Super Bowl letdown? The big game can be stressful, but you can stay heart-healthy
Feb 7, 2024
Seeing your team lose the Super Bowl can leave fans feeling blue. Keep your physical and mental health in mind while watching the NFL championship game.
Food & Nutrition
How to make eating healthy easier? The answer may be on the tip of your tongue
Jan 29, 2024
If you changed your diet in the new year to cut down on salt and sugar, your taste buds may make the task easier by changing with you.
Sweet on chocolate? It's what's inside – cocoa powder – that counts
Jan 10, 2024
The possible health benefits of cocoa powder have been studied for centuries. Whether they carry over into chocolate isn't clear, even if many of us wish it were so.
Get past its spines and reap health benefits from the prickly pear cactus
Aug 4, 2023
The prickly pear cactus may look menacing, but its pads and fruit can pack a nutritional punch.
Are you getting enough omega-3 fatty acids?
Jun 30, 2023
Omega-3 fatty acids – found in seafood, nuts and plant oils – may help improve heart and brain health, but most people aren't getting enough.
Beat the heat with hydrating foods this summer
Jun 20, 2023
Drinking water isn't the only way to stay hydrated. Fruits and vegetables with a lot of water content – such as cucumbers, tomatoes and melons – can help.
Bored with plain water? Turn it into agua fresca.
Jun 8, 2023
Homemade agua fresca, a fruit-based beverage popular in Latin America, can be a healthy way to cool off.
After surviving a heart attack at 35, she 'felt like a ticking time bomb'
Jun 2, 2023
After losing 92 pounds and reaching out for help after her heart attack, Jennifer Valentine finally started to relax.
More than a kernel of truth: Corn can add a healthy crunch to your cookout
May 26, 2023
Lend us an ear and you might learn some ways to make corn a favorite at your next backyard barbecue.
Her childhood in India – and parenthood – changed this nutrition expert's eating habits
May 23, 2023
Nutrition professor Saroja Voruganti talks about her food choices and how they were shaped by growing up in India and becoming a parent.