Nutrition Tips

Create the Perfect Plate With These 23 Nutrient-Dense, Whole-Food Meal Templates

In his new book, How to Be Well, functional-medicine pioneer Frank Lipman, MD, explains how to compose the perfect plate for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

By Frank Lipman, MD

Food Culture Nutrition Tips

The Case for Seasonal Eating

Whole foods have a cyclical rhythm — and so do we. Discover the multiple ways that eating with the seasons can support our health.

By Elizabeth Millard

Cooking & Food Food Culture

Are Spore-Forming Probiotics Safe to Eat?

Spore-forming soil-based organisms in probiotic supplements and snack foods are becoming more common, but they may not be right for everyone.

By Laura Lineburg

Food Culture Gut Health

How to Balance Your Blood Sugar

Blood sugar and insulin work together to support your energy and health. Learn how to keep them in balance.

By Experience Life Staff

Cooking & Food Food Addiction

This Is Your Body on Flour

A diet high in flours made from wheat or other grains affects every system in the body. Here’s a quick guide to flour’s far-reaching effects.

By Catherine Guthrie

Functional/Integrative Medicine Gut Health

The Health Benefits of Tea

It’s not just the assortment of flavors and choices that is drawing many coffee lovers to experiment with “the other hot drink.” There are many health benefits as well.

By Jill Grunewald

Nutrition Tips

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8 Ways to Save Money on Organic Groceries

Organic foods can by pricey, but these tips can help lessen the blow.

By Michael Dregni

Food Culture Nutrition Tips

Woman picking out produce at a farmers' market.

Closer to Home: 5 Steps Toward Eating Local

Reaching out to local farmers and producers for your sustenance may be easier than you thought. Here’s a 5-step guide to finding, eating and savoring the local foods that nourish you, your community and the planet we all call home.

By Joseph Hart

Food Culture Nutrition Tips

Make a Salt Swap

Four things to keep in mind the next time you shop for salt.

By Experience Life Staff

Nutrition Tips

The Sour Truth About Sweet Fruit

In his new book, Genius Foods, Max Lugavere talks about which foods to embrace — and avoid — for optimal brain health.

By Max Lugavere

Brain Health Functional/Integrative Medicine

How to Build a Gut-Friendly Plate

Simplify your meals with Robyn Youkilis’s “Good Gut Rule of Five.”

By Robyn Youkilis

Gut Health Nutrition Tips

Power Parfait

This recipe, from Robyn Youkilis’s new book, is a gut-friendly way to start your day.

By Robyn Youkilis

Gut Health Metabolism/Weight Loss

The 13 Pillars of the Pegan Diet

In his new book, functional-medicine doc Mark Hyman, MD, says a Pegan diet — which combines principles of Paleo and vegan diets — is the best way to eat. Here are the 13 pillars of the Pegan diet.

By Mark Hyman, MD

Functional/Integrative Medicine Metabolism/Weight Loss

Is Salt Bad for You — Or Not?

Does restricting sodium intake cause more problems than it solves?

By Experience Life Staff

Nutrition Tips Vitamins/Minerals

Anatomy of a Mac-and-Cheese Dinner

What goes into a typical box of mac and cheese? Phthalates, food dyes, and more.

By Michael Dregni

Food Culture Nutrition Tips

people make and share healthy veggie bowls

4 Easy and Effective Strategies to Eat More Veggies

Eating “mostly plants,” as Pollan suggests, doesn’t have to be hard. We asked our experts how to make it easier.

By Elizabeth Millard

Nutrition Tips

Can An Elimination or Low-FODMAP Diet Treat IBS?

Nutrition protocols that remove common irritants give the gut lining a chance to heal. Here's how an elimination diet and a low-FODMAP diet are used to treat IBS.

By Catherine Guthrie

Gut Health Inflammation