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Eating intuitively and honoring cravings could be the key to healthier eating habits—and while losing weight isn’t the point, it could still be a side effect. So what exactly is
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Keto has been in the public consciousness for a while now, with scores of vocal fans, but as we ease into a new decade, keto backlash seems to be picking
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If you want to eat healthy, you have options: paleo, keto, Whole30, vegetarian or vegan… However you go, you might as well do it all the way by loading up
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Can an alkaline diet cure acid reflux? This writer had success reducing his reflux symptoms on a low-acid diet. While I’m a skeptic of diet fads, I take note when
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You may be taking a vacation to Aruba for sun-kissed skin, postcard-worthy beaches, and Kylie Jenner-inspired Instagram pictures under palm trees (go on with your #microinfluencer bad self), but I
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With a broad and sometimes shifting definition, depending on who you’re talking to, the term ‘processed foods’ has taken on a life of its own. But has the phrase simply evolved into a health and
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The term fat bomb is probably the last thing you’d expect to be associated with a diet, but welcome to keto. As most human beings with eyeballs know by now,
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What’s the first thing you do when a beautiful meal is placed in front of you? If you’re like me (and the rest of the world’s foodies) chances are you’re
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You may have heard the term “FODMAP” being thrown around a lot lately—especially regarding a low-FODMAP diet. Is this a new trend or diet craze? What even is a FODMAP?
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Between festive holiday cookies and the seemingly endless list of craveable comfort foods, winter is really carbohydrates’ time to shine. But you’re likely feeling conflicted or confused about what role
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You’ve likely heard about the paleo diet, which is a dietary plan based on foods similar to what might have been eaten during the Paleolithic era. And, we’re fairly certain
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Whether for the new year or just to live a bit healthier, wellness is seemingly top-of-mind at this time of year. Taking part in a Dry January, eating more plant-based
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The low-carbohydrate keto diet has made it into the mainstream, with everyone from Al Roker to Vinny from “Jersey Shore” touting its weight-loss benefits (Vinny even wrote a keto cookbook).
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If you’re like the rest of us who ate and drank our faces off last month, perhaps in these first weeks of 2019, you’re thinking about committing to Dry January.
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Steak tartare. Or beef tartare. One of those classic preparations that seem to be constantly falling in and out of vogue. Off-putting to some and a coveted delicacy for others,
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The last few months of every year are a seemingly endless parade of gluttony, from binging on Halloween candy to sampling a dozen forms of carbs on Thanksgiving and again
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If you’re American, when you think of traditional Christmas food your head is likely filled with visions of ham, eggnog, and cookies, but there’s a whole world of international Christmas
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When baking, can you substitute brown sugar for white sugar and vice versa? Sort of, is the quick answer. But there is a difference between what brown sugar and white
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In its annual, blind-tasted line up of the world’s best drinking whiskies, Whisky Advocate awarded the best whisky of 2019 to a budget-friendly, American selection from Tennessee, proving this year still has
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When it comes to the holidays, there’s one thing that everyone looks forward to during the eight days of Hanukkah: latkes. These crispy, smashed pucks of grated potatoes and onions
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Christmas is celebrated all over the world, and every country has their traditional foods for the occasion. The Feast of the Seven Fishes is known as an Italian tradition, although
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