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All About Antinutrients
According to the plant paradox diet, lectins are bad news — yet many lectin-rich foods offer big health benefits. Here’s how to navigate the world of antinutrients without depriving yourself.
Revolutionary Act 24: Eat More Plants
There’s a long list of phytonutrients and other good stuff in vegetables, fruits, and legumes that you can’t get any other way. Put plants at the center of your plate for as many meals and snacks as you can.
13 Strategies to Avoid Late-Night Snacking
Try these alternatives to help curb self-destructive snacking in the evening.
5 Energy Slumps and How to Avoid Them
Well-timed, nutrient-dense meals and snacks can help you power through your days with steady energy.
Expert Answers: Eating Before Early-Morning Workouts
How should you fuel before your a.m. fitness session? Our expert has some tips.
How Do Energy Drinks Affect Your Body?
Recent research reveals some troubling side effects of these popular beverages.
FDA Approves New Food-Labeling Rules
Revised guidelines highlight added sugars, adjust listings for fats.
How to Eat With the Seasons
You know that in-season fruits and vegetables are especially good for you, but just how much nutrition hangs in the balance? Perhaps more than you realized.
How to Be a Conscientious Carnivore
Shopping for meat, fish, and eggs can leave you confused and conflicted. What’s the healthy, sustainable choice?
Low-Fat Dairy May Increase the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
A recent study found that people who opted for full-fat dairy products were 50 percent less likely than low-fat fans to develop the disease.
Would You Like Some Toxic Chemicals With That?
New research suggests that people who eat fast food have higher phthalate levels.
What are Some Signs and Symptoms of Zinc Deficiency?
Here are 9 ways that zinc deficiency can show up in your body.
Resistant Starch for a Healthy Gut
Long underappreciated, resistant starch is a friendly carb component that delivers healthy microbial balance and weight-loss support.
For Heart-Healthy Benefits, Organics Top Conventional Milk and Meat
Major new study shows organic milk and meat offer significantly more omega-3 fatty acids.
Reducing Sugar Intake Quickly Boosts Kids’ Health
New study shows dramatic improvement among obese children.
Take Back Your Taste Buds
Highly flavored processed foods have hijacked our sense of taste, driving unhealthy cravings and sabotaging our health for too long. It’s time to reclaim our palates.
What Are the Health Benefits of Drinking Tea?
Praises abound for this unassuming, down-to-earth beverage: Experts tell us it helps prevent cancer, diabetes, heart disease, maybe even wrinkles. And it’s not all hype, either – tea really is a nutritional powerhouse.
6 Food Habits That Age You
These unhealthy eating patterns don’t just trigger weight gain and undermine your energy. They age you from the inside out.
Another Case for Going Gluten-Free
Is gluten sensitivity — without diagnosed celiac disease — a myth? A new study says no.
What Are SNPs and Why Do They Matter?
Small genetic variations can have a big influence on your health — and affect your nutritional needs, too.
Coca-Cola Funds Scientists Who Blame Obesity on Lack of Exercise, Not Poor Diet
Such “science-backed” misinformation is part of the food industry’s PR campaigns to mislead the public on nutrition.