Top 5 Health and Wellness Podcasts Guide

Reena Das
Pods and podcasting have reached the masses in recent years. Whether its health and wellness, fashion, gossip, sex, politics or parenting; podcasts have gone beyond the domain of the techy aficionado. From Oprah to the homemaker in Nevada, the influence of podcasting and the comfort to podcast has grown by leaps and bounds. The process of podcasting requires a computer, internet connection; a microphone and software to record edit and compress the audio files. As simple as that!

The podcast audience has grown, too, and eMarketer projects that growth will continue at least through 2013, when there will be 37.6 million people downloading podcasts on a monthly basis, more than double the 2008 figure of 17.4 million. (Retrieved from http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1006937).

One of the main channels of today's podcasting is health and wellness. This guide walks you through the top 5 distinguished and credible sources.

Top Health and Wellness Podcast: Discovery Health

Discovery Health, a free podcast is available for you through the iTunes store. Once subscribed and downloaded, one can easily listen on your iPod or computer. The Health and Wellness section from Discovery Health features podcasts from Dr. Peeke, host of Fit to Live and Discovery Health's chief medical correspondent who talks about keeping bones healthy, gives tips to maintain a healthy heart, tips for a healthy skin and many more. Whether it's the Duggars or Jon or Kate, or podcasts about mystery diagnosis, raising kids or learning about epidemics like breast cancer and diabetes; Discovery Health and wellness podcasts are a wonderful resource to subscribe to.

Top Health and Wellness Podcasts: NPR Health

NPR, an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming can be heard everywhere domestically and internationally on a wide range of devices, including AM/FM, digital and satellite radios, the Internet, podcasts, and more. Browse through their directory which provides an easy access to health related information podcasts. Be sure to check NPR's very own Health Podcast which brings you the latest consumer health and medical news.

Top Health and Wellness Podcasts: Oprah Winfrey and Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth

Millions have rejuvenated and experienced the immense power of Oprah and Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth Classes. Oprah calls the book "a wake-up call for the entire planet, one reader at a time. It helps us to distance ourselves from our egos, which, of course, we all have, and to open ourselves to a higher self, which he calls consciousness. It helps us to stop creating our own suffering and obsessing over the past and what the future might be, and to put ourselves in the now."

Being healthy isn't just being physically fit. It's having a positive outlook. Be a part of this transforming experience by downloading A New Earth podcasts and listening at your convenience.

Top Health and Wellness Podcasts: CDC

Another top health and wellness podcasts source is the CDC. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention present the most reliable health and safety information just when you want it. The featured podcasts showcases information about the H1N1 flu, teen vaccination, aging, life, inspirational real life stories and many more. Looking for something different? Browse through their archive or do a search by topic amidst hundreds of podcasts available in their database.

Top Health and Wellness Podcasts: Mayo Clinic

For more than a century, millions of people from all walks of life have found answers at Mayo Clinic. Now you can access the information from medical experts, listen to ground breaking news in medical technology and exclusive podcasts on men's, children and women's health , cancer and much more.

Health and wellness podcasts are a fun way to integrate information and convenience. In today's humdrum, the least one can do is keep tabs and be aware of health issues- even if it means listening to podcasts on go!

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Source(s) for Top Health and Wellness Podcasts

eMarketer.com
Discovery health
CDC
Mayo CLinic
Oprah Winfrey
NPR

Published by Reena Das - Featured Contributor in Lifestyle

Reena Das is a professional freelance writer providing well-researched content to several online publications like Yahoo!, Suite101, eHow, Trails, Travels and USA Today. She is also one of the top 1000 Cont...  View profile

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