Nutrition Archives - Experience Life

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- Weight Loss -

What You Need to Know About the Keto Diet

By Laine Bergeson Becco

Is the keto diet safe? Nutrition experts explain the pros and cons of this popular protocol.

- Nutrition -

THE LIVING EXPERIMENT: Eating Out

By Pilar Gerasimo and Dallas Hartwig

Restaurant dining can present big challenges for health-motivated eaters. These strategies can help you make the best of your available options.

- Weight Loss -

Intuitive Eating for Weight Loss

By Pamela Weintraub

As an alternative to doomed diet regimens, some weight-loss experts recommend tuning in to our own instincts and trying intuitive eating. But are our bodies’ cravings always a good guide?

- Nutrition -

Do GABA Supplements Help With Anxiety?

By John Spayde

Many people believe GABA may help with anxiety, but the data is limited.

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- Nutrition -

How to Read Food Labels

By Michael Dregni

Here’s a handy glossary of food-labeling terms and what they mean — and don’t mean.

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- Nutrition -

13 Ways to Calm Your Mind and Boost Digestion

By Karen Olson

These expert techniques can help you turn off stress and turn on better digestion.

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- Nutrition -

7 Superfoods to Try Now

By Christine Schrum

Superfoods get a lot of attention for their nutritional potency — some justified, some overstated. These seven power foods are actually worth the hype.

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- Nutrition -

How to Stock a Basic Food Pantry

By Robin Asbell

Keep these key ingredients on hand and you’ll always be minutes away from simple, wholesome meals.

- Nutrition -

Live to Eat: Michelle Tam

By Heidi Wachter

Nom Nom Paleo author Michelle Tam serves up some of her favorite tips for cooking easy, nutritious, tasty meals — regardless of your dietary preferences.

Chart of vegetarian foods high in protein

- Nutrition -

13 Sources of Vegan Protein

By Robin Asbell

You can easily have your meatless meal and protein too.

- Nutrition -

The Care and Feeding of Your Mitochondria

By Pamela Weintraub

They’re essential to energy, focus, vitality, and metabolism. And yet most of us have no idea how our mitochondria work. Here’s how to tune up your body’s quadrillions of “energy factories” and avoid mitochondrial dysfunction.

- Nutrition -

EWG Releases 2019 “Dirty Dozen” and “Clean Fifteen” Lists

By Laura Fogelberg

Here are the most contaminated — and cleanest — fruits and veggies.

- Nutrition -

4 Plant-Powered Meals

By Robin Asbell

These veggie-centric — and vegan! — dishes are imaginative additions to your culinary repertoire. And, they’re good for the planet, too.

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- Nutrition -

10 Steps to Climate-Friendly Eating

By Elizabeth Millard

How changing what’s on your plate can help heal the planet.

- Nutrition -

Should You Supplement With Collagen?

By Laine Bergeson Becco

If you opt to supplement with collagen, here are some tips to follow — as well as a primer on decoding labels.

- Functional Medicine -

ASK THE DOCTOR: The Pros and Cons of the Keto Diet

By Tiffany Lester, MD

The ketogenic diet is all the rage right now, but is it right for you? We asked one of our favorite functional-medicine docs, and here’s what she had to say.