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The Marketing Secrets Behind Naming Less-Than-Healthy Foods
How the name of a food product can make it seem healthier.
Food Fighter: Deb Lewison Grant
How FoodFight’s cofounder is changing the way kids think about food.
Trapped by Food Tradition
The way we eat today is shaped by legacies from long ago. Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl thinks it’s time we took a fresh look at our food.
20 Tips to Curb Sugar Cravings and Kick the Addiction
Practical tips from Dr. Frank Lipman to kick your sugar habit.
6 Common Industrial Ingredients to Watch Out for in Processed Foods
See where else these common ingredients in processed foods are used.
"Intuitivarian:" The New Eating Style
An “Intuitivarian” is someone who fuels their body with balanced nutrition based on self-awareness and intuition. Learn tips to start your journey towards intuitive eating, focusing on self-trust, patience, and understanding your relationship with food.
How to Know If You’re an Emotional Eater
But the thing is, food only temporarily fills that void. You will never be truly satisfied until you learn that what you really need is to fill the void with what you really want, not with food.
Happiness on the Half Shell: Oysters
As exotic appetizers for a celebratory repast, or the centerpiece for an aphrodisiac feast, oysters offer a bonanza of unexpected health benefits.
3 Tips to Avoid Fake Fish at the Market or Restaurant
Mislabeled fish in restaurants and supermarkets has become something of an epidemic in the United States.
What Is “Honey Laundering”?
Tainted honey could be making its way into your pantry through a practice known as “honey laundering.” Here’s what you need to know.
Hidden Agenda
Some popular cookbooks suggest hoodwinking our kids into eating veggies by hiding them in their favorite foods. But like all subterfuge, this comes with serious liabilities.
My Unfavorite Things
Looking back on the year’s food trends, a food writer names a few that she hopes will quickly fade into history.
13 Ingredients to Watch Out for in Processed Foods
Most of the processed foods we eat are studded with mysterious additives. They extend shelf life. They create exciting flavors, colors and textures. But they don’t do great things for our health. Find out which ones to avoid, and why.
What You Need to Know About Essential Fatty Acids
Some dietary fats we should avoid, others we must embrace. Knowing the difference could change — or even save — your life.
Challenging Diet Culture Language
An Experience Life staff member on body image, our food culture, and how we perceive “healthy”.
Let Them Eat Steak
Spend some time eating, drinking and walking as the French do, and the “French paradox” may not seem like such a mystery after all.
Beware the Lusty Turnip
Every era has had its share of wrongly demonized foods – from commonplace vegetables to (gasp!) millet muffins.
Got Enough Gadgets?
When future archaeologists undearth the relics of today’s modern kitchen conveniences, what will their discoveries tell them Perhaps that we were too lazy to scramble an egg or shake our own salt.
Is ‘Big Food’s’ Big Money Influencing the Science of Nutrition?
Some scientists take money from companies, results don’t match general consensus.
Refined Carbs Pose a Greater Risk than Saturated Fats for Heart Disease Risk
New research has weakened the perceived link between saturated fat and heart disease. Today, many experts, including Dr. Ronald M. Krauss, agree that refined carbs pose a much greater danger.
Make Friends With Your Farmer
Some critics are now saying the locavore movement is elitist and misguided. Not so – real foods do make a real difference.