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Nutrition

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The “E-Max” Fat-Burning Solution

Discover the important factors that can help you burn more calories, maximize your metabolism, and drop unwanted weight — for good. 
By Tom Venuto
Metabolism/Weight Loss
shrimp, rice and veggies

How to Make Good Food, Fast: 5 Simple Recipes

It’s tempting to fall back on packaged or processed foods when you’re in a rush, but there are better ways to get food on the table. Here, five respected whole-foods chefs share some tips on making great, healthy meals on the fly.
By Courtney Helgoe
Cooking & Food
glasses of win with cheese and fruit tray

The Instant Wine Expert

Everything you need to know about ­selecting and enjoying terrific wines is already within your grasp.
By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Food Culture
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5 Simple Steps to Eating Healthier

Instead of following complicated, unsatisfying diet regimens, tune in to your own senses and instincts.
By Marc David , MA
Attitude/MindsetFood Culture
vegetarian lasagna

Real Food, Real Farmers: 3 Recipes to Support Sustainable Farming

Katrina Heron thinks that small-scale farmers and organic growers have been misrepresented. In her new book, she aims to set the story straight.
By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Food Culture
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Relax, Enjoy, Digest: The Power of Mindful Eating

Having a peaceful meal isn’t just about setting a mood, it actually helps you digest and assimilate your food better.
By Marc David , MA
Attitude/MindsetFood Culture
a healthy plate of food - avocado and salmon

Comfort Food for Your Brain

What you feed your body, you also feed your brain — sometimes to its detriment. Learn how to nourish your gray matter for more balanced moods, clearer thinking and a more fulfilling life.
By Mark Hyman, MD
Brain HealthHealthy Aging
shrimp

Home Cooking: 3 Traditional New Orleans Recipes

Chef John Besh watched his restaurants and his hometown cuisine nearly get wiped out by a hurricane. Now he’s sharing the culinary secrets and local-food traditions of New Orleans with the world.
By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Cooking & Food
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The Surprising Impact Your Thoughts Have on Your Metabolism

How we think about food matters as much as what we eat.
By Marc David , MA
Food CultureMindful Eating
edibles

Rethinking School Lunch

Forget pizza and corn dogs. Think freshly prepared meals of homegrown fruits and veggies. That’s the sort of school-lunch program that chef and author Alice Waters thinks all of our children deserve.
By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Cooking & FoodFamily/Parenting/Kids
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How Family Meals Build Life-Long Healthy Habits

Our family mealtimes have become frenzied and stressful. Nutritional psychologist Marc David, MA, shares how to make them nourishing once again — for body and soul.
By Marc David , MA
Family/Parenting/KidsHome/Living
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The Problem with Low-Fat Dairy

Why low-fat dairy may be overrated and why full-fat dairy could have more going for it than you’d think — assuming you can tolerate dairy in the first place.
By Courtney Helgoe
Nutrition Tips
Raw food wrapped in caution tape

Eat at Your Own Risk: The Truth About Tainted Health Foods

Some 76,000 Americans get sick from contaminated food each year. Recent revelations indicate that even some trusted organic brands have been undermined. Here’s how our food supply got in trouble, and how you can protect yourself and your family.
By Joseph Hart
Nutrition Tips
a man and woman prepare healthy food outside

Eating for Pleasure

Approaching meals mindfully isn’t just about upgrading your awareness—it can enhance your digestion, satisfaction and metabolism, too.
By Marc David , MA
Attitude/MindsetMetabolism/Weight Loss
whole grain pancakes

Whole-Grain Pancakes

Makes twelve 4-inch pancakes
By Experience Life Staff
Cooking & Food
Kitchen Garden

The Kitchen Garden: 3 Recipes Using Homegrown Produce

No matter where you live, says cookbook author Jeanne Kelley, a simple garden — be it a pot of herbs or a plot of vegetables — is well worth the effort.
By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Cooking & FoodNature
Stalk of broccoli

Broccoli: Recipes, Techniques, and More

This superstar vegetable helps fight cancer, reduces the risk of heart disease and osteoporosis, and even helps prevent birth defects.
By Cary Neff
Cooking & Food
butter

Cholesterol Reconsidered

Research disputes cholesterol’s reputation as the primary culprit behind heart disease. Here’s the real scoop on its role in the body, the right ways to bring it down naturally, and why cholesterol-lowering drugs may not be the cure-all we’ve been led to believe.
By the Experience Life Team
Heart & Cardiovascular HealthInflammation

Rory Freedman: A True Animal Lover (Video)

Author and veganism advocate Rory Freedman shares her motivation for going vegan at her cover shoot for the May 2009 issue of Experience Life. The coauthor of the bestselling Skinny Bitch series, Freedman made the decision 15 years ago when she learned how animals were treated in slaughterhouses and factory farms.
By Experience Life Staff
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Tough Love: Rory Freedman

Author and veganism advocate Rory Freedman isn’t afraid to get in your face about animal rights, but what she really wants is for you to be as happy and healthy as she is.
By Kaeti Hinck
Food Culture
The lead dish for Edibles

4 Fast, Healthy Recipes for Busy People

Bon Appétit ’s new cookbook solves an ongoing dilemma for busy working people: how to create simple, delicious meals on the fly.
By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Cooking & Food
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