Diet & Nutrition

Diet & Nutrition

Smarter Eating

Protein Power for Pennies If you’ve got sticker shock at the grocery store, you are certainly not alone. Consumers are…

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Stick to Your Health Goals

Most Americans make New Year’s resolutions, but, by this time of year, most of those goals have been abandoned. Two…

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The Tastiest Health Tonic: A Cup of Tea

Every day, people around the world drink an estimated 2 billion cups of tea, the beverage made from the leaves…

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Ode to Chocolate: Food of Love and Health

February is National Chocolate Lovers Month as well as American Heart Month, a time when everyone needs to focus on…

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The Surprising Roles of Zinc

Zinc, an essential nutrient that your body can’t make by itself, is involved with many different functions of the cells…

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Bust Belly Fat

There are two main types of fat storage. Subcutaneous fat is stored right under your skin, and visceral fat, the…

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Soup: The Ultimate Comfort Food for Cold Winter Days

Soup is warm and comforting, delicious, nutritious, and filling. And I’m not talking about the canned kind, which is basically…

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Kernza: A Regeneratively Grown Super Grain

Regenerative farms, as opposed to conventional ones, grow plant-friendly crops. To be certified as regenerative, the practices of the farm…

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Buckwheat: The Wheat and Gluten-Free Superfood

Buckwheat is a pseudocereal, the name for seeds from nongrass plants commonly consumed in the same way as grains. (Quinoa…

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The Secret to Portion Control

Pop quiz time: You purchased a 3-ounce bag of potato chips. Its small size and mouth-watering flavor make it seem…

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New Research Reveals Why You Must Cut Back on Sugar

If you want to make one fundamental change to dramatically improve your health and protect yourself from chronic disease and…

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The Health Benefits of Matcha

There are four types of tea—white, green, Oolong, and black—all derived from the Camellia sinensis shrub. What distinguishes each type of tea…

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Resistant Starch: The Good Carbs

If you think starches will make you fat and play havoc with your blood sugar, you’re not alone. Starchy foods…

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Eat Less to Live More

If you’ve ever tried to lose weight (and most of us have), you’re familiar with calorie restriction (CR) or eating…

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Smarter Eating

Borscht: A Spectacularly Healthy Ukrainian Comfort Food With all eyes on the heartbreaking Ukrainian crisis, it seems apropos to pay…