FOUNDATIONS OF WELLNESS
The Basics of Staying Healthy
Expert guidance and insights on the basics of nutrition, exercise, self-care, prevention and living well from the Wellness Letter in collaboration with the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
The Wellness Workout
The following is a 20- to 30-minute basic strength-training workout. Read these Essential Workout Tips before starting. We are providing one exercise for each major muscle group; there are...
Strength Training: Benefits Explained
A regular, moderate strength training program can bring these benefits:
Stronger muscles, which in turn mean stronger bones, thus reducing the risk of osteoporosis and fractures.
An improvement...
Strength Training: Facts vs. Myths
If you feel shy about starting a strength-training program, it may help to sweep a few myths from your mind.
Myth: Strength training is only for the young. Older people...
Essential Workout Tips
The exercises included as part of the Wellness Letter Workout are an excellent way to start an exercise routine. Getting some formal instruction (at the local Y, for example)...
How to Deal With Constantly Changing Medical Advice
If you’ve tried, over the past several years, to pay close attention to health news as reported online, on TV and in newspapers, you’re probably exhausted from the constantly...
Air Quality at Home: What You Need to Know
Smelling noxious fumes on a busy highway or near an airport, you may wish you were safe at home breathing clean air. Actually, the air at home may be...
Benefits of a Healthy Immune System
A healthy immune system is crucial in maintaining your health—so it’s important to keep it in good order. But how do you do that?
People talk about boosting immunity as...
Guide to Understanding and Treating Insomnia
An estimated one-third of us have insomnia, sometimes severe and chronic, sometimes “secondary,” meaning that it arises from such sleep disrupters as anxiety, pain, illness, travel, late-night work, or...
Family Medical History: How Important Are Your Genes?
Filling out a medical form can be sobering. It may ask family medical history “did your parent, grandparent, sibling, or other close relative ever have (or die from) the...
Guide to Preventive Care and Screening Tests
You are responsible, in large part, for managing your own preventive health care. It is your most important investment of time and money. Yet most Americans do not receive...
