Mindful Eating

How Nutrition Can Support a Healthy Nervous System

A well-regulated autonomic nervous system is fundamental for your resilience. Learn how to feed it well.

By Jill Patton, NBC-HWC

Mindful Eating Nutrition Tips

Want to Cook More? Try Communal Eating

Discover how cooking for others will help you increase your confidence in the kitchen — and improve your health.

By Susan Pagani

Food Culture Mindful Eating

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What’s the Difference Between Hyperpalatable and Ultraprocessed Foods?

There is a big overlap between the two types of foods, but there are differences too. Here's what to know.

By Catherine Guthrie

Food Addiction Food Culture

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How Sharing a Meal Can Create Stronger Relationships

Enhance your relationships with these four expert tips.

By Susan Pagani

Food Culture Friends

Looking to Diversify Your Diet? Try Eating With Other People

Discover why simply eating with others can help promote a more balanced, healthy diet.

By Susan Pagani

Mindful Eating Nutrition Tips

5 Ways to Reclaim Your Palate from Junk Food

Ultraprocessed and hyperpalatable foods have hijacked our taste buds and health. Here's how to take them back.

By Catherine Guthrie

Food Addiction Mindful Eating

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Does Eating With Others Help Your Digestion?

Yes. Discover the social and physiological reasons behind this connection.

By Susan Pagani

Food Culture Gut Health

How to Turn Down Food Noise

Food noise — persistent, unwanted thoughts about eating — affects millions of people and is one of of the reason people turn to GLP-1 medications. These evidence-based strategies can help quiet the food noise naturally.

By Elizabeth Millard

Emotional Intelligence Food Addiction

How Food Can Be Medicine

Integrative physician Geeta Maker-Clark, MD, explains how food can become medicine for your body — and your spirit.

By Courtney Helgoe

Cooking & Food Food Culture

Why Hyperpalatable Foods Are So Hard to Stop Eating — and 5 Ways to Break Free

Nearly 70 percent of the U.S. food supply contains fat-sugar-salt combinations engineered to override your brain's fullness signals. Here's how food companies exploit your biology — and how to reclaim your palate.

By Catherine Guthrie

Food Addiction Food Culture

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How Meal Sequencing Helps Manage Blood Sugar

Possibly. Here's what you need to know.

By Susan Pagani

Mindful Eating Nutrition Tips

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Can Meal Sequencing Increase GLP-1 Production, and Might it Help Me Lose Weight?

It most likely can — and without eliminating many foods you love. Here's how.

By Susan Pagani

Metabolism/Weight Loss Mindful Eating

Why We Need to Feel Hungry Again

Our ancestors experienced regular hunger — and their bodies thrived because of it, says Michael Easter in his book The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self. Modern comfort has eliminated this natural cycle, and the price we're paying goes far beyond weight gain. Here’s why.

By Michael Easter

Food Culture Metabolism/Weight Loss

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Struggling With Food Anxiety? Here Are 6 Strategies That Can Help

Try these tips to reduce stress around food and regain pleasure in eating.

By Jessie Sholl

Food Addiction Mindful Eating

Learning How to Manage Gestational Hypertension — Naturally

How healthcare researcher Michelle Emebo learned to manage gestational hypertension with quality nutrition and exercise.

By Michelle Emebo

Healthy Habits/Goal Setting Heart & Cardiovascular Health

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6 Ways to Cut Back on Ultraprocessed Foods (UPFs)

UPFs make up almost three-quarters of America’s food supply. Here are some tips to help reduce your consumption of ultraprocessed foods.

By Catherine Guthrie

Food Culture Mindful Eating

9 Things Your Food Cravings Are Telling You

An intense urge for a particular food could be your body’s way of seeking something that’s missing. Here are nine common messages your food cravings are sending you — and how to respond.

By Jill Patton, NBC-HWC

Mindful Eating