08/01/2026
Microplastics are tiny particles that can accumulate in your body, potentially increasing your risk of heart disease and other health problems. They also act as carriers of man-made chemicals that have been linked to serious health issues, including high blood pressure, infertility, metabolic disease and even some cancers. These chemicals that microplastics carry into your body include phthalates, BPA, and perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS
6 simple swaps that cut my family’s exposure to microplastics in food
Scientists have found that small changes — such as cutting down on plastic food containers and canned foods — can help.
08/01/2026
How you treat your body and brain in your midlife years, loosely defined as 40 to 60, can hugely influence how you age in the decades to come.
9 Things Experts Wish You’d Do in Midlife to Increase Longevity
How you care for yourself at this life stage matters a lot for your later years.
07/04/2026
Diet is one of the three key components to a longer life (along with exercise and sleep), and it offers the highest and largest potential to change health and longevity.
That message, however, isn’t getting through.
We Know Better Diet Can Lead to Longer Lives. Here’s How to Make That Happen.
We need to restructure healthcare, treat food as medicine and embrace eating programs that work in the long term.
06/01/2026
Activating this nerve can relieve stress. Here’s how to do it.
Social media hype about the vagus nerve tends to be oversimplified. The truth is more complex — and more interesting.
05/18/2026
But the new study, which was published in April in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, suggests we might be able to alter that trajectory. It found that being in good shape during middle age was associated with about a 2 to 3 percent improvement in both health span and lifespan, translating to about a year and a half to two years of longer, healthier living.
Midlife fitness linked to longer, healthier lives, study finds
A comprehensive study found that people who were most fit in their 40s and 50s developed major illness later, and lived longer.
05/16/2026
Yup!
Is the Secret to Men’s Longevity a Great Butt?
Famous and powerful men have discovered that the key to a long, healthy life may be rock-solid glutes.