Foods and drugs affect the bacteria in your gut, but not always in predictable ways. Recent studies have revealed a few (pleasant?) surprises. Remember when we hated germs? ‘Antibacterial’ was so...

So the effects of high fructose corn syrup still found in a lot of everyday food is now even worse for us than we thought. But scientists at UCLA just discovered good news as well: an important om...

I just got back from an incredible travel week in Israel. I was lucky to be invited along with a group of entrepreneurs and influencers from the Summit community to participate in an immersive tour...

Everyone in wellness is officially obsessed with rest. But getting enough of it seems to be a: nearly impossible, and b: the answer to everything. Struggling to lose weight? Work on your sleep ....

We have good news about eating healthier—You don’t have to give up all of the foods you love. The secret to keeping them in your life is by “health-ifying” them. Meaning: you replace the blood suga...

Is it really possible to heal chronic illness through food? Our friend Amie Valpone shares her story of healing through functional medicine and clean eating and a recipe from her new book, “ Eating...

Yoga is medicine. But I wasn’t always convinced of that. I grew up running and horseback riding, and in my hometown of Baltimore, lacrosse ruled (I was fast, but otherwise terrible – no hand-eye he...

We have really messy lives, which means we likely aren’t going to make it into the kitchen every night to put something healthy on the table. As a cook, even as much as I love cooking, I actually d...

Ever wonder why you have butterflies in your belly when you’re nervous, why your digestion speeds up or slows down when you are under stress, or why some people faint at the sight of blood? The rea...

Kelly Brogan, MD, is a Manhattan-based holistic women’s health psychiatrist and author of the book,  A Mind of Your Own: How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives. This week we are so...