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Mitochondria - Your Cells' Personal Energy Bunnies

Think of mitochondria as the little energy bunnies running around inside each cell, banging their drums and generating the energy to operate at peak efficiency. Now, imagine that each cell in your body has thousands of these little bunnies marching around and pounding out chemical energy.

4 Ways to Improve Your Sleep

As you probably know, one of the most vital things you can do for your health is sleep. You can have the “cleanest,” most nutrient-dense diet and take every supplement on Earth, but if you aren’t getting enough sleep, you’ll never look, feel, or be your healthiest self.

The 5 Nutrients Most Americans are Lacking

If you’re reading this, then in all likelihood, you have enough to eat. But even those of us in such a position are at risk for nutrient deficiencies. Nutrient deficiencies are categorized by insufficient intake or absorption of a particular vitamin or mineral, and can occur even when one has plenty of food to eat.

Agape’s Holiday Gift Guide

With Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror, Christmas is truly just a few weeks away. Silver bells are ringing, halls are being decked, and Santa is most definitely double-checking that list. So we thought it only fitting to provide you with a bit of a gift guide for those health-minded loved ones in your life. We hope it gets the wheels turning and gets your holiday shopping off on the right foot.

How to Ensure Your Picky Eater Gets All Their Vitamins

As any parent, babysitter, or older sibling knows, mealtime can be a battle when kids are involved. Many children refuse to eat certain foods for no apparent reason, and even more prefer to eat the same foods again and again, favoring the familiar over all else. When you’re trying to make sure the kiddo in question grows up healthy and strong, this can be a major roadblock.

How to Support Kidney Health

37 million people in the US alone suffer from chronic kidney disease. While genetic factors certainly play a major role in this, there are plenty of steps we can all take to reduce its likelihood. If you have a history of kidney disease in your family, it’s a good idea to get your kidney health checked by a doctor to find out where you stand. If you’re looking to be proactive about your kidney health, take a closer look at these areas.

How to Prepare for Cold and Flu Season

Even though we’re all far more conscious of our immune health and the spread of viruses these days, it’s easy to slip up on the basics. With flu season approaching, however, now is the perfect time to prepare your body and your household for any viruses they may encounter.

Cold Weather Skin Care

It’s easy to think that since we aren’t spending long days at the beach that we no longer need to think too much about our skin. However, skincare is just as important in fall and winter, because your skin develops new needs as the temperature drops. Before you know it, you could go from pink, blistered summer skin, to dry, cracked, and itchy winter skin. Fortunately, there are precautions you can take to help your skin adapt to the change and stay healthy all winter long.

Essential Supplements for Vegetarians

Over 16.5 million people consider themselves vegetarians, totaling roughly 5 percent of the US population 1. Of those 16.5 million, roughly 1.6 million prefer to eat a vegan diet, meaning that they do not consume or use any animal products. Despite the plant-based food vegans and vegetarians prefer, many are lacking nutrients necessary for their body to function properly.

5 Easy Ways to Get More Protein

Did you know that 1 in 3 Americans over the age of 50 don't get enough protein? Harvard Health recommends that protein intake for sedentary adults should be, at minimum, equal to 0.36 times their body weight in pounds, and despite the recent wave of high protein snack foods, including chips, ice cream, and bars, most aren't meeting that number.

How to Rise Early When the Sun Doesn’t

As we make our way through fall, days of seemingly endless sunlight are behind us. Each day, the sun rises a bit later and sets a bit earlier. While the cooler air and mild weather feel great, the lack of sunlight can make it difficult to get up and get moving like you did in the summer months. How can you rise and shine even when the sun sleeps in?

What is Red Light Therapy?

In the last couple of years, the health and wellness world has begun to take a much closer look at light. First, our attention turned to sunlight and the incredible power and importance of Vitamin D. After that, it was blue light’s detrimental effects on the human body, especially as working from home became the norm and led to more blue-light exposure than ever for many of us. Now you may be starting to hear about red light and how it can be used for its positive impacts on the body.

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