Nutrients

It's easy to cook up Michelle Tam's super-satisfying paleo recipes with this handy shopping list.

Highly flavored processed foods have hijacked our sense of taste, driving unhealthy cravings and sabotaging our health for too long. It’s time to reclaim our palates.

Praises abound for this unassuming, down-to-earth beverage: Experts tell us it helps prevent cancer, diabetes, heart disease, maybe even wrinkles. And it's not all hype, either – tea really is a nutritional powerhouse.

These unhealthy eating patterns don’t just trigger weight gain and undermine your energy. They age you from the inside out.

Small genetic variations can have a big influence on your health — and affect your nutritional needs, too.

Suffering from heartburn, reflux, and other digestion challenges? Digestive enzymes can be an important step in finding lasting relief.

Are your joints giving you trouble? Eating strategically can ease pain and minimize future damage.

Nutrient-enriched this, vitamin-fortified that. Get past the labeling hype, and you’ll start seeing the unbeatable advantages of real, whole foods.

Looking to curtail your wheat intake? Here are five less-ordinary whole grains to try out - for your health, for your taste buds and just for the sake of variety.

The nutritional value of your fruits and veggies depends on how they've been handled — from the field to the fridge.     

Packed with phytonutrients, supergreens detox, nourish, and heal. Here’s how you can get more of them into your life.

Scientists find that leaky gut syndrome can lead to the onset of an autoimmune disease.

The effects of a leaky gut extend far beyond the gastro-intestinal tract. As our understanding of the syndrome increases, the list of conditions related to leaky gut keeps growing. Here’s a partial list:

Magnesium plays a significant role in our detoxification processes, preventing possible damage to your body and brain from environmental toxins and heavy metals.

A renowned functional-medicine neurologist says we are suffering an epidemic of neurological illnesses. The best cure may be at the end of our forks — here are three recipes to try.

Looking for more ways to use this superfood? Here are some creative ways to put it to work.

Three of our favorite nutritionists revamp kids’ lunches to create meals the whole family can enjoy.

European countries require warning labels on foods containing certain dyes. Why isn’t the Food and Drug Administration doing the same?

What you need to know about feeding your pets a healthy, balanced diet.

Harvard nutritionists David Ludwig and Walter Willett argue that milk should be a dietary choice, not a nutritional requirement.