Nutrition
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Why Prebiotics Are as Important as Probiotics
Good gut health requires more than consuming enough probiotics.
How to Cook With Wild Mushrooms
These mysterious delicacies offer deep, earthy flavors and a wealth of nutritional value.
Closer to Home: 5 Steps Toward Eating Local
Reaching out to local farmers and producers for your sustenance may be easier than you thought. Here’s a 5-step guide to finding, eating and savoring the local foods that nourish you, your community and the planet we all call home.
The Hidden Liver Crisis
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease affects up to a third of Americans, taking a toll on our collective health. Nutrition and lifestyle changes can turn it around.
How to Cook Lentils
The right technique and a few flavor-boosting ingredients are all this pantry staple needs to shine.
The Sour Truth About Sweet Fruit
In his new book, Genius Foods, Max Lugavere talks about which foods to embrace — and avoid — for optimal brain health.
Salt’s Role in Blood Pressure and Heart Disease
Even if you have high blood pressure, experts say, salt may not be the culprit.
Has Instagram Changed the Way We Eat?
A social-media platform is changing food culture. Are we OK with that?
How to Build a Gut-Friendly Plate
Simplify your meals with Robyn Youkilis’s “Good Gut Rule of Five.”
LIFE, UNEDITED: Why Is Weight Watchers Targeting Teens?
The weight-loss company is offering free memberships to teens this summer. Here’s the problem with that.
Power Parfait
This recipe, from Robyn Youkilis’s new book, is a gut-friendly way to start your day.
How to Make Your Own Chai at Home
Skip the steep prices at the coffee shop by making your own flavorful tea at home.
The 13 Pillars of the Pegan Diet
In his new book, functional-medicine doc Mark Hyman, MD, says a Pegan diet — which combines principles of Paleo and vegan diets — is the best way to eat. Here are the 13 pillars of the Pegan diet.
How to Cook With Quinoa
High in protein and gluten-free, quinoa may just become your new favorite whole grain.
Is Salt Bad for You — Or Not?
Does restricting sodium intake cause more problems than it solves?
How to Sauté Greens
With one simple technique, you can create an array of nutrient-rich veggie dishes.
The Anatomy of a Mac-and-Cheese Dinner
What goes into a typical box of mac and cheese? Phthalates, food dyes, and more.
4 Easy and Effective Strategies to Eat More Veggies
Eating “mostly plants,” as Pollan suggests, doesn’t have to be hard. We asked our experts how to make it easier.
Can An Elimination or Low-FODMAP Diet Treat IBS?
Nutrition protocols that remove common irritants give the gut lining a chance to heal. Here’s how an elimination diet and a low-FODMAP diet are used to treat IBS.