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We can't help but be a little skeptical when it comes to new health discoveries and advice, especially those we spot in lady mags. Sleeping more, drinking less, yoga, pilates, yogilates, eating, praying, loving ... if we followed 'em all, we'd be living off of pureed celery sticks while following a fusion exercise plan that combines spin class with guided meditation.

So, when we clicked over to Glamour, we found it pretty refreshing to see: The Cavewoman's Guide to Good Health. The philosophy? Get back to basics.

Author and doctor Julie Holland said she developed her guide after seeing patient after patient that was stressed out and run down. Holland's antidote: more sleep, exercise, and fresh air. Uh, sounds like something our mother would say.

But we gave it a read, and it turns out that Holland -- and our mother -- is right. Here are our favorite takeaways from her get-healthy plan.

Soak Up the Sun
Hey, remember daylight? The sunny-afternoon kind of daylight, not the kind you see on your stumble home from the bar at five in the morning. Well, we hear good things about it; perhaps it's time to give it a shot again. According to Holland, low levels of vitamin D (which your body produces when you're exposed to sunlight) have been linked to depression, chronic pain, autoimmune diseases and PMS.

Getting a few rays wasn't a problem for cavewomen back in the day, but we'll be the first to admit that the only light we're getting daily comes from the sad glow of our laptops. So, leave the building -- sans phone -- during the workday. Schedule a walk around the block with your work husband to talk about what a moron your boss is, grab a gossip rag and catch up on the latest with Heidi's boobs, whatever -- but do it outside, not in the break room under the leering eye of your supervisor.

Binge Drink Less
Fine, Holland's advice is actually not to binge drink at all ... but apparently, "binge drinking" is defined as four drinks in one sitting. So. Not to sound like we're in need of an intervention or anything, but "one sitting" seems like a vague term, no? There's the "one sitting" that occurs between the end of the workday at 7 p.m. and the end of happy hour at 8 p.m. when we're practically crawling over the bar to get every last drop of Guinness we feel we've earned that day, sure. But how about lingering for hours over a few bottles of wine with friends? I mean, we'll probably continue to do both, but we'll work on trying to get to happy hour by 6:30 p.m. at the latest from now on.

Get Laid
Some advice we can get behind, and under, and on top of. Holland advises us to keep our sex drives in check, making the point that "while stress, anxiety and clinical disorders are all known bedroom buzzkills, there's something else at work here that our cavewoman ancestors didn't have to contend with: prescription drugs."

Don't trade your Prozac prescription for a rubber, but consider Holland's advice to keep prescriptions to the necessary minimum. Mood-stabilizing drugs certainly fall into the "necessary" category, but if you notice your libido has taken a serious dip as a result of, say, birth control -- the Pill lowers levels of testosterone, critical for a healthy libido -- consider a non-hormonal option, like a copper IUD.

Be a Friend in Need
If your "Twilight" fanfic message board knows as much about your love life as your best friends do, it's time to flex those social muscles and connect face to face. Holland points out the link between excessive Internet use and depression -- it's true, Sad Keanu really bummed us out -- and urges us to switch off: "Our virtual reality is devoid of the essential primal elements of bonding, namely touch, eye contact and the processing of pheromones. Early research suggests these chemicals produced by our bodies help us communicate with other humans through scent."

So, next time you're Gchatting your roommate as you Hulu the latest episode of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" in separate bedrooms, cozy up in the living room for a chat and 3.5 glasses of wine instead.

Rest Up
From ZZZs to regular downtime, we're not getting enough of it. Holland admits cavewomen needed their rest after outrunning hyenas, lions and other predators all day, but hey, we have jobs, we know what that's all about. Aside from getting enough sleep -- about eight hours, give or take about an hour depending on what your sweet spot is -- make sure you're also getting some me time. Recharge and unwind however you prefer to do it, whether it's yoga and meditation or curling up in a fetal position under your desk for a few minutes.