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Digesting the USDA Dietary Guidelines
Every five years the government issues an updated version of its guidelines for healthy eating. We asked some clued-in nutritionists to help us evaluate its latest confounding effort.
Not Having Enough Food Causes Obesity and Diabetes
How does not having enough to eat cause obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and early death? Let’s investigate.
Transform Your Health With Live Foods
The biggest problem with the average American diet is not just how much we eat, it’s the percentage of our diet that’s made up of cooked and over-processed foods. Find out how eating live can help you live healthier, happier, and longer.
Eating by the Rainbow
It is so easy to stick to what you know and choose convenience foods or the same foods every time you go to the store. Get out of that rut by accepting a new challenge; eating by the rainbow.
The EWG Releases the “Meat Eater’s Guide to Climate Change + Health”
A new guide can help you determine the carbon footprint of your food choices.
10 Ways Your Food Can Bring Out the Best in Your Genes
Dr. Frank Lipman on how healthy habits nurture healthy genes.
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.
Fats and Oils, Demystified
Anjula Razdan’s tips on learning more about fats and oils.
Frozen Future
An inconvenient truth: Our relationship with processed convenience foods is on a troubling trajectory.
The Truth About Agave
Is agave nectar a healthy alternative sweetener or an overhyped sugar syrup?
3 Simple Shifts to Eating Healthier
Looking for low-effort ways to eat healthier? These three small adjustments can make a surprisingly big difference in how you look and feel.
No, There’s Not an App for That
When it comes to improving our experiences with food, new technologies have their limits.
Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual
Michael Pollan’s latest book distills food wisdom still further.
The Health Benefits of Drinking Water
Proper hydration is key to good health, but why? And what’s the best way to get what our bodies really need? Our experts debunk a few myths.
9 Food Synergies to Maximize Your Nutritional Intake
From green tea and lemons to red wine and fish, some foods deliver even more nutritional punch when paired. Here’s how to take advantage of nature’s most powerful food synergies.
Stick to Your Healthy Eating Goals at Work: Navigating 3 Common Functions
Catered banquets. Big-deal dinners. Gobbled-down anything. The eating scenarios we face at work are rarely ideal. Here’s how to make the best of three tough situations.
Comfort Food for Your Brain
What you feed your body, you also feed your brain — sometimes to its detriment. Learn how to nourish your gray matter for more balanced moods, clearer thinking and a more fulfilling life.
The Problem with Low-Fat Dairy
Why low-fat dairy may be overrated and why full-fat dairy could have more going for it than you’d think — assuming you can tolerate dairy in the first place.
Eat at Your Own Risk: The Truth About Tainted Health Foods
Some 76,000 Americans get sick from contaminated food each year. Recent revelations indicate that even some trusted organic brands have been undermined. Here’s how our food supply got in trouble, and how you can protect yourself and your family.
Fix-It Foods
Whether flushing toxins, preventing inflammation or boosting your immune system, certain foods prove particularly effective in repairing the body. Here’s a primer on some of the best edible healers around.