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The Pros and Cons of Being Vegan

A vegan lifestyle can be good for your health and the environment too. Here’s what you need to know.

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5 Foods to Help You Live to 100 (Really)

Eating these powerful and delicious foods can add a few years to your life. Is the blue zone diet the key to healthy aging?

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Curious About Calcium?

Does calcium do a body good? Read on to get the facts.

Allison Constantino

I Got in the Best Shape of My Life After 50

After a frightening wakeup call, I turned my life around and created the best version of myself

Healthy Recipes

Healthy Recipes

We asked our favorite social media influencers for recipes for culturally traditional meals that are both healthy and delicious. Here’s what they gave us.

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8 Foods to Eat for Healthy Bones

Eating foods rich in calcium and vitamin D can help keep your bones healthy and possibly lower your risk of osteoporosis

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7 Ways to Prevent Bone Loss

You’re never too young to take steps to keep your bones strong and health

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What You Eat Can Reprogram Your Genes – an Expert Explains the Emerging Science of Nutrigenomics

Along with calories and nutrients, food can influence the genetic blueprints that shape who you are

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How to Make Sustainable Lifestyle Changes in the New Year

From attainable workout goals to healthy eating habits to practicing self-care

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Sugar Detox? Cutting Carbs? A Doctor Explains Why You Should Keep Fruit on the Menu

Ripe berries and sugar crystals are both sweet, but one offers much more than just calories

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Why Kids Shouldn’t Eat Added Sugar Before They Turn 2, According to a Nutritional Epidemiologist

Foods and beverages high in added sugars provide a lot of calories but not a lot of nutrients

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What’s the Difference Between Sugar, Other Natural Sweeteners and Artificial Sweeteners? A Food Chemist Explains Sweet Science

Sugar is just one of many flavor enhancers used to sweeten foods and beverages. Which one should you choose?

Self-Care Sunday Series

Self-Care Sunday Series

Why the experts are throwing out New Year’s resolutions, what they’re advising instead and tips to make your workout routine sustainable

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Sugar High

An addiction to sugar can lead to serious health problems. Here’s how to break the cycle.

Amber Huett-Garcia

I Fought Generational Obesity by Creating My Own Road Map to a Healthier, Happier Life

After being bullied by doctors my entire life, I finally got the courage to advocate for my health

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Foods High in Added Fats and Refined Carbs Are Like Cigarettes – Addictive and Unhealthy

Leading scientists from around the globe identified unhealthy diets as a greater risk to human health than unsafe sex and alcohol, drug and tobacco use combined

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Companies Are Pushing Sweetened Drinks to Children Through Advertising and Misleading Labels – and Families Are Buying

Communities of color and lower-income communities drink relatively more sugary drinks than other groups, which contributes to the disparities in diet-related disease

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The Pandemic Has Made It Even Harder for One in Three Americans to Obtain Healthy, Affordable Food

Households with low food security have trouble affording enough food and eating balanced diets

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Decades of Hype Turned Protein Into a Superfood – and Spawned a Multibillion-Dollar Industry

Contrary to all the hype that everyone needs more protein, most Americans get twice as much as they need

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It Wasn’t Muscle Damage: It Was Four Fractures and Osteoporosis

How an ER doctor's misdiagnosis led me to take charge of my condition through diet and exercise

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For Women, Osteoporosis Leaves Physical and Emotional Scars

This silent disease can take an emotional toll on women because of physical, lifestyle and dependency changes

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How Women of All Ages Can Prevent Osteoporosis

Tips for keeping your bones healthy and strong