To Bag or Not to Bag? Salad Greens and Their Nutrients

To Bag or Not to Bag? Salad Greens and Their Nutrients

Eating a salad for lunch sounds like a healthy enough choice. Indeed, it’s an easy go-to for many people who are trying to cut calories — not just for the midday meal, but anytime. But where’s the real nutritional value in all those leafy greens? And is...

A Beginner’s Guide to the Vegan Diet

Really, who hasn’t pondered a vegan diet? Vegans avoid any products that have to do with animals, and for various reasons. For one, the meatpacking industry provokes a host of environmental concerns, and the treatment of animals involved in production is often...
Brain Food: How A Healthy Diet Leads to a Healthy Mind

Brain Food: How A Healthy Diet Leads to a Healthy Mind

Myth: Your mind and body are separate. For both your stomach’s sake, and for your emotional well-being, I’ll have to kindly ask you to very slowly put down that fourth candy bar. It is common knowledge in the nutritional world that excess sugar harms the body both...