Eating for Health

12 Ways to Use Fresh Peas

Fresh peas are here! The season is short but sweet, so it's important to get the most of them while you can. Click through to check out some fabulous recipes for fresh peas, and, if you're s…

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4 Natural Ways to Relieve Indigestion

The term indigestion is often used to describe heartburn and/or upper abdominal pain as well as a feeling of gaseousness, difficulty swallowing, feelings of pressure or heaviness after eating, sensati…

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8 Foods That Surprisingly Impact Sleep

We all know that drinking coffee before bed will make it hard to fall asleep, and that drinking warm milk will help us fall asleep faster -- at least according to our mothers. But did you k…

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Study Links Roundup to Obesity, Cancer, and More

A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Entropy indicates that glyphosate—the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer—may be linked to gastrointestinal disorders, obesity, diabete…

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What Are Heritage Grains — And How Can They Help Us?

Despite what the shelves in most American supermarkets will tell you, there are thousands of varieties of the unprocessed foods we eat. There are dozens of types of bananas, not just one. Th…

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Poached Eggs on Buttered Toast

Did you ever have a memory of food from your childhood that you simply had to recreate? Well, I have. And it took me years of experimenting (were the eggs fried? Scrambled?) to realize the correct met…

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Do Fruit & Nut Bars Cause Weight Gain?

There are a variety of healthier fruit and nut bars on the market now that boast dried fruit as a primary ingredient. Dried fruit is calorically dense, though. Should we be concerned that eating such …

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6 Little-Known Heart Health Boosters

When it comes to heart health, many people are already familiar with the old standbys like exercise, garlic, magnesium and flax. But these aren’t the only ways to prevent heart disease or to boost yo…

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The Simple Diet Tweak That Can Keep Your Brain Healthy

Elders who eat diets high in sugar are nearly four times as likely to develop mild cognitive impairment, a common precursor of Alzheimer's disease, according to a recent study. Researchers from the…

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8 Tips for Avoiding Food Waste

By Sarene Marshall, The Nature Conservancy "Children are starving in Africa." Did your parents ever say that, to encourage you to finish all your food? Mine did - because watching food get thrown…

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