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Your Healthy Grilling Guide

Grilling can produce harmful compounds. Here are our tips for reducing carcinogens, improving flavor, and adding nutrients to your next cookout.
By Rachel MacPherson

How Nutrition Can Support a Healthy Nervous System

A well-regulated autonomic nervous system is fundamental for your resilience. Learn how to feed it well.
By Jill Patton, NBC-HWC

Why Hyperpalatable Foods Are So Hard to Stop Eating — and 5 Ways to Break Free

Nearly 70 percent of the U.S. food supply contains fat-sugar-salt combinations engineered to override your brain's fullness signals. Here's how food companies exploit your biology — and how to reclaim your palate.
By Catherine Guthrie

How to Add More Fiber, Protein, and Antioxidants to Your Plate

You don’t necessarily need to overhaul your diet in order to eat well. Try these easy add-ons to get more of the nutrients that matter.
By Catherine Guthrie

What Are the Health Effects of Moderate Alcohol Consumption?

Alcohol seems to affect us all differently — and even affect our own bodies differently over time. Here are answers to some of your questions about booze and the body.
By Mo Perry

How to Eat for Eye Health

When it comes to eating for healthy eyes, carrots are just the beginning. Discover the best nutrients for eye health.
By Catherine Guthrie

The Powerful — and Surprising — Health Benefits of Melatonin

Melatonin is much more than a sleep compound. It helps to regulate hormones, boost immunity, and support mitochondria. Learn about the many roles it plays.
By Mo Perry

Why Iodine Is Important for Your Health

We need just the right amount of iodine for health — not too little, not too much. Here's how to strike a balance.
By Jill Patton, NBC-HWC

The Truth About Ultraprocessed Foods

These products are everywhere. Here's a closer look at the many ways these food products can harm your health — and why it’s worth the effort to avoid them when you can.
By Catherine Guthrie

12 Common Questions About Sugar and Your Health — Answered

Here's what you need to know about the sweet stuff’s effects on your health.
By Catherine Guthrie

What You Need to Know About Nitrates

Despite their bad reputation, these nitrogen-based compounds are a vital piece of a nutrient jigsaw puzzle. Our bodies need them to make nitric oxide, which plays a major role in how well we age.
By Catherine Guthrie

Everything You Need to Know About Iron

Iron is an essential mineral — yet too many of us aren't getting enough. Here's how to check your iron levels, as well as how to boost them.
By Stephanie Soucheray

Why Eating Fruit Is Still Good for You

Many people steer clear of fruit because of its sugar content. Yet experts argue that fruit is essential to a well-balanced diet — and make the case that there are plenty of ways to enjoy it without spiking your blood sugar.
By Catherine Guthrie

What to Eat for Strong Muscles

You need protein and more to get and stay strong. These essential nutrients can support your muscles now and for the long haul.
By Lauren Bedosky

The Health Benefits of Creatine

Many supplements claim to make you stronger and fitter. This one actually does.
By Andrew Heffernan

The Health Benefits of Medicinal Mushrooms

Fungi have been used as medicine for thousands of years. Discover six varieties and their many health benefits.
By Catherine Guthrie

How Soil Health Is Connected to Human Health — and So Much More

You may not be able to see them, but the microorganisms in the soil have a major impact on human nutrition and health.
By Kristin Ohlson

How Diet Can Make — or Break — Your Mental Health

Learn about the connection between food and mood and what you can eat to support your mental health.
By Chrystle Fiedler
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