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4 Ways Eating Less Meat Can Be Good for You and the Planet
09/01/2025
Oranges for Immunity: Healthy or Over-Hyped?
06/01/2025
Oranges are the poster child for immune health—I can barely think about vitamin C without envisioning a crate of navel oranges on my countertop, ready to cure whatever's ailing. But if you've ever wondered how much of an orange's immune-boosting health halo is backed by science and how much was ingrained in you by your second grade school...
How to Do a Quick 5-Minute Meditation
03/01/2025
Even if you're not into daily meditation, chances are you know someone who is.
At least one in three Americans has a regular practice, according to a 2020 Morning Consult survey.
The survey was taken pre-pandemic, when millions of people...
Little Life Changes That Can Help Your Heart Health
31/12/2024
When you think of heart health, many people immediately think about lowering their intake of red meat and fried foods, which is a good start. But there are a bunch of other things you can do that will also improve your heart health and help keep you around a little while longer. Harvard Medical School recommends being mindful of your ABCDES...
This Is the Proper Way to Calculate How Many Calories You Need to Eat
28/12/2024
Old school calorie-counting, it seems, is back in style.
For years diets like keto, Paleo, and “clean eating” reigned supreme, with a focus on limiting specific foods instead of overall food consumption. But according to the 2021 Food and Health Survey put out by the International Food Information Council, it seems that counting calories...
How to Actually Enjoy Treadmill Running This Winter
25/12/2024
Running is invigorating: feeling the wind moving through your hair, your body connecting with the earth beneath your feet, a chance to take stock of the world that moves around you and the world that moves within you. Unless, of course, the weather sucks. Then it’s time to book it indoors and hit everyone’s “favorite” cardio machine, the treadmill...
These 9 Foods Are the Most Common Causes of Food Allergies
22/12/2024
Most people know about food allergies to peanuts and shellfish. However, there are now nine foods that are considered responsible for almost all food allergies and must be listed on food labels.
A new one was just officially added to the list—sesame...
How to Stop Mindless Snacking and Other Bad Habits Keeping You from Weight Loss
19/12/2024
That habit of eating candy every afternoon can sabotage weight loss and impact all aspects of health — from a blood sugar spike to brain fog to tooth decay — and if it feels impossible to break, that’s by design.
The brain is a “habit machine,” built that way by evolution to help make navigating life easier, said Russell Poldrack, a neuroscientist...
Experts Explain How Volume Eating Can Help You Lose Weight While Still Feeling Full
16/12/2024
If you want to lose weight, you have to be eating in a calorie deficit - but cutting calories can often cause you to feel hungry and sluggish. Enter: volume eating, also known as volumetrics. The concept is based on The Ultimate Volumetrics Diet by nutrition scientist Barbara Rolls, and it encourages people to fill up on foods that are...
How Processed Foods Cause Weight Gain
12/12/2024
Both nutrition scientists and the public debate the relative merits of so-called healthy diets, such as vegan, paleo, and low-carb, but most experts agree on one thing: avoid ultra-processed foods and stick to a diet of whole, unprocessed foods. Ultra-processed foods contain high-fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, and artificial flavors that make...