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How to Buy, Store, and Use Cabbage

By Kaelyn Riley

This cruciferous veggie is endlessly versatile and a storage superstar. These tips can help you feel more confident using it in your kitchen.

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5 Refreshing Drinks Perfect for Summer Sipping

By Molly Kopischke

Add flavor and fun to your beverage rotation this season with these make-at-home options.

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How to Find Sustainable Seafood

By Heidi Wachter

Fish offers a host of health benefits, but pollution, overfishing, and human-rights abuses have muddied the waters. Learn how to make more sustainable choices.

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13 Global Condiments to Use

By Camille Berry

Explore an array of international condiments and sauces — and get ideas for experimenting with them in your next meal.

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Expert Picks for Plant-Based Proteins

By Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT

A Life Time dietitian shares her top choices for plant-based protein food sources — and considerations to keep in mind if you’re using them to hit your daily protein targets.

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How to Improve Kids’ Nutrition

By Michael Dregni

Two-thirds of American kids’ calories come from processed food. Here’s how we can do better.

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8 Food Safety Myths

By Stephanie Soucheray

How cautious do we need to be in the kitchen? Our experts share tips for safe food handling, prep, and storage.

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5 Reasons to Opt for a CSA This Summer

By Laurel Kallenbach

Buying a share of a local farm’s harvest offers more than fresh, seasonal produce. It supports your community.

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How to Get Your Kids in the Kitchen

By Jill Patton, FMCHC

It’s never too early — or too late — to introduce your kids to the life skills learned in the kitchen.

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5 Kid-Friendly Cooking Tools

By Experience Life Staff

Welcome kiddos into the kitchen with these tools, including scaled-down baking sheets and serrated safety knives.

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How to Buy, Store, and Use Eggplant

By Kaelyn Riley

Get inspired to use more of this nightshade in your home kitchen.

a veggie burger in a bowl with avocado and greens

Are Plant-Based Meats Truly More Sustainable?

By Michael Dregni

The answer, it seems, is complex.

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How Butyrate Can Help Protect Against Leaky Gut

By Helen Martineau

Butyrate can help keep inflammation in check by strengthening our gut lining.

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Confessions of an Imperfect Eater

By Jamie Martin

Experience Life editor in chief Jamie Martin on how to nurture our sometimes embattled relationship with food.

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The Health Benefits of Butyrate

By Helen Martineau

Butyrate is a short-chain fatty acid that plays a surprisingly big role in overall health.

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Sioux Chef Sean Sherman on the Importance of Indigenous Food

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl

Native chef Sean Sherman is striving to decolonize America’s idea of food.

Ryan Dodge

Get Your Glow On: A Q&A With Chef Ryan Dodge

By Anjula Razdan

We talk to Life Time executive chef Ryan Dodge about his food philosophy, food that is alive, and LifeCafe’s Coffee Crunch Energy Bites.

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4 Endangered Foods

By Michael Dregni

The climate crisis is threatening the foods we love. Here’s what we can do about it.

a table set with common foods attributed to allergies

Allergy, Sensitivity, or Intolerance? A Guide to Food-Reactivity Issues

By Mo Perry

Learn more about the difference between food allergies, intolerances, and sensitivities, what might be behind their increasing prevalence, and what you can do about them.

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4 Ways to Use an Overripe Avocado

By Courtney Lewis Opdahl

Don’t toss that precious fruit! Discover four ways to use an avocado that seems past its prime.

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