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For centuries, traditional Caribbean medicine has harnessed the power of wild plant remedies. Today, they’re enjoying a resurgence in St Lucia with contemporary wellness rituals and health treatments.

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Kids today consume far more sugar than recommended, but the effects don’t stop in childhood. New research reveals surprising ...

Photographed at the U.S. National Library of Medicine This story appears in the January 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... therapy as a way to reduce inflammation, increase blood ...

Research also has shown that the human immune system attacks a sugar in red meat that’s called Neu5Gc, causing inflammation ... and members of the National Geographic Society for their generous ...

Stress eating changes your gut microbes, which increases stress in a vicious cycle. By fixing your microbiome, you become ...

The team used computer models of computational fluid dynamics, then tested out the painstaking—yet reportedly ...

A new Italian study has devised an ideal way to cook an egg. But perfection, as always, is a little ridiculous ...

Even better, the method preserves higher levels of polyphenols, an antioxidant compound found in the yolk that helps fight inflammation ... and on The Atlantic, National Geographic’s “The ...