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The World’s Healthiest Cuisines: What Five Countries Can Teach Us about Good Eating

Feb 28, 2018 12:10PM ● By Judith Fertig

Step aside, pizza and chop suey! These five authentic ethnic cuisines offer the real thing— traditional food that’s healthy, tasty and easy to prepare in our own kitchen.

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Fearless Eating

Feb 28, 2017 08:58PM

How to Move Past Food Sensitivities by Kathleen Barnes Complaints of digestive upsets, brain fog, headaches, relentless food cravings and un...

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Indoor Kitchen Gardening: Easy-Grow Microgreens Are Big on Nutrition

Jan 31, 2017 12:46PM ● By Barbara Pleasant

Alfalfa, wheat, popcorn, radishes, red cabbage, snow peas and more can be grown in soil in tiny kitchen containers, producing quick harvests of tasty nutrients.

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Locavore Lingo

Jun 30, 2016 10:58PM

What All the Food Labels Really Mean Judith Fertig &amp;lt;img src="/images/cache/cache_9/cache_5/cache_8/Reading-Food-Labels-0ca0...

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Fast Whole-Food Munchies

Jun 01, 2016 02:17PM

Tasty Homemade Alternatives to Junk Food Judith Fertig photo courtesy of Ella Leché/Andrews McMeel Publishing Planning ahead is an effect...

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Scientists Urge Ban on Non-Stick Pan Coatings: Cookware Chemicals Extremely Dangerous to Health

Dec 29, 2015 05:23PM

Citing research links to liver, nerve and heart disorders, more than 200 scientists have called for a halt to the production of the chemicals used to coat non-stick cookware.

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Surf to Turf: U.S. Farmed Seafood That’s Safe and Sustainable

Sep 13, 2015 02:12PM

JUDITH FERTIGWild-caught fish from pure waters is the gold standard of seafood, but sustainable populations from healthy waters are shrinkin...

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Lower Breast Cancer Risk by Eating Colorful Veggies

Oct 01, 2014 11:07AM

Cut Your Risk in Half Research published in the British Journal of Nutrition discovered that the risk of breast cancer decreases with incre...

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Indian Vegetarian Cooking: Potent Spices and Veggies Fend Off Disease

Sep 04, 2014 12:51PM

by Bushra Bajwa Vegetarians seeking flavorful variations can turn to 9,000 Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi grocery stores nationwide. “We...

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The Food Babe: Vani Hari Gets the Facts Out of Food Industry Giants

Jul 31, 2014 11:24AM

by Lisa MooreAs the author of FoodBabe.com, a blog that investigates methods and ingredients used by the American food industry, Charlotte n...

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Sowing the Seeds of Health with Urban Farmer Robin Emmons

Mar 01, 2014 04:39PM

In 2008, after helping her troubled brother settle into a mental health facility, Robin Emmons witnessed his physical health decline due to ...

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Sweet Poison: Breaking the Sugar Addiction

Mar 01, 2014 04:35PM

by Tracey FoxSweet tastes are one of life’s little pleasures. Our desire for sweetness has gone from vine ripened fruits at harvest time to ...

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Fern Chef Lets Natural Flavors Shine in Dishes

Mar 01, 2014 02:34PM

Celery Takes Center StageWith a strong focus towards serving whole foods, Chef Drew Trepanier’s philosophy towards cooking has changed a lot...

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Chocolate as Health Food: Boosting Diets and Heart Health

Feb 01, 2014 02:42PM

by Judith Fertig“Research tells us that 14 out of any 10 individuals like chocolate,” quips cartoonist Sandra Boynton. American chocolate lo...

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Label Literacy: Five Tips Help Kids Choose Healthy Foods

Dec 31, 2013 09:09AM

by Elisa BosleyFamilies have three key weapons in combating America’s childhood obesity epidemic: keeping them active, reducing their soda a...

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Whole Food: Greater than the Sum of its Parts

Dec 31, 2013 08:55AM

by Margie KingWestern science is obsessed with deconstructing food, researching and analyzing its component parts, isolating the active ingr...

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Cocoa Calms Inflammation

Dec 02, 2013 12:53PM

A Winter Treat Has Holiday Benefits Few can say no to a cup of hot cocoa on a cold winter’s night. “Enjoy!” say Penn State researchers. They...

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