Nutrition Archives - Experience Life

- Nutrition -

THE LIVING EXPERIMENT: Eating Out

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

- Weight Loss -

The Mindful Food Journal

By Kaelyn Riley

If you track what’s on your plate as well as what’s happening in your mind and body, you can learn what doesn’t work for you — and build on what does.

- General Health -

What You Need to Know About Histamine Intolerance

By Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

Understand the role of histamines in the body — and which foods to avoid if they’re causing problems.

Collage of various food industry catch phrases

- 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.

Jars filled with seeds, powders, and liquid

- 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.

Bottles and jars filled with oils, sweeteners, nuts

- 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.

A photo of cookbook author Julia Turshen cooking in her kitchen

- Food Culture -

Cooking Up Change: A Q&A With Julia Turshen

By Courtney Lewis Opdahl

The Feed the Resistance cookbook author and founder of Equity at the Table shares how food and activism bring communities together.

- Environmental Health -

How Climate Change Leads to Nutrient Decline

By Courtney Helgoe

Global warming is reducing nutrients in wheat, rice, beans, and more.

A woman runs her hand through her blonde hair.

- Hormones -

How to Reverse Female Hair Loss

By Jill Grunewald

Here are 11 reasons you might be losing hair — and what you can do about it.

- Success Stories -

Ginny Hoover’s Success Story

By Ginny Hoover

Shedding 160 pounds led one woman to discover her many strengths — and commit to prioritizing her health.

- Hormones -

Repair Your Thyroid

By Jill Grunewald

Millions of people suffer thyroid problems without ever knowing why. Here’s how to recognize and resolve thyroid dysfunction your doctor might miss.

- Clean Eating -

Fresh Start: A Spring Detox Guide

By Jane Alexander

Say goodbye to internal grime and grunge. Your body is begging you to take out the trash! Here’s how to detox.

- Nutrition -

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

By Laura Fogelberg

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

- 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.

- Gut Health -

Is It Possible to Take Too Many Probiotics?

By Jon Spayde

If you suffer from SIBO — small intestinal bacterial overgrowth — you might want to be careful about which probiotic supplements you choose.

- 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.