Month: September 2026
7 fitness must-haves for your active friends and family this Christmas
Looking for this year’s fitness must-haves? Healthista has rounded up the best gifts to give to every fitness enthusiast this Christmas Calling all runners, gym goers, and Pilates lovers – we have just list of gifts your loved ones will need to make their fitness journey that much more exciting. Because we all know it’s
How Lifepoint Health Is Using AI to Give Nurses Their Time Back
“Every minute we give back to a nurse is a minute we give back to a patient.” That’s how Michelle Watson, chief nurse executive at Lifepoint Health, framed the case for AI at the bedside during an interview this summer. After four decades in nursing, Watson has seen documentation and regulatory demands pile up for
In Defense of “Crash Dieting”
A “crash diet” is defined as “a way of losing body weight quickly by eating very little,” and nearly every YouTube doctor, social media influencer, and personal trainer will tell you this is the absolute worst way to lose weight. Slash your calories too low and lose weight too fast, they warn, and you’ll burn
The Best Power Rack of 2025, According to a Personal Trainer
We receive free products and receive commissions through our links. See disclosures page. A power rack allows you to safely perform weightlifting exercises like barbell squats and bench presses, without a spotter, in your home gym. Add-on accessories like pull-up bars, dip stations, and resistance bands can help you get the most out of your power rack, giving
Advancing Women’s Heart Health Through Prevention and Rapid Diagnosis
Heart disease is the leading cause of death among women in the United States, yet it remains chronically underrecognized, underdiagnosed and undertreated in this population. According to research from the American Heart Association (AHA), by the year 2050, the rate of total cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women will rise to 14.4%, a 3.7% increase from
Quest Vanilla Spiced Mug Cake Recipe
At some point, “vanilla” became shorthand for boring, and frankly, we’re not sure who authorized that. Questified Vanilla Spiced Mug Cake would like the record corrected. Quest Vanilla Flavored Protein Milkshake gets mixed up with cinnamon and allspice, then emerges warm, fluffy, and decidedly more delicious than the haters would suggest. Top it with whipped
Are You Lifting Too Heavy? How Range of Motion Reveals ‘Ego Lifting’
Building a muscular physique requires a certain amount of resistance training in order to force the body to build back bigger, but going too heavy can be counterproductive. So how much is too much when it comes to stacking on the weights? Fortunately, former Olympia Women’s Physique Champion, Dana Linn Bailey, has the answers that
The Pandemic Risk of “What I’ve Never Seen Before”
By MIKE MAGEE The world of medical science largely closed ranks last month in defense of Tony Fauci. Dr. Fauci had been hauled before the Senate Homeland Security Committee to face hostile entrapment by long time critique Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky. Taking no chances, his lawyers had the former head of NIH’s Infectious Disease
When Should We Rely on Observational Studies?
How legitimate is the common corporate criticism of the scientific nutrition literature that the credibility of observational studies is questionable? While randomized controlled trials are highly reliable in assessing interventions like drugs, they’re harder to do with diet. Dietary diseases can take decades to develop. People can’t eat placebo food, and it’s difficult to get
How to Start a Workout When You Really Don’t Feel Like It (The Bridge Task Method)
If you can’t get yourself to start a workout after a long day, the problem might not be the workout itself. It’s the gear shift from “couch” to “go.” A bridge task is a small, neutral action (not fun, not hard, just…meh) that you put in between the two so the jump is smaller. Below