From tips for cooking through chemotherapy to busting healthy food myths to easy, pantry-friendly meal ideas — our team of experts covers it here.
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In a Nutshell: The Value of Nuts in the Diet
Nuts are one of the healthiest foods you can snack on. Numerous studies have found that eating nuts regularly is associated with reduced risk of diseases such as...
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Five Tips for Creating New Food Habits
It is true to say that humans are creatures of habit, and therefore habits have a huge impact on all aspects of life, including our health. To successfully...
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Eggs 101: How to Boil an Egg
There are so many reasons to love eggs. They're easy to cook, cheap, and high in nutrients like protein, vitamin D, and iron. Plus, there are endlessly delicious...
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Arugula
Step aside kale, this leafy green contains just as many health benefits and adds a flavorful peppery kick.
Also known as rocket or rucola, arugula is classified as a...
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Make Sure to ‘Draft’ These Snacks for Your Super Bowl Party
The Super Bowl is upon us, and no matter which team you’re rooting for, there’s one thing we can all agree on – the importance of game-day snacks.
For...
Global Ingredients
The Real Food Pyramid
Lentils and beans, a staple of the Egyptian diet for centuries, still form a key part of many traditional Nile-side dishes. There’s koushari, a dish made with pasta,...
Healthy Holidays
Warming Warm Salads
Salads are often overshadowed by turkey and mashed potatoes during the holiday season, but there’s no need to shortchange leafy greens and vegetables in the winter. A liberating...
Healthy Habits
Choose My Plate
For many of us who were used to eating a traditional American diet heavy in meat, carbs, and processed foods, the Choose My Plate model felt like a...
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Cooking Through Chemotherapy
By Ann Ogden Gaffney
When I was going through cancer treatment, I experienced bone wrenching fatigue. A pal of mine who knows I love to cook gave me a...
Kitchen Dictionary
Bay Leaves: The Herb in Every Kitchen
From ancient Greece across to the Indian subcontinent and East Asia, bay leaves have been used in cooking for millennia. They are the leaves the Greeks wove into...
Healthy Habits
The Comfort Food Connection
Comfort food can be a euphemism for “not particularly good for you.” We love cheese, cream, butter, oil, and heart-warming carbs, and we’d like to fill an article...
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Top 3 Questions I’m Asked As An Oncology RD
Alexandra Rothwell is a registered dietitian, with a specialization in oncology nutrition. Currently in private practice in the Bay Area, while she was in New York Alexandra worked...
