Are you counting sheep at night? Or watching television hoping your eyelids will grow heavy and you will blissfully drift off to sleep? If you're struggling to get enough rest it's time to get back to basics: relax, create a bedtime ritual, move your body during the day. These and other tips from Health By Principle will help you sleep at night.

Our culture tells us that to be lazy is bad, but being lazy is actually the healthiest choice we can make. Here's why it is okay to be lazy.

“Rest” has been given a singular definition in modern society, but what if there are many facets to feeling truly rested? We take you on a deep dive: from Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, to cultural challenges and a new take on what it means to rest, including the 7 types of rest. 

Unfortunately, 42% of the US population are dealing with vitamin D deficiency. Because the symptoms can be subtle, many people do not realize they are lacking in vitamin D.

Rigorous studies showed that when salt consumption is reduced, blood pressure is just as likely to rise (~15%) as it is to decline (~18%). The other 70% of subjects had no change in their blood pressure when salt was reduced in their diets (1). Moreover, most recent research shows that significant reduction in dietary salt increased death events from cardiovascular disease, the very thing these regulations hoped to prevent.

Vitamin D levels are lower during the winter season due to less sun exposure. So how does that affect you, and what can you do about it?