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7 Strategies to Curb Your Cravings
These strategies can help you develop healthier eating habits.
Understanding Food and Diet Studies
For years, sophisticated consumers have relied on the latest clinical trials to guide their health choices, but exactly how reliable are these studies? If you're depending solely on scientific evidence for your health solutions, your assumptions about what's right might well be wrong.
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.
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.
An Adventure in Spices
Caught in a bland culinary rut Chef and author Floyd Cardoz’s spicy perspectives promise to spur some serious creativity in your kitchen.
What Is a Phytochemical?
Phytochemicals — plant-based micronutrients that contain protective, disease-preventing compounds — might just be the best-kept secret in nutrition.
Vital Nourishment
Looking to enhance your vitality - or to rebuild it after a health crisis? Author and cancer survivor Rebecca Katz sees great-tasting whole foods as a natural and delicious place to begin.
Jicama
A healthy, crunchy treat that perks up snacks and meals while expanding your produce-aisle options.
Living Strong With Cancer
When an otherwise healthy, fit person who has “done everything right” receives a cancer diagnosis, it can feel unfair on many levels. Still, experts say, don’t ditch your healthy habits now — they may be some of your strongest allies in recovery.
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.
Individualized Nutrition
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.
Feed Your Family Healthy
Getting your family to eat right can be tricky. Here are the clever tactics — and expert wisdom — that can help you rise to the top 5 challenges.
Groovy Goodness
Once derided as hippie food, millet, amaranth, quinoa and other healthful ingredients can be combined to create delicious meals for us all. Chef Heidi Swanson shows us how.
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.
Eat It Raw!: 5 Recipes From Charlie Trotter
Tired of toiling over a hot stove or settling for microwaved meals? Try food in its uncompromised, unadulterated state, and you may never go back.
Garlic
With its robust, complex flavor and healthful qualities, garlic can add zest to any meal – and help ward off disease.
How to Eat Wild Foods in the Modern World
If you're seeking the truest, most powerful foods on Earth, look to your prehistoric palate.
Everyday Exotic
Eager to explore all the exciting new produce at your local market? Bon Appétit' s new cookbook shows you the lay of the land.
Eating for 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.