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Connecting ADHD and Nutrition
For kids with focus and behavior challenges, nutritional shifts may work as well as, or better than, medication.
Making Friends With Your Food
Pilar Gerasimo on making sensible, sane choices in a food world as nutty and confusing as the one we live in now.
6 Plant-Based Ways to Fight Inflammation — Naturally
Avoiding NSAIDs like ibuprofen and naproxen because of their potential side effects? Here are botanical alternatives that may fit the bill.
The Surprising Emotional Benefits of Talking to Strangers
Recent research finds that for adults, there may be significant emotional benefits in talking to strangers.
PUMPING IRONY: Granted Immunity
New research wants us to believe that popping a few pills will strengthen our immune system as we age, but it ignores the consequences.
Anatomy of a Pumpkin Spice Latte
Pumpkin spice lattes have been available at major coffee chains for weeks already. We break down their ingredients, and offer a homemade alternative for you to make on your own.
Behind the Scenes With Vani Hari (a.k.a. the Food Babe) (Video)
More than a decade after taking her health into her own hand, the activist-blogger is leading the #FoodBabeArmy in the fight to get nasty ingredients out of our food and to make healthy eats available for everyone.
Kitchen Literacy: 10 Must-Have Cookbooks
After years of working in restaurants and cooking at home, James Beard Award–winning food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl dishes on her favorites.
The Ethics of Eating
The implications of our food choices are far-reaching. The quandaries are real. How can we start eating our way to a better world?
The Desk-Dweller’s Repair Plan (Video)
Follow along as our fitness editor, Maggie Fazeli Fard, shows you how to undo the damage of too much sitting with these eight exercises.
Building Kitchen Confidence
EL‘s Heidi Wachter on the surprising rewards of learning to cook.
30 Uses for Coconut Oil
Looking for more ways to use this superfood? Here are some creative ways to put it to work.
8 Moves to Fix Computer Slouch
Tired of hunched shoulders, a sore back, and tight hips? These six moves are a great cure for the common computer slouch.