What’s Really in Your Drinking Water? The Contaminants You Can’t See

A person fills a clear drinking glass from a kitchen faucet.

Prescription drugs, forever chemicals, microplastics, heavy metals and even chemicals formed during water treatment. What might be coming out of your tap, and how concerned should you be? Your drinking water may be perfectly clear, have no unusual smell and taste completely normal. But none of those qualities tells you everything about what’s in it. … Read more

Your Body’s Built-In Detox System: How It Actually Works

Six body systems involved in processing and eliminating waste, illustrated alongside a woman in a wellness setting.

Your liver gets most of the credit, but detoxification is really a coordinated system involving your kidneys, gut, lungs, circulation and even processes happening inside your cells. Your body is detoxifying you right now. Not because you drank a green juice, took a supplement or worked up a sweat, but because keeping unwanted compounds from … Read more