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Could Fermented Foods Boost Your Health?

“If you’re consuming a diet rich in fermented foods, you’re essentially bathing your GI tract in healthy, food- related organisms,” says food scien...

Legumes

Legumes are a type of vegetable. If you like beans or peas, then you’ve eaten them before. 7.5 grams of fiber. 1.8 milligrams of iron. 23 milligram...

Why is Sauerkraut Good for Me?

While it may be the cornerstone of the Eastern European diet, sauerkraut isn't a dish that makes most of us cheer and shout. Sauerkraut (aka 'sour ...

Trans Fats in Plain View

'Eat a diet of fresh, whole ingredients, limit the amount of processed foods in your diet, and always choose the lowest-fat variety of meat and dai...

Facts About Nutrition

While vitamin and mineral pills can help round out a healthy diet, they cannot take the place of the many nutrients and fiber found in whole foods....

Healthier Bowl of Pasta

Most of the whole-wheat pastas I found featured whole durum wheat flour, which is the same as saying 'whole semolina flour.' Apparently, 'semolina'...

Cheese, If You Please

Cut fat and calories one of two ways: Use regular (full- fat) cheese, but just half the amount called for in the recipe (note that the protein and ...

Break Your Food Addictions

On the other hand, many nutritional experts believe that there are more important risks associated with processed foods that have nothing to do wit...

Black Bean-Smothered Sweet Potatoes

Claudia Shannon is a rare scientist-turned-journalist and writes about clean research-driven skincare, pioneering sustainable beauty initiatives, n...

Apple Sweet Potato Bake

You can make this recipe without peeling the sweet potatoes or the apples.

Striving for Six-Pack Abs

'Exercise alone is great for expending calories, but without watching your diet, it's going to be a long, slow road to getting a six-pack.' For you...

Calorie-Burning Treadmill Workouts

If you've got an hour, here are two treadmill workouts to try. This treadmill-only workout, designed by Wasilewski, is for experienced exercisers. ...