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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.
Raise Your Food Consciousness
Feeling confused about what to eat? Unsure about which foods are safest, best for you, and best for the environment? Join the club — then join the ranks of a new group of informed eaters and good-food advocates who are bringing a variety of better, clearer, more satisfying choices into view — and within reach.
How to Hydrate
Too much? Too little? What to drink and when? Staying hydrated doesn’t have to be confusing – especially once you’re armed with these slick tips from sports-nutrition experts.
What Is a Phytochemical?
Phytochemicals — plant-based micronutrients that contain protective, disease-preventing compounds — might just be the best-kept secret in nutrition.
How to Eat More Plant-Based Protein
Discover the power of plant protein. You’ll get all the protein you need plus reap a rich nutritional harvest.
How Individualized Nutrition Optimizes Health
The ideal diet, the spot-on supplement strategy — can a few simple tests help you carve out the one and only nutritional program that’s perfect for you?
Real-Age Eating
Don’t assume that aging equals poor health, says John La Puma, MD. With a healthy diet, you can turn back the clock.
Learning to Read Labels
Help your kids decode food packaging and labels and you’ll equip them with a healthy-living skill they can use forever. And you might notice less whining — starting now.
How to Eat for Sustainable All-Day Energy
Running on empty? Drop that candy bar and fuel up on healthy foods that keep you going strong.
How to Avoid Toxins in Your Food
Reducing your daily intake of toxic compounds can make a dramatic difference in your health.
5 Foods to Eat and 5 Foods to Avoid
Dr. Mark Hyman weighs in on the top-five foods to eat regularly – and the top five to avoid.
How to Start Eating More Whole-Foods: 3 Tasty Recipes to Try
Have you considered a move toward healthier, whole-food choices? Authors Anna Lappé and Bryant Terry share insights and ideas to get you eating in the right direction.
Can Eating A Variety of Foods Help You Avoid Food Intolerances?
Are you eating the same five or six foods every day? Stop! Enjoying a range of diverse fruits, veggies and lean proteins can help you correct chronic nutrient deficiencies – and even avoid food intolerances.
Sugar Breakdown: The Impact of Sugar on Your Body
The effects of sugar on the body go beyond cavities. High blood-sugar levels have many negative health impacts, including many inflammation-based diseases. Here’s how to cut back and balance your blood-sugar levels.
Fuel Your Fitness: A Guide to Eating for Each Phase of Your Workout
Wondering what to eat before and after your workouts? Learn the essentials of fueling for optimal energy, recovery and health.
Fresh, Frozen or Canned
While fresh produce is generally best, with a little nutritional know-how, you can eat healthy from your market’s freezer case and canned-foods aisle, too.
How Food-Labeling Regulations Help Consumers Avoid Trans Fats
Until recently, consumers had no way of knowing precisely how much trans fat lurked in their favorite foods. But now, a new food-labeling regulation gives us all a better shot at eliminating this danger from our diets.