October 2014: The Food Issue
ADHD Nutritional Tune-Up (Infographic)
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For kids with focus and behavior challenges, nutritional shifts may work as well as, or better than, medication.
The Desk-Dweller’s Repair Plan (Video)
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Follow along as our fitness editor, Maggie Fazeli Fard, shows you how to undo the damage of too much sitting with these eight exercises.
Anatomy of a Pumpkin Spice Latte (Infographic)
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Pumpkin spice lattes have been available at major coffee chains for weeks already. We break down their ingredients, and offer a homemade alternative for you to make on your own.
Exercise Makes Skin Healthier
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Regular workouts don’t just benefit your fitness. They benefit your skin, too — particularly as you age.
Making Friends With Your Food
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Pilar Gerasimo on making sensible, sane choices in a food world as nutty and confusing as the one we live in now.
Hello, Stranger
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Recent research finds that for adults, there may be significant emotional benefits in talking to strangers.
Supplement-Shopping Tips
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Nutritional Supplements are not highly regulated, so both quality standards and formulations vary widely. In her New York Times bestseller, The Hormone Cure, Sara Gottfried, MD, offers these tips for supplement shopping:
The Voice: Vani Hari
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Activist-blogger Vani Hari — a.k.a. the Food Babe — on why universal access to healthy food is “a basic human right.”
The Desk-Dweller’s Repair Plan
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Tired of hunched shoulders, a sore back, and tight hips? These six moves are a great cure for the common computer slouch.
Expert Answer: The fitness value of walking.
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I enjoy walking and hiking for fitness. But am I getting a decent workout? Do I need to be doing something more?
Expert Answers: Why looking at sugar may work against you.
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I’ve heard that simply looking at sugary foods can trigger an insulin response. Is that true?
Fitness Fix: How to Loosen Early-Morning Body Stiffness
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Two stretching drills to help mitigate morning-movement woes.
Connecting ADHD and Nutrition
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For kids with focus and behavior challenges, nutritional shifts may work as well as, or better than, medication.
Protein Power: What You Need to Know
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You need protein to build muscle, manage your metabolism, and support tissue repair. But how much? What kind? And can you get too much? We answer your top-12 questions about protein.
The Power of Simple Food Rituals
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Small gestures can make a big difference in how we experience and appreciate our food — and each other.
Giving Up a Favorite Food
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Deciding to forgo a food you've long savored presents practical and emotional challenges — even when you know it's for the best. Here's how to make it easier.
Revolutionary Act 5: Repossess Your Health
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Reclaim responsibility for your well-being; own your daily choices; minimize your reliance on the broken sick-care system.
Kitchen Literacy: 10 Must-Have Cookbooks
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After years of working in restaurants and cooking at home, James Beard Award–winning food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl dishes on her favorites.
On Knowledge and Nourishment
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A three-step approach to upgrading your health — and your life — for the long haul.
Buddy System: Naddir Eldeeb’s Success Story
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How a determined friend helped one man lose 225 pounds and reclaim his sense of self.
30 Uses for Coconut Oil
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Looking for more ways to use this superfood? Here are some creative ways to put it to work.
The New Pizza Party
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Creative, gluten-free crusts everyone can enjoy, plus an inspired array of nutritious toppings.
Cheap Food, Big Bucks
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Dreading the little birds-and-bees talk? Food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl on how telling your kids about food-industry profit margins can be just as awkward.
The Ethics of Eating
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The implications of our food choices are far-reaching. The quandaries are real. How can we start eating our way to a better world?
Behind the Scenes With Vani Hari (a.k.a. the Food Babe)
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More than a decade after taking her health into her own hand, the activist-blogger is leading the #FoodBabeArmy in the fight to get nasty ingredients out of our food and to make healthy eats available for everyone.
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