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How Vitamin C Supports Healthy Skin

By Catherine Guthrie

Learn how this powerful antioxidant can protect and maintain your skin’s health

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Why Your Body Needs Zinc and How to Maximize Intake

By Catherine Guthrie

Zinc is a key mineral for immunity, mood regulation, and more. Learn about its essential functions, recommended intake, optimal food sources, and signs that you may be low.

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What Are Electrolytes?

By Catherine Guthrie

Electrolytes are minerals that play an important role in your body and overall health. Learn about the signs of an imbalance and discover strategies to ensure you maintain an adequate supply for optimal well-being.

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How Conventional Farming Methods Are Leading to Less-Nutritious Food

By Catherine Guthrie

Fertilizers and modern farming practices are depleting the soil’s natural microbiome, which plants require for nutritional density. Here’s what you can do about it.

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Why Your Body Needs Selenium and How to Maximize Your Intake

By Catherine Guthrie

Selenium is a key mineral for fertility, thyroid health, and more. Learn about its essential functions, recommended intake, optimal food sources, and signs that you may be low.

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5 Essential Minerals to Support Your Mind and Body

By Catherine Guthrie

Plus, how to maximize your intake and signs that you may be low.

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What Are the Health Benefits of Black Currants, Goji Berries, Serviceberries, Golden Berries and Mulberries?

By Catherine Guthrie

Explore how these remarkable berries offer a variety of health-enhancing benefits.

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11 Berries to Eat and Their Health Benefits

By Catherine Guthrie

These nutrient-dense fruits are good for so much more than breakfast and snacks. Enjoy them as often as you like.

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3 Reasons to Eat More Plant-Based Protein

By Catherine Guthrie

It comes down to longevity, fending off chronic illness, and helping the planet.

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The 7 Best Sources of Plant-Based Protein

By Catherine Guthrie

This guide outlines several of most the protein-abundant foods in the plant world.

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How to Get Enough Protein From a Plant-Based Diet

By Catherine Guthrie

Plant-based foods can easily meet your protein needs. The key is diversity.

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7 Tips for Eating a Raw-Foods Diet

By Catherine Guthrie

Thinking about trying a raw-foods diet? These tips, including easing into raw foods and eating warming spices, might help ward off digestive distress.

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Should People With IBS, Leaky Gut, or Other Gut Issues Eat a Raw-Food Diet?

By Catherine Guthrie

If you have digestive challenges, a raw-foods diet might not be right for you. Here’s why.

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The Pros and Cons of a Raw-Food Diet

By Catherine Guthrie

Raw-food diets have many passionate advocates, but the benefits differ for different people. Learn how find a balance that’s right for you.

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How to Improve Vagal Tone

By Catherine Guthrie

Getting a massage, chanting, breathing deeply, and taking a cold shower can all help stimulate your vagus nerve.

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This is Your Vagus Nerve on Lockdown

By Catherine Guthrie

Here’s how a lack of social interaction and fear of COVID contagion affects your vagus nerve.

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Why the Vagus Nerve Matters to Your Health

By Catherine Guthrie

The vagus nerve, also known as the gut–brain axis, plays a critical role in stress regulation and overall health. Learn how you can take care of yours.

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The Connection Between Sugar and Cancer Metabolism

By Catherine Guthrie

Sugar is the top food to avoid when it comes to cancer, according to an integrative oncologist at the University of California San Francisco.

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Foods to Eat — and Avoid — During Cancer Treatment

By Catherine Guthrie

Use nutrition to help protect — and fortify — a weakened immune system during cancer treatment.

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4 Foods to Wake Up Taste Buds During Cancer Treatment

By Catherine Guthrie

Nourishing yourself while undergoing treatment can be tricky. These foods might help whet your appetite.

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