Becoming More Fully Alive

Herbs, medicinal mushrooms, and integrative health, where Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda meet current research.

You know the difference between a day you get through and a day you are really in. Most of us have more of the first kind than we would like. Radiant health is our name for the second, and it is something that grows when you tend it: steady energy, a clear mind, a body that recovers, and a spirit with room to breathe.
Here, the deep traditions of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda sit alongside current research, read carefully and explained plainly. We are not-for-profit, ad-free, and in no hurry to chase the next trend. Come learn with us.

Who’s Behind This

The Radiant Health Project was founded by Mark J Kaylor, who has spent nearly five decades in the natural products world, working with herbs, medicinal mushrooms, and the healing traditions they come from. RHP is not-for-profit and runs no ads or sponsored content. When we mention a company Mark consults for, we say so, every time.

“Turns Out…”

Science keeps surprising us. Tucked inside research journals and buried in studies few people ever read are small, genuine discoveries about herbs, nutrients, nutraceuticals, and the remarkable ways the body heals and thrives. “Turns Out” is where those findings get to breathe. Each piece is short, grounded in real research and built around one surprising finding — the kind of thing you’d text a friend. No hype, no headlines stretched past what the evidence actually says. Just good science, written in plain language. Turns out there’s always more to discover.

Turns Out Loneliness Leaves Receipts in your Blood

Turns Out Shopping…May Help you Live Longer

Turns Out Chamomile Did the Work and Apigenin Took the Bow

“Worth Knowing”

You’ve seen the headline. Maybe it was alarming, maybe it was promising, and either way it left you with more questions than answers. “Worth Knowing” is where we slow down and fill in the picture. Some pieces explain an ingredient or compound that keeps showing up on labels and in conversations. Others take a closer look at a study that made the news and sort out what it actually found from what got attached to it along the way. Each one is short, grounded in research, and written in plain language, so you come away with something useful to carry into your next decision about your health. Context over alarm. Clarity over hype. Small pieces of understanding that make the bigger picture easier to see. Because some things are simply worth knowing.

Out of How Many? The Question That Makes Health Headlines Make Sense

Did the Study Actually Say That?

Before You Trust “Clinically Proven,” Ask Four Questions

RADIANT HEALTH PODCAST

Join us and listen to conversations about health, healing, and the long game of feeling well. We take our time, follow the questions where they lead, and try to leave you with something you can use this week.

WELCOME TO THE RADIANT HEALTH PODCAST

What if health is more than avoiding disease or keeping your numbers in the “normal” range? In our first episode, we explore what Radiant Health really means and why becoming fully alive is a better goal than simply not being sick.

LISTEN HERE TO THE LATEST PODCAST:

The Slow Burn – with Mark Kaylor & Miko Moon.

UNDERSTANDING AND REBUILDING UNDER CHRONIC STRESS

Somewhere between the third rough night and the first rough month, your nervous system quietly stops waiting to recover and starts adapting to survive. In this episode, we explore the biology of chronic stress, from HPA axis dysregulation to the Traditional Chinese Medicine concept of Jing depletion, and the five practices that can teach your body a different way to feel safe.