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Food Culture | General Health

For the Love of Summer

By Experience Life Staff

No-cook summer meals, escapist reads, outdoor fitness — plus so many more ways to make the most of summer!

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General Health | Home/Living

Quick Ways to Get Out in Nature

By Henry Emmons, MD

Whether you have five minutes, 20 minutes, two hours, or all day, here are some ways to get outside.

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General Health | Home/Living

The Problem With Plastic — and What We Can Do About It

By Heidi Wachter

People have done without plastics for most of history. In the interest of human and planetary health, we can again — if we’re willing to shift our buying habits and push for large-scale change.

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General Health | Home/Living

What Is Herd Immunity, Anyway?

By Michael Dregni

The concept of herd immunity is a growing part of the conversation about resolving the coronavirus pandemic. Infectious-disease researcher Daniel Altmann, PhD, offers insights on what it really means.

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Home/Living | Nutrition Tips

How to Create a Food Budget

By Life Time Editorial Team

Learn how to set — and stick to — a food budget with these tips for helping you keep your spending on food, drinks, coffee, and snacks in check.

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Home/Living | Nutrition Tips

The Food-Sleep Connection

By Laine Bergeson Becco

When it comes to metabolic health, sleep plays an unexpectedly powerful role. At the same time, our food choices also have a big impact on how we sleep — or don’t.

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Family/Friends/Kids | Home/Living

Parenting in the Time of Coronavirus: Advice, Tips, and Tricks

Our guest and mom of three, Krystel Reierson, curriculum and events manager for Life Time Kids, offers advice for talking about the virus with your children, as well as tips and tricks for keeping them entertained while you’re all at home together.

Food Culture | Home/Living

10 Tips for Making the Most of Your Grocery-Store Buys

By Life Time Editorial Team

With a little guidance, you can make your food budget — and purchases — stretch a little further.

Home/Living | Personal Care/Beauty

5 Ways to Enjoy a Spa Day at Home

By Lindsey Frey Palmquist

Practice some much-needed self-care with these DIY tips and recipes that call for items you likely already have in your pantry.

Family/Friends/Kids | Home/Living

31 Healthy Habits to Embrace While Social Distancing

By Heidi Wachter

Navigating change and building resiliency starts with healthy habits.

Attitude/Mindset | Family/Friends/Kids

5 Ways to Stay Connected While Confined

By Craig Cox

Loneliness can present a real health threat — especially for the elderly — but everywhere you look, people are finding new ways to engage with one another.

Home/Living

6 Projects for a Weekend at Home

By Kaelyn Riley

Consider one of these projects to make good use of your downtime.

Home/Living | Personal Development

5 Tips for Better Work-From-Home Productivity

In an effort to social distance and slow the spread of COVID-19, many of us have transitioned to working remotely. James O’Reilly, president of Life Time Work, offers his top five tips for keeping your days and space productive, engaging, and healthy.