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Our curriculum and our faculty cover a wide range of holistic health and wellness concepts, ideas, and ideologies. And to reflect that, we make it a point to cover everything from nutrition to manifestation to yoga and meditation to hormone health (and so much more).
And at the end of the year, we’re always intrigued by what people are most interested in. Is it food? Is it sleep? Is it hormones? Is it mindfulness?
We’ve rounded up the top 10 most-viewed articles of 2024, and it’s a wonderful reflection of our core beliefs and our core mission at IIN — helping you live a fuller, happier, healthier, more holistic life. These articles are insightful, they’re loaded with valuable information from world-renowned experts, and they’re incredible resources to help you up your wellness game.
Have a wonderful holiday season and a happy and healthy new year, and we can’t wait to see all that you accomplish in 2025!
IIN’s Top 10 Health and Wellness Articles of 2024
10. Nature's Visual Guide: 10 Foods That Look Like What They Heal
This one is pretty mind-blowing. The visual and nutritional similarities of foods and how they can heal us exemplify how connected we are to nature. It's almost as if nature itself is giving us cues on how to stay healthy.
Have you ever made these connections? Walnuts help the brain, carrots help the eyes, tomatoes help the heart, ginger helps the stomach, and more. Check out the full roundup, with imagery to support each connection.
9. Deepak Chopra on His Daily Routine and How to Listen to Your Body
We’re always fascinated (and motivated) to learn how the healthiest, most successful, most inspiring people optimize their days for sustained wellness and fulfillment. And who better to turn to for inspiration than IIN Chief Wellness Officer Deepak Chopra?
In this conversation with menopause advocate and Emmy Award-winning journalist Tamsen Fadal, we get an inside look at Deepak’s daily routine — including a 5 am wakeup call, two hours of yoga and Pranayama, and five-mile walks — plus invaluable insight into how to listen to your body.
8. What Is Functional Nutrition?
We talk about it all the time, but what does it actually mean? In short, functional nutrition is the holistic approach to diet, taking into consideration lifestyle factors that can affect one’s food choices (such as activity levels, environment, or the presence of chronic disease).
We break it all down, including how it compares to standard nutrition, the pros and cons, and how to practice it effectively.
7. Why the Timing of Your Morning Coffee Matters
It’s no surprise that this article was a hit. Everybody (well, almost everybody) enjoys a nice cup of coffee in the morning, and yes, the timing of when you drink it does affect your body. We did a deep dive into how your coffee affects your digestion and hormones. Plus, we’ve got recipes for overnight oats, a green smoothie, and avocado toast.
6. Support Your Natural Collagen Production With These 9 Nutrient-Rich Foods
A protein powerhouse, collagen is the structural foundation of your skin, bones, muscles, and connective tissues. But as we age, collagen production naturally declines, leading to wrinkles, joint discomfort, and loss of skin elasticity. The good news is you can naturally boost your collagen levels by simply eating the right foods! This is an incredible resource of collagen-boosting foods (with detailed explanations of their benefits).
5. Lectin Foods: Are These 6 Foods Bad for You?
In addition to blocking the absorption of important minerals like iron, calcium, and zinc, lectins may disrupt the natural balance of the gut flora, create gut permeability (or leaky gut), and contribute to autoimmune diseases due to this increased permeability.
This piece examines six foods that are high in lectin — including legumes, peanuts, and nightshades — addresses the complicated question of whether lectins are bad for you (they do help prevent cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, among other benefits) — and explains what a lectin-free diet looks like.
4. Endomorph Diet: How to Eat for Your Body Type
What is an endomorph? This piece details how endomorphs tend to gravitate toward slower, more sedentary lifestyles, and often find comfort in food and relaxation. They also typically have a higher body fat percentage and a slower metabolism.
How do you combat that? We explain how to eat for the endomorph body type by incorporating healthy fats, lean meats and fish, and nuts and seeds into your diet (just to name a few).
3. The 12 Best Flexibility Exercises for Improving Your Mobility
Becoming flexible takes time, patience, and commitment, but it's well worth the effort. It gives you a fuller range of motion during your workouts, which in turn prevents workout-related injuries such as muscle strains, tears, and sprains. We've rounded up 12 highly effective flexibility exercises, including dynamic lunges, stair calf stretches, lizard poses, lying quad stretches, and more. Plus, detailed instructions on how to perform them correctly.
2. 8 Methods to Manifest Anything You Want
Manifestation is something that we believe in deeply at IIN, and trust us when we tell you that this is probably the most important article you’ll read all year (perhaps ever), and no, that’s not hyperbole. These 8 tips can literally transform your mindset, your approach, and your life. We explain what manifestation is, the steps you need to take to secure what you want, and what to avoid in your manifestation pursuit.
With the new year upon us, and with your goals and intentions for 2025 in mind, now is the perfect time to read this article as you aspire to create a life and career that you love.
1. De-Stress Your Diet: 7 Foods That Reduce Cortisol Levels
Our most-read article of 2024 focuses on cortisol, a stress hormone produced by the adrenal glands that is key in helping your body deal with stressful situations. We explain what cortisol does to the body, symptoms of high cortisol levels (including IBS, fatigue, weight gain, increased blood pressure, and more), and seven foods that reduce cortisol and lower your stress levels. (Hint: Green tea, foods high in Vitamin B, and leafy greens are good.) We also explain which foods are best to avoid. (Hint: Alcohol, coffee, and processed foods aren’t great.)
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Published: December 4, 2024
Updated: December 4, 2024
