Nutrition
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Supplement-Shopping Tips
Nutritional Supplements are not highly regulated, so both quality standards and formulations vary widely. In her New York Times bestseller, The Hormone Cure, Sara Gottfried, MD, offers these tips for supplement shopping:
How to Broaden Your Palate
Reasons to find the courage to face the foods that freak you out.
Cheap Food, Big Bucks
Dreading the little birds-and-bees talk? Food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl on how telling your kids about food-industry profit margins can be just as awkward.
Why Just Looking at Sugar May Be Bad for Your Health
I’ve heard that simply looking at sugary foods can trigger an insulin response. Is that true?
10 Strategies to Help Give Up a Favorite Food
Deciding to forgo a food you’ve long savored presents practical and emotional challenges — even when you know it’s for the best. Here’s how to make it easier.
Connecting ADHD and Nutrition
For kids with focus and behavior challenges, nutritional shifts may work as well as, or better than, medication.
Making Friends With Your Food
Pilar Gerasimo on making sensible, sane choices in a food world as nutty and confusing as the one we live in now.
Anatomy of a Pumpkin Spice Latte
Pumpkin spice lattes have been available at major coffee chains for weeks already. We break down their ingredients, and offer a homemade alternative for you to make on your own.
Kitchen Literacy: 10 Must-Have Cookbooks
After years of working in restaurants and cooking at home, James Beard Award–winning food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl dishes on her favorites.
The Ethics of Eating
The implications of our food choices are far-reaching. The quandaries are real. How can we start eating our way to a better world?
Building Kitchen Confidence
EL‘s Heidi Wachter on the surprising rewards of learning to cook.
30 Uses for Coconut Oil
Looking for more ways to use this superfood? Here are some creative ways to put it to work.
The Voice: Vani Hari
Activist-blogger Vani Hari — a.k.a. the Food Babe — on why universal access to healthy food is “a basic human right.”
5 Gluten-Free Pizza Recipes
Creative, gluten-free crusts everyone can enjoy, plus an inspired array of nutritious toppings.
How Real Food Can Help Fight Poverty
U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan explains why food, health, poverty and social justice must be transformed together.
Family Values à la Française
Food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl on why perhaps it’s time we stopped obsessing about how the French eat, and started emulating the way they live.
The Power of Precommitment to Overcome a Sweet Tooth
A new study published in the science journal Neuron suggests that precommitment is more powerful than willpower.
Salmon and Veggies Baked in Parchment (Video)
An intimidation-free, how-to guide to cooking fish in parchment paper. This recipe for salmon and fresh veggies from That Food Girl Betsy Nelson is a cinch.
Rethinking the School Lunchbox: Healthy Meal Makeovers
Three of our favorite nutritionists revamp kids’ lunches to create meals the whole family can enjoy.
Savoring Salmon: Recipes, Techniques, and More
Enticing and unexpected ways to enjoy this super-healthy fish.