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Why 10,000 Steps a Day Won't Make You Thin

By Yoni Freedhoff — 2014

If you start walking with the expectation of losing weight, it might be smart to reevaluate.

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“You’ve Had What We Call a Cosmic Orgasm”: The Rise of Conscious Breathing

You do it more than 23,000 times a day, but are you breathing properly? From a rebirthing session to holotropic breathwork, Richard Godwin inhales the latest wellness craze.

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What Are the Benefits of Eating Healthy?

This article looks at the top 10 benefits of a healthful diet, and the evidence behind them.

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How to Set Realistic Fitness Goals You’ll Actually Achieve, According to Top Trainers

Fitness goals are important on several counts. They hold us accountable, expand our definition of possible, and encourage us to push through temporary discomfort for longer-lasting change. But figuring out how to set fitness goals you’ll actually want to attain can be part art, part science.

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6 Simple, Accessible Ways to Start to Feel Healthier

Some of the most effective methods people can use to improve their health are also the most accessible. The following six practices demonstrate how valuable it can be to go back to basics when it comes to well-being.

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How Exercise May Help Us Flourish

Our exercise habits may influence our sense of purpose in life and our sense of purpose may affect how much we exercise, according to an interesting new study of the reciprocal effects of feeling your life has meaning and being often in motion.

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Adding This One Simple Food to Your Diet May Help You Live to 100, According to the World’s Longest-living People

A few years ago, I traveled to Okinawa in Japan, Nicoya in Costa Rica, Ikaria in Greece, Loma Linda in California and Sardinia in Italy — all “Blue Zones,” or homes to the longest-lived people — to find out what centenarians ate to live to 100.

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This Japanese 80% Diet Rule Can Help You Live a Longer Life, Says Longevity Researcher

If you want to live to a healthy 100, eat like healthy people who’ve lived to 100. One place to look is Okinawa, Japan, one of the world’s Blue Zones — or exceptional hot spots where people live extraordinarily long, healthy and happy lives.

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'Ensure That Your Diet Is 90% to 100% Plant-based': 9 Food Rules from the World's Longest-living People

More than 15 years ago, I set out to reverse-engineer a formula for longevity. Working with renowned doctors and nutritionists, I identified several Blue Zones: Places around the world where people live the longest.

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Getting to the Bottom of the Runner’s High

We can stop crediting endorphins, the natural opioid painkillers produced by our bodies, for the floaty euphoria we often feel during aerobic exercise, according to a nifty new study of men, women and treadmills.

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Foods That Fight Inflammation

Choices that can help prevent everything from heart disease to type 2 diabetes.

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Diet and Nutrition