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Root Vegetables: Recipes, Techniques, and More
Root veggies like turnips, parsnips, and rutabagas provide your body with deep nourishment and delightful flavors.
7 Meat Alternatives
Which plant-based alternative is right for you? From the Impossible Burger to tempeh to homemade veggie burgers, we break down the options.
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.
What Is Fake Meat? Benefits, Risks, and Plant-Based Options Explained
Meat substitutes are everywhere — but they’re not all created equal.
How to Brew a Perfect Cup of Coffee
Upgrade your morning brew with these tips for buying, storing, and more.
How to Make Apple Chips
Turn ordinary apples into a healthy baked snack. Sweeter apples, such as Honeycrisp and Fuji, work best!
5 Game-Day Snacks
Score points with friends and family by whipping up some of these winning recipes.
Upgrade Your Breakfasts
Want to increase the nutrient quota of your morning meal? A Life Time nutrition coach offers recommendations for five team members’ go-to breakfasts.
How to Buy and Store Tomatoes
It’s one of the best times of the year: tomato season! Follow these tips to make the most of these late-summer superstars.
Protein Power: What You Need to Know
You need protein to build muscle, manage your metabolism, and support tissue repair. But how much? What kind? And can you get too much? We answer your top 12 questions about protein.
Why Eating Whole Foods are Key for Optimal Health
Enriched this, supplemental that. Look behind the hype and you’ll discover that whole foods deliver nutrition that “fragmented” and “isolated” nutrients simply can’t beat.
The Health Benefits of Homemade Stock — and How to Make Your Own
Plus, tips on making a nourishing homemade stock and a recipe for one-step chicken stock.
5 Made-From-Scratch Recipes
Skip the additives and preservatives — and save some money — by whipping up these culinary favorites at home.
Build Your Own One-Bowl Meal
This mix-and-match template will help you craft a flavorful, filling, and healthy bowl with key nutrients as your building blocks. Plus, get the recipe for the LifeCafe’s newest bowl to make at home yourself.
5 Easy Lunch Recipes With Six Ingredients or Less
Running low on lunch ideas? These healthy and tasty recipes from Chef Ryan Dodge can all be ready to eat and enjoy in 20 minutes or less.
10 Staple Ingredients + 2 Ways to Use Them
Discover which long-lasting items to keep on hand to easily mix-and-match for multiple healthy meals.
12 Quick Preworkout and Postworkout Snacks
Go light before your workout — and try to eat a snack within an hour or two after your workout for recovery.
5 Healthy On-the-Go Breakfasts
Short on time? Fuel your day with one of these portable, make-ahead meals.
How to Buy and Store Tilapia
Widely available and affordable, this mild whitefish pairs nicely with just about everything.
How to Upgrade Your Lunch
We gave three food-savvy nutritionists a challenge: Take three predictable lunches and turn them into healthy, energizing meals.
7 Gut-Healing Foods
What you eat can help relieve digestive symptoms and build a more resilient gut.




















