FOUNDATIONS OF WELLNESS
The Basics of Staying Healthy
Expert guidance and insights on the basics of nutrition, exercise, self-care, prevention and living well from the Wellness Letter in collaboration with the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
A Guide to Dietary Supplements
What is a dietary supplement? By definition, it is a substance taken by mouth in whatever form (gel, capsule, tablet, powder, and so on), but is not a food....
How Did Dietary Supplements Achieve Their Status?
In 1994, federal legislation—the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), passed after intensive lobbying by the supplements industry—essentially removed dietary supplements from most regulation by the FDA. Dietary...
Dietary Supplements: The ABCs of GMPs
Critics of the industry have long warned that you don’t really know what you’re getting when you buy supplements. Over the years, there have been numerous reports of products...
Dietary Supplements: The Private Watchdogs
Some supplements carry “seals of approval” from independent certification
programs, which claim to keep tabs on the supplements industry.
ConsumerLab.com. The best-known certification program comes from this private company, which has...
Dietary Supplements: The Overmarketing of Antioxidants
It’s hard to remember, but not too long ago few people had ever heard of an “antioxidant.” Today the word pops up on the labels of countless dietary supplements—and...
Dietary Supplements: We Can Do Better
Clearly, better laws for supplements are needed. Proposals to strengthen DSHEA come up periodically, but they never get far in Congress. It is unreasonable that medications (prescription and over-the-counter)...
The Basic Stretching Session
The following is a series of stretches you can use to help get started on a routine of your own. These basic stretches can be the first moves toward...
The Benefits of Stretching: A Comprehensive Guide
Flexibility, the ability to move your joints through their full range of motion, is one of the key elements of fitness, along with cardiovascular endurance and muscle strength. While...
The Wellness Workout
The following is a 20- to 30-minute basic strength-training workout. Read these Essential Workout Tips before starting. We are providing one exercise for each major muscle group; there are...
Strength Training: Benefits Explained
A regular, moderate strength training program can bring these benefits:
Stronger muscles, which in turn mean stronger bones, thus reducing the risk of osteoporosis and fractures.
An improvement...
