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7 Reasons Meat Matters for Health
For those who choose to eat meat, it offers a variety of nutritious benefits that support health and fitness.
How to Fuel Up Before and After Your Workout
A look at the best things to eat pre- and postworkout.
The Pros and Cons of Caffeine
Michael Pollan on the health benefits of “the world’s most widely used psychoactive drug.”
Resistant Starch: Why You Need More of This “Good” Carb
Fearful of carbs? Learn why this may be one you want to embrace.
13 Reasons Why Drinking Water Matters
From joint health to energy production to skin health, here's why you should drink water.
7 Dairy Foods That Are Easier to Digest
Because lactose intolerance or sensitivity is so common, we recommend dairy products that pose fewer digestive difficulties. These are the ones we reach for most often.
How to Find Real Honey
If you're trying to find the best honey, make sure it's raw, local, and single-source. Here's why.
What’s the Deal With Honey?
The nutritional power of honey is well established. By buying local, you can support regional ecosystems and your neighborhood bees.
6 Reasons to Choose Full-Fat Dairy
Despite decades of hype, low-fat or fat- free dairy products simply don't deliver the health benefits of full-fat varieties.
What Trapper Steinle Eats to Fuel His Fitness
There’s no one-size-fits-all formula for fueling your fitness endeavors. Here’s how Trapper Steinle powers and recovers from his workout.
What Nick Briney Eats to Fuel His Fitness
There’s no one-size-fits-all formula for fueling your fitness endeavors. Here’s how Nick Briney powers and recovers from his workout.
What Steph Gaudreau Eats to Fuel Her Fitness
There’s no one-size-fits-all formula for fueling your fitness endeavors. Here’s how Steph Gaudreau powers and recovers from her workout.
What Jason Sweetnam Eats to Fuel His Fitness
There’s no one-size-fits-all formula for fueling your fitness endeavors. Here’s how Jason Sweetnam powers and recovers from his workout.
What Stephanie Herbert Eats to Fuel Her Fitness
There’s no one-size-fits-all formula for fueling your fitness endeavors. Here’s how Stephanie Herbert powers and recovers from her workout.
What Emily Schaldach Eats to Fuel Her Fitness
There’s no one-size-fits-all formula for fueling your fitness endeavors. Here’s how Emily Schaldach powers and recovers from her workout.
6 Ways to Eat More Fiber
Make beans the centerpiece of your meals, throw Swiss chard and spinach in your smoothie, and four other ways to amp up your fiber intake.
What Roz “The Diva” Mays Eats to Fuel Her Fitness
There’s no one-size-fits-all formula for fueling your fitness endeavors. Here’s how Roz "The Diva" Mays powers and recovers from her workout.
What Jessie Diggins Eats to Fuel Her Fitness
There’s no one-size-fits-all formula for fueling your fitness endeavors. Here’s how Jessie Diggins powers and recovers from her workout.
The Power of Veggies: How to Eat More and Make Them Taste Great
Julie Brown, RD, the nutrition and assessments program manager at Life Time, joins us to discuss the many health benefits of vegetables, and to share her favorite cooking tips and best tricks for squeezing more veggies into your meals and snacks.
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How to Create a Food Budget
Learn how to set — and stick to — a food budget with these tips for helping you keep your spending on food, drinks, coffee, and snacks in check.
The Food-Sleep Connection
When it comes to metabolic health, sleep plays an unexpectedly powerful role. At the same time, our food choices also have a big impact on how we sleep — or don't.