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Spotlight on: Your Eyes

Experts predict that the number of Americans over 40 with age-related macular degeneration will increase by 50 percent to 2.95 million by 2020. While you can’t necessarily stop your eyesight from failing with time, you can slow the process by keeping your eyes as strong and healthy as possible. Nutritional strategies, herbs, and eye exercises may help you see clearly well into your sunset years.

Look Out for Your Eyes
What is Iritis? And how can you tell if you have it?
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Inner Balance

Yoga can help prevent a pounding head by lowering stress levels, improving posture, and reducing muscle tension in the upper back and neck. But if you’re experiencing pain, your normal practice can make things worse. Here are three poses to help relieve a headache.

Yoga Rx: Headache
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Healthy Tonics

Everyday you’re exposed to an onslaught of environmental toxins. You inhale them, absorb them through your skin, and eat them in your food. While your body can handle its fair share, the overload from smog, water pollution, and household products can start to overwhelm your system. Here’s the lowdown on four toxins you’re likely to face every day and how you can avoid them.

Avoiding Chemical Overload
Stop the Flow of Water Pollution
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Creature Comforts

Anyone who uses doggie daycare, boards their pup, or has visited their local animal shelter has heard the telltale honking cough of Bordetella bronchiseptica, or kennel cough. Luckily you don’t need a DVM degree to protect your pal from this highly contagious bug—just take the following steps.

Prevent Kennel Cough Naturally
Alternative Pet Care
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The Health Nuts Blog

Check out our new blog and join the editors as they recount their daily adventures in holistic health and balanced living.

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Beauty Goes Global
Buff Your Whole Body
How Much Caffeine Do You Consume?
Get a Free 12-Month Diet Plan
The Emotional Connection to Tension
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Natural Radiance

Exfoliating layers of dead skin goes beyond hygiene—it feels like you’re brushing off past sins to reveal a new you, and a fresh beginning. Unfortunately, your personal sense of purification could be taking a toll on the environment. Turns out you send a lot more than dead skin down the drain when you rinse off those little scrubbing granules. Find out what could be lurking in your favorite exfoliant and learn how to make safer choices.

The Dirt on Scrubs
The Appeal of Peels
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Healing Foods

When you look at your spice rack, you’re looking at opportunities for better health. Here’s how to add healing spices to this week’s meals.

Simple Ways To Sneak In Some Spice
Spices Lost Their Kick?
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Ask the Doctor

Q: How can some food labels proclaim “0 grams trans fat” on the package and still list hydrogenated oils in the ingredients?

Read the response from registered dietician Lisa Lanzano.

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