How to Introduce Your Kids to Vegan and Plant-Based Diets
Photo: Jacob Lund (Shutterstock) For parents of kids who are picky eaters, introducing any new food item into their diets can be a challenge. That challenge gets even more complicated…
What to Know About the Latest Study Linking Processed Meats & Dementia
Photo: stockfour (Shutterstock) At this point, it can be easy to ignore headlines on the latest studies claiming that a particular food is “bad” for you—or, conversely, has been canonized…
Don’t Worry About Your Child’s Pandemic Weight Gain
Photo: Maya Kruchankova (Shutterstock) From the beginning of the pandemic, parents everywhere were concerned about how to keep our kids of all ages physically active while stuck at home. Just…
No One Food Item Is ‘Bad’ For You
Photo: OlegRi (Shutterstock) We are, as a society, obsessed with questions about whether an individual food is “good” or “bad” for us. But with the exception of things like poisonous…
When Do You Actually Need a Protein Shake?
Photo: Syda Productions (Shutterstock) I love my protein shaker. (I’ve even been known to mix cocktails in it.) It’s a staple in my meathead life because I find protein shakes…
The microbiome: How gut bacteria regulate our health
Our bodies contain almost as many microbial cells as human cells. This community of organisms is called the microbiome, and we are increasingly learning what a huge role they play…
A Big New Diet Study Just Disproved a Lot of Pet Theories on Weight Loss
Teach 600 people to eat more vegetables and less added sugar for a year, and it turns out they’ll lose weight. There’s nothing super shocking in the DIETFITS study published…