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Chocolate: The Darker the Better
The benefits of eating dark chocolate may move it from the category of guilty pleasure to healthy staple.
Eat More Sweet Beets With These Recipes, Cooking Tips, and More
Quick and easy ways to enjoy this colorful, nutrient-packed powerhouse.
The Healthy Pantry
Stock your cupboards with wholesome essentials and create easy, satisfying meals — fast.
Guilt-Free Indulgences
The best way to have that cake and eat well, too? Food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl shares her thoughts on making mindful choices that balance health, happiness — and your blood sugar.
Pining for Papaya Salad
Food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl’s self-guided tour of Hmong cuisine inspires an abiding appreciation of culinary adventuring.
Bok Choy: 4 Recipes and Preparation Techniques
With crunchy stalks, tender leaves and gorgeous color, bok choy is versatile, inexpensive and highly nutritious.
Frankenfood: The Health Concerns and Risks of Genetically Modified Foods
Genetically modified food is everywhere in America’s supermarkets and restaurants. And since it’s not labeled, most of us have no idea how much of it we’re eating — or how much it’s affecting our health.
Tips and Techniques for Creating Delicious Stir-Fries
Stir-frying cooks up intense flavors in minutes. Here are a few tips that will make you a wok master.
Prisoners in Candy Land
It may seem there’s no escaping in the profusion of sugary treats we’re offered each day. Food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl shares her thoughts on breaking free from the death grip they have on our health.
Stevia: Too Good to Be True?
This popular “natural” sweetener appears less problematic than its artificial counterparts, but it could still have health consequences of its own.
Little Fish: Recipes, Kitchen Tricks, and More
Tasty anchovies, sardines and other small, oily fish are good for you and easy on the environment.
Super Secret Snacking Behavior
Senior editor Jamie Marting admits to all-too-frequent sugar binges — and shares her strategies for taking control. Again.
Asparagus: A Spring Classic — Recipes, Cooking Tips, and More
One of the first signs that winter is over, asparagus is bursting with powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant nutrients.
Broccoli: The Beautiful Green Monster
Food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl discusses how few things in this world are more divisive — or better for your health — than broccoli.
The Health Benefits of Cocoa Powder
Explore the health benefits of cocoa as Harvard University researchers shed light on how flavonoids in dark chocolate can enhance various aspects of well-being, while emphasizing the need for caution when consuming mass-market chocolate products containing high levels of sugar and trans fats.
Darya Pino Rose’s Fresh Focus
Top food blogger and healthy-eating expert Darya Pino Rose suggests spring-cleaning your diet — and your perspective.
The Problem With Processed Food
All processed foods are not created equal — especially those that claim to be healthy. Here’s what to watch out for on a product’s label and where to turn for better alternatives.
Detox Diary
Intrepid staffer Heidi Wachter completes her first detox diet, and shares the ups, downs and life-altering lessons.
Expert Answers: Digesting Protein, Exercising During a Detox, and More
We ask the experts how much protein you can digest, if you should exercise during a detox, and if certain yoga poses detox the body.
Cooking Is a Revolutionary Act
The cure for what ails us — both in our bodies and in our nation — can be found in the kitchen.
7 Self-Talk Strategies to Stop Self-Sabotaging Your Diet
Learn how to stop self-sabotaging your diet with proven strategies to break bad habits, reframe negative food thoughts, and build lasting healthy eating patterns.