.
Stress in Pregnancy: The Long-Term Side Effects on Children
Posted on October 5, 2010
Prenatal stress doesn’t end at birth: The children of mothers who experience stress during pregnancy show long-term side effects, including cognitive and language delays and increased rates of attention and behavior problems. Annie Murphy Paul, author of Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives, describes one surprising study.
3 Exercises for Reducing Stress
Posted on August 26, 2010Relaxed, deep breathing is the key to breaking free of stressed-out feelings and can help to reduce chronic muscle pain. Try these three methods — for beginners to more advanced practitioners. From Muscle Medicine: The Revolutionary Approach to Maintaining, Strengthening, and Repairing Your Muscles and Joints, by Rob DeStefano, D.C., Bryan Kelly, M.D., and Joseph Hooper
Is Stress Making Your Arms Chunky and Your Waistline Expand?
Posted on June 1, 2010
Chronic stress can have many evil effects on your body, including accelerating aging and packing on the pounds. To find out how stressed you are — and learn how to turn a negative stress into a positive one — take this quick and easy quiz from Six Weeks to Sleeveless and Sexy by JJ Virgin.
Meditating Your Way to Greater Happiness and Health in 20 Minutes a Day
Posted on May 10, 2010Meditation has been proven to relieve stress and improve your outlook. Here, learn how simply pausing for just a few minutes a day can make a positive difference in how you feel. From Marci Shimoff, author of Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out.
How to Get More Sleep and Stop Walking Around Exhausted
Posted on May 6, 2010
When was the last time you woke up and felt renewed, refreshed, and excited to get into your day? That’s what Matthew Kelly, author of The Rhythm of Life, wants you to experience — not occasionally, but every day.
Perfect Running Form
Posted on April 6, 2010
Many books about running tell you to just go out and run like you did as a kid. But there’s one problem with that suggestion. From ChiRunning: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-Free Running by Danny Dreyer
7 Strategies for Reducing Stress
Posted on February 18, 2010
Learning how to control your response to stress is perhaps the most important lesson you can learn when it comes to good health, says Dr. Kelly Traver, author of The Program: The Brain-Smart Approach to the Healthiest You. Here she shares seven long-term strategies that will help you.
