Nutrition

Help! I Can’t Cook
Food

Help! I Can’t Cook

Kelli McCourt | May 16, 2022

I really am not a great cook…and I am not good at planning meals in advance. That means we often…

Nutrition Tips: Eating a Low-Salt Diet
Nutrition

Nutrition Tips: Eating a Low-Salt Diet

Allison Tallman, MS, RDN, CNSC | May 12, 2022

If you’re age 65 or older, your doctor may have told you to follow a low-salt diet. A low-salt diet,…

Meal Kit Services
Food

Meal Kit Services

Molly Morgan, RD | May 9, 2022

If you’re looking for cooking inspiration, look no further than the ­proliferation of meal-kit services in recent years. These offer…

The Secrets to Making Sushi at Home
Food

The Secrets to Making Sushi at Home

Nick Sakagami | April 25, 2022

If you’ve ever sat at a sushi bar and watched the skill of the chef, you might be daunted at…

It Is Easy to Grow Your Own Salad Greens
Food

It Is Easy to Grow Your Own Salad Greens

Teri Dunn Chace | April 11, 2022

Of all the vegetables that you could raise yourself, perhaps none are easier and more rewarding—especially for a dabbler or…

The Price of Deliciousness
Common Threads

The Price of Deliciousness

Sarah Hiner | March 24, 2022

So sad…my guilty pleasure just became more guilt and less pleasure. Why is that? I looked at the ingredients list.…

How to Make Delicious Homemade Pizza
Food

How to Make Delicious Homemade Pizza

Linda Gassenheimer | March 21, 2022

Stop ordering out for expensive pizza, and instead make your own at home. Many supermarkets and bakeries sell fresh pizza…

Cooking Without A Recipe
Food

Cooking Without A Recipe

Sam Sifton | March 6, 2022

Most of us aren’t chefs…and we typically don’t have mizuna (Japanese mustard greens!) and other exotic ingredients or a sous…

Healthy Drinks For People Who Don’t Like Water
Food

Healthy Drinks For People Who Don’t Like Water

Vandana Sheth, RDN, CDCES, FAND | March 5, 2022

Drinking water replenishes lost fluids, lubricates joints, and moisturizes the skin. It’s important to your mood, sleep, digestion, cognition, and…

NAC: The Anti-Free Radical Supplement
Supplements

NAC: The Anti-Free Radical Supplement

Joshua Levitt, ND | March 4, 2022

Doctors in every emergency department in America know the name N-acetyl cysteine (NAC). This chemical derivative of cysteine, an amino…

Sneaky Vegetable Secrets
Food

Sneaky Vegetable Secrets

Janet Bond Brill, PhD, RDN, FAND | March 2, 2022

You need to eat your vegetables for good health, but that can be easier said than done. Even if you…

Diet Changes Can Lower Your Risk for Gout
Food

Diet Changes Can Lower Your Risk for Gout

March 1, 2022

When gout strikes your toes, feet, ankles, or knees, the pain can be so intense that a bedsheet on your…

The Longevity Vitamin
Food

The Longevity Vitamin

March 1, 2022

Would you like to lower your odds of dying by about 20 percent? Then get plenty of vitamin K. That’s…

Box Wines for Holiday Gatherings
Food

Box Wines for Holiday Gatherings

Jeff Siegel | March 1, 2022

Three-liter box wines have become legitimate. They’re professionally made…can last as long as a month…and offer tremendous value. Here are the best from the Wine Curmudgeon.

How Foods Fight COVID
Nutrition

How Foods Fight COVID

Jordi Merino, PhD | January 4, 2022

It’s been two years since COVID-19 first appeared in the United States, and scientists—and a weary public—are still debating the…