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Food Culture

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Money, Politics and Health Care: A Disease-Creation Economy

Dr. Mark Hyman examines the connections of politics, money, and our healthcare system — and what we can do about it.
By Mark Hyman, MD
Financial HealthFood Culture
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Practical Tips To Avoid GM Foods

Frank Lipman, MD gives you 8 tips to avoid GM foods.
By Frank Lipman, MD
Food CultureNutrition Tips
rice milk

What’s in Your Rice Milk?

Rice milk contains much more than simply water and rice. Learn more.
By Matthew Kadey
Food CultureNutrition Tips
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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.
By Experience Life Staff
Food CultureNutrition Tips
Deb Lewis

Food Fighter: Deb Lewison Grant

How FoodFight's cofounder is changing the way kids think about food.
By Laine Bergeson, FMCHC
Food Culture
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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.
By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Food Culture
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20 Tips to Curb Sugar Cravings and Kick the Addiction

Practical tips from Dr. Frank Lipman to kick your sugar habit.
By Frank Lipman, MD 
AddictionFood Addiction
Industrialized Eats

6 Common Industrial Ingredients to Watch Out for in Processed Foods

See where else these common ingredients in processed foods are used.
By Experience Life Staff
Food AddictionFood Culture
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"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.
By Heather Fleming
Food Culture
cupcakes

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.
By Sheila Viers
Food CultureMindful Eating
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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.
By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Cooking & FoodFood Culture
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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.
By Experience Life Staff
Food CultureNutrition Tips
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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.
By Experience Life Staff
Food CultureSustainability
Jan/Feb 2012: Honestly, Dara

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.
By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Food Culture
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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.
By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Food Culture
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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.
By Kristin Ohlson
Food AddictionFood Culture
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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.
By Experience Life Staff
Food CultureNutrition Tips
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Challenging Diet Culture Language

An Experience Life staff member on body image, our food culture, and how we perceive "healthy".
By Heidi Wachter
Food Culture
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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.
By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Food Culture
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Beware the Lusty Turnip

Every era has had its share of wrongly demonized foods - from commonplace vegetables to (gasp!) millet muffins.
By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Food Culture
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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.
By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Food Culture
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