Being healthy depends on making smart choices.

But when you’re trying to make an informed decision about health, you can soon find yourself sifting through a haystack of information seeking a needle of understanding.

How do you find and learn what is truly useful to know?

Every field of knowledge has fundamentals.

In every subject, there are concepts, principles, information, and skills that are essential to success.

What are the fundamentals of health?

Nutrition

nuts and seeds

Nuts and Seeds: Tiny Foods That Help Bridge Big Nutritional Gaps

Fiber: The Missing Essential Carbohydrate

Fermented Foods Sustain Both Microbiomes and Cultural Heritage

Exercise

5 to 7 Minutes of Exercise (Video)

5 to 7 minutes of Exercise

Wearing a Weighted Vest Can Promote Bone Health and Weight Loss, but It’s Not a Cure-All

Sleep

Sleep, Junk Food, and Insulin Resistance (Video)

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A Neurologist Explains How Sleep Loss Rewires the Brain for Cravings and Weight Gain

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A Vitamin Deficiency May Be Why You’re So Tired

Staying Healthy

The Fat You Can’t See (Video)

Oil, Water, Cholesterol, and Cardiovascular Disease (Video)

New Research Shows Eating Less Ultraprocessed Food Supports Healthier Aging

Treatment

Joint and Muscle Injuries: RICE Is Out, PEACE & LOVE Are In (Video)

Understanding Inflammation (Video)

What’s the Story with Antioxidants?

Real Food

Why Real Food?

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What Is Real Food?
Processed Food Ingredients
The Truth About Calories
Food Additives

Food Label Lessons

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Food Labels — What to Look at First
Eggs: A Food Label Lesson
The Truth Behind Common Label Claims
Hidden Added Sugars

Real Food Profiles

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Gratitude For the Sweet Potato
How to Pick the Right Bread
The Truth About Olive Oil
Real Food Profile: Mushrooms

Real Food Recipes

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White Bean & Tuna Salad

Simple Peach “Ice Cream”

Asian Carrot Ribbon Salad

Strawberry & Blueberry Chia Seed Pudding

Real Food Shorts

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Vital Knowledge

Nutrition

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nuts and seeds

Nuts and Seeds: Tiny Foods That Help Bridge Big Nutritional Gaps

Fiber: The Missing Essential Carbohydrate

Fermented Foods Sustain Both Microbiomes and Cultural Heritage

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Antioxidants Help Stave off a Host of Health Problems—But Figuring Out How Much You’re Getting Can Be Tricky

Your Body

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How C-Reactive Protein Outpaced ‘Bad’ Cholesterol as Leading Heart Disease Risk Marker

Are You Getting Enough Amino Acids?

The Fatty Acid Motel (Video)

Silent Liver Disease (Video)

Healthy Habits

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5 to 7 minutes of Exercise

Wearing a Weighted Vest Can Promote Bone Health and Weight Loss, but It’s Not a Cure-All

How C-Reactive Protein Outpaced ‘Bad’ Cholesterol as Leading Heart Disease Risk Marker

Fermented Foods (Video)

Let's Talk About Health

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The Fat You Can’t See (Video)

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A Biostatistician’s Guide to Doing Your Own Online Health Research Like a Scientist

The Health Puzzle (Video)

Diet Tribes (Video)

Weight Management and Obesity

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The Fat You Can’t See (Video)

Fiber Is Your Body’s Natural Guide to Weight Management

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A Neurologist Explains How Sleep Loss Rewires the Brain for Cravings and Weight Gain

Your Body Already Has a Built-in Weight Loss System

Diabetes and Prediabetes

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Preventing Diabetes (Video)

Limited Eating Times Could Be a New Way to Fight Obesity and Diabetes

New Study Finds Prescriptions for Fruits and Vegetables Can Improve the Health of People With Diabetes and Other Ailments

A New Study Finds Global Diabetes Cases on Pace to Soar to 1.3 Billion People in the Next 3 Decades

Heart and Cardiovascular Disease

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The Fat You Can’t See (Video)

The Chief Villain in the Story of Cardiovascular Disease isn’t Cholesterol (Video)

How C-Reactive Protein Outpaced ‘Bad’ Cholesterol as Leading Heart Disease Risk Marker

Your First Line of Defense Against Heart Attacks (Video)

Children's Health

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Childhood Prediabetes Rates Have Doubled. What Can Parents Do?

Companies Are Pushing Sweetened Drinks to Children Through Advertising and Misleading Labels — And Families Are Buying

Are Fruit Drinks Healthy? Parents Find Labels Confusing

Children, Added Sugar and Liver Disease

Health After 50

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New Research Shows Eating Less Ultraprocessed Food Supports Healthier Aging

A Professor Explains How Exercise Can Slow the Aging Process

A New Study Finds Global Diabetes Cases on Pace to Soar to 1.3 Billion People in the Next 3 Decades

The Causes of Middle Age Weight Gain

Course Videos

Blood Sugar Basics Lessons

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Blood Sugar Basics Lesson 1: Energy (Video)

Blood Sugar Basics Lesson 2: Dynamic Balance (Video)

Blood Sugar Basics Lesson 3: Measuring Blood Sugar Levels (Video)

Blood Sugar Basics Lesson 4: Problems with Blood Sugar (Video)

The Carbohydrate Wars Lessons

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The Carbohydrate Wars Lesson 1: How Did This Happen? (Video)

The Carbohydrate Wars Lesson 2: Carbohydrates (Video)

The Carbohydrate Wars Lesson 3: Carbs and the Body (Video)

The Carbohydrate Wars Lesson 4: Categorizing Carbs (Video)

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