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Fast and Flavorful—Delicious Quick Appetizers

Fast and Flavorful—Delicious Quick Appetizers

Linda Gassenheimer | January 27, 2014

Here are quick, easy appetizers that take less than 10 minutes to make. Serve them for guests or as snacks…

Cooling Summer Recipes from Hot Key West

Cooling Summer Recipes from Hot Key West

Brendan Mica | January 24, 2014

I don’t know about you, but when it gets hot outside, I certainly don’t want to turn on the oven…

Hair-Care Tool Can Help Your Herbs

Hair-Care Tool Can Help Your Herbs

January 13, 2014

Don’t you just hate chopping wet herbs? You rinse them, then spin them and shake them...but they’re still moist. Eventually…

How to Keep Your Hearty Winter Greens

How to Keep Your Hearty Winter Greens

January 10, 2014

Winter greens often come in big bunches, making it difficult to consume all the beautiful leaves before they start to…

Raw Garlic Protects Against Lung Cancer
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Raw Garlic Protects Against Lung Cancer

Jin-Kou Zhao, MD, PhD | January 8, 2014

Though smoking tops the list of risk factors that increase the odds of developing lung cancer, nonsmokers get it, too.…

“Sell By” Dates and Other Misleading Labels Cause Terrible Food Waste
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“Sell By” Dates and Other Misleading Labels Cause Terrible Food Waste

Emily Broad Leib, JD | December 20, 2013

Open your refrigerator or pantry, and pick up a few random jars, bottles, cans or cartons of food—peanut butter, orange…

Beware of Hyped-Up Food Labels

Beware of Hyped-Up Food Labels

Bonnie Taub-Dix, RDN, CDN | December 20, 2013

Here are six different ways that manufacturers oversell the health benefits. Stroll down the aisles of any supermarket, and you’ll…

Caffeine Labeling: Can You Trust It?

Caffeine Labeling: Can You Trust It?

Gayle Williams | December 20, 2013

You probably have heard that the FDA warned of the possible involvement of three brands of energy drinks—5-Hour Energy, Monster…

Chicken Soup with a Healing Kick!

Chicken Soup with a Healing Kick!

J.E. Williams, OMD | December 17, 2013

Whether you've got a bad cold or the flu, chicken soup is the ultimate comfort food. And its healing effects…

Mood-Boosting Food Combinations
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Mood-Boosting Food Combinations

December 10, 2013

One of the best ways that food works as medicine is as an antidepressant. We mean healthy, heart-warming (OK, sometimes…

How to Make the Easiest Apple Pie Ever

How to Make the Easiest Apple Pie Ever

Ken Haedrich | December 5, 2013

The trickiest part of an apple pie is the crust, but this tasty pie has a store-bought shell and a…

A Cup of Hot Tea Is Good for You—Or Is It?

A Cup of Hot Tea Is Good for You—Or Is It?

Farhad Islami, MD, PhD | December 4, 2013

There's nothing nicer than sitting down to a hot cup of tea, right? Not only is it calming...but tea, which…

How to Cook the Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey

How to Cook the Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey

Rick Rodgers | December 3, 2013

Every Thanksgiving, most American families cook a turkey. And every Thanksgiving, many of those turkeys disappoint. Below, 10 steps to…

Eat Your Tea

Eat Your Tea

Chef Melanie Franks | December 3, 2013

We know that drinking that cup of green (or black or white) tea is good for your health. But it…

Creative, Delicious Way to Eat Tea Leaves

Creative, Delicious Way to Eat Tea Leaves

Robert Wemischner | December 3, 2013

Chances are you’ve heard quite a bit about the health benefits of drinking tea—the polyphenols, the flavonoids, the antioxidants, the…