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9 Ways to Expand Your Food Palate
Experimenting with what you put on your plate can open you up to new flavors — and even help you find ways to enjoy foods you’ve previously avoided.
How Can I Waste Less Food in the Kitchen?
Get inspired to reduce, reuse, and regrow your produce at home.
Can Regenerative Agriculture Save Us?
Why nourishing topsoil, raising healthier animals, and growing more nutrient-dense crops and produce is critical to the future of food — and the planet.
The Happier Happy Hour:
6 Alcohol-Free Drinks
Sophisticated sips without the alcohol.
Farmers’ Markets, Gardens, and Eating Fresh
Spring offers new opportunities for embracing fresh, locally grown produce. Chef Ryan Dodge joins us to explore the importance of these whole foods, as well as ways we can get more of them into our diet, whether we grow them ourselves or shop for them at a local farmers’ markets.
14 Tips to Reduce Household Food Waste
Simple strategies to reduce your food-print.
Our Food Glossary
At Experience Life, these are some of the most common terms we use to describe how we eat, what we eat, and the issues surrounding our food system.
The Importance of Food Heritage
Food provides a window into our culture. Celebrated chef Marcus Samuelsson talks about the soul of American food, specifically Black food traditions, and how the origins of what and how we cook both influences and connects us.
The Plant-Powered Athlete
Prioritizing plant foods can benefit both your health and your fitness performance. Three athletes share how they fuel their active pursuits — and with great success.
Looking to Eat a Mediterranean Diet? Here Are 6 Staple Foods.
Learn why these six foods are so good for your health — and how to incorporate them into your diet.
All Rise: Marcus Samuelsson
The celebrated chef talks about Black food traditions, community kitchens, and the soul of American food.
4 Food Brands Doing Good for the Earth
Life Time is committed to improving the health of our planet, including offering products with their own sustainability efforts like these ones available in the LifeCafe.
7 Tips to Pick the Perfect Bottle of Wine
Discover what’s in your wine and learn how to make healthy and tasty choices with this insightful guide.
Is Butter Good for Us — or Not?
Everything is better with butter — but is butter healthy or not? We talked to some integrative-health experts to find out.
How to Bring Meaning to Mealtime
Here are five ways to help you reconnect to food — and those you love.
The Power of Simple Food Rituals
Small gestures can make a big difference in how we experience and appreciate our food — and each other.
What’s in Your Wine?
Most bottles contain more than just grapes and yeast. Find out which ingredients find their way into wine — plus seven tips to make healthier choices without sacrificing taste.
Pour a Glass? The Pros and Cons of Wine
Is wine really a healthier choice when it comes to alcohol? Learn about wine’s effects on our health and get advice for how to choose healthier wines — plus tips for which ones pair best with certain foods.
Drink Up? The Pros and Cons of Coffee
Is coffee good for you? Bad for you? Something in between? Anika Christ, RD, joins us to talk about how coffee can be part of a healthy nutrition plan, so long as you keep a few key considerations in mind. Plus, she shares some of her own good-for-you coffee drinks.
Food Science: How Food Is Engineered to Create Cravings
How advanced food technologies mess with our minds and our metabolisms.
Expert Answers: Why Does Seeing Sugary Foods Trigger Cravings?
I’ve heard that simply looking at sugary foods can trigger an insulin response. Is that true?