Healthy hydration is about more than drinking eight glasses of water a day. Here are 14 factors that may dry you up unexpectedly. Are you running on empty? by K. Aleisha Fetters Your body is about 60% water. Lose even 1.5% of that H2O—the tipping point for mild dehydration—and your mood, energy levels, and cognitive […]

There are days when we approach workouts like champs—nothing can keep us down! And then…well, then there are the days when we’d rather just curl up with a bag of cheese puffs and/or a pint of ice cream. Yay, hormones! Rob Kominiarek, D.O., FACOFP, an Ohio physician specializing in fitness and hormones, says that a […]

This sounds crazy, but hear us out If you ever used the I’m-having-my-period excuse to get out of gym class, you may have been onto something—even if you were exaggerating the cramps thing (we won’t tell). Not only do sex hormones like estrogen and progesterone govern your uterus, but your ligaments, tendons, muscles, and nerves […]

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