How to Loosen Early-Morning Body Stiffness
Two stretching drills to help mitigate morning-movement woes.
Buddy System: Naddir Eldeeb’s Success Story
How a determined friend helped one man lose 225 pounds and reclaim his sense of self.
PUMPING IRONY: Eat Less to Live Longer
A new study suggests that cutting back on calories can extend your lifespan.
Expert Answer: The Fitness Value of Walking
I enjoy walking and hiking for fitness. But am I getting a decent workout? Do I need to be doing something more?
Revolutionary Act 5: Repossess Your Health
Reclaim responsibility for your well-being; own your daily choices; minimize your reliance on the broken sick-care system.
Cheap Food, Big Bucks
Dreading the little birds-and-bees talk? Food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl on how telling your kids about food-industry profit margins can be just as awkward.
10 Strategies to Help Give Up a Favorite Food
Deciding to forgo a food you've long savored presents practical and emotional challenges — even when you know it's for the best. Here's how to make it easier.
Connecting ADHD and Nutrition
For kids with focus and behavior challenges, nutritional shifts may work as well as, or better than, medication.
Making Friends With Your Food
Pilar Gerasimo on making sensible, sane choices in a food world as nutty and confusing as the one we live in now.
6 Plant-Based Ways to Fight Inflammation — Naturally
Avoiding NSAIDs like ibuprofen and naproxen because of their potential side effects? Here are botanical alternatives that may fit the bill.
The Surprising Emotional Benefits of Talking to Strangers
Recent research finds that for adults, there may be significant emotional benefits in talking to strangers.
PUMPING IRONY: Granted Immunity
New research wants us to believe that popping a few pills will strengthen our immune system as we age, but it ignores the consequences.
Anatomy of a Pumpkin Spice Latte
Pumpkin spice lattes have been available at major coffee chains for weeks already. We break down their ingredients, and offer a homemade alternative for you to make on your own.
Kitchen Literacy: 10 Must-Have Cookbooks
After years of working in restaurants and cooking at home, James Beard Award–winning food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl dishes on her favorites.
The Ethics of Eating
The implications of our food choices are far-reaching. The quandaries are real. How can we start eating our way to a better world?
30 Uses for Coconut Oil
Looking for more ways to use this superfood? Here are some creative ways to put it to work.
8 Moves to Fix Computer Slouch
Tired of hunched shoulders, a sore back, and tight hips? These six moves are a great cure for the common computer slouch.
The Voice: Vani Hari
Activist-blogger Vani Hari — a.k.a. the Food Babe — on why universal access to healthy food is “a basic human right.”