Another day, another horrible-for-you health fad gone viral. Something called the soy sauce colon cleanse is making headlines. The extremely dangerous fad reportedly left one woman brain dead, remindi…
Food
How a Wild New Year's Eve Affects Your Body, Plus How to Bounce Back Afterward
Most people think that if you overate and over-drank on New Year’s Eve, you did the night right. And to some extent, that’s fair. NYE is all about celebrating, and you’re entitled to enjoy yourself. B…
This Harvard Professor Says You Should Only Eat 6 French Fries—and We Have Questions
We’re officially joining the throngs of fired-up online commenters: Six French fries is just not enough. Last week, a Harvard professor told the New York Times that six–six!–measly fries might b…
7 Tips for Exactly How to Eat Before and After a Workout
When it comes to fueling your workout, experts are in complete agreement—failing to do it properly before and after is a major mistake. “The right nutrition can be your secret strategy to being …
6 Seasonal Starbucks Drinks–and What a Nutritionist Thinks About Each
The holiday season just wouldn’t be complete without a new wintertime Starbucks specialty coffee. This year it’s a juniper latte–which has been met with mixed reactions on Twitter. Intrigued? Before y…
What Eating the *Right* Amount of Protein Every Day Actually Looks Like
Eating healthy is important, but it can be a process in and of itself: Should I eat organic fruit? Do I need grass-fed beef? Should all juice be cold-pressed? And that’s before you even start fi…
If You’re Going to Make One Diet Change in 2018, Make It This One
Committing to a complete diet overhaul in the new year can be overwhelming, exhausting, time consuming, and frankly unsustainable. So my advice to anyone who wants to make a food-related resolution? Z…
Infection Protection: Eating and Lifestyle Strategies to Prevent the Flu
Istockphoto By Julie Upton, RD On Christmas Eve morning, I awoke to a tsunami in my stomach. For the next 15 hours, I was either in a semicomatose state of sleep or violently expelling the contents…