How legitimate is the common corporate criticism of the scientific nutrition literature that the credibility of observational studies is questionable? While randomized controlled trials are highly reliable in assessing interventions like drugs, they’re harder to do with diet. Dietary diseases can take decades to develop. People can’t eat placebo food, and it’s difficult to get them to stick to assigned diets, especially for the years it would take to observe effects on hard e

Prep Time: Cook Time: Total Time: 20 mins 1 hr 1 hr 20 mins Servings: Yield: 8 to 10 3 quarts There’s no better time than late summer to make our ratatouille recipe. With in-season eggplant, zucchini, and bell peppers plus plenty of garlic and olive oil, the Provençal stew is a plant-based main dish that will please meat-eaters and vegetarians alike. It also gets better the longer

Cereals to Avoid v. Cereal To Get General Mills just announced that all of its U.S. cereals—including Lucky Charms and Trix—are now made without certified artificial colors. That is GREAT news. Seriously. When major food companies make changes like this, it proves that consumers are being heard. But does dye-free mean clean? Unfortunately, no. Removing artificial colors is one improvement, but we still need to look at the entire ingredient label. Many conventional cereals can

Sheet pans deliver smoky roasted cauliflower and chickpeas, an ideal base for weekday lunches. Prep Time: Total Time: Servings: 30 mins 1 hr 10 mins 4 This turmeric-honey mustard chickpeas and cauliflower meal leans into warm, earthy flavors with a bright, tangy finish. Smoked paprika seasons a medley of cauliflower, red onion, and chickpeas for a tasty smoky effect. The roasted cauliflower develops caramelized edges, wh

Off the top of your head, do you know which foods are high in magnesium? Do you know how much you should be consuming on a daily basis? I know I didn’t. It wasn’t until recently that I made a comparison chart. For curiosity’s sake, I wrote down what I ate for two weeks and then compared those nutritional values to my recommended daily values. I was surprised to find that I was not eating enough fiber, omega-3 fatty acids and magnesium (which I later found out was a common def

Sometimes a combination can be worth much more than the sum of its parts. Key Takeaways Eating certain foods together can help your body absorb more nutrients and make your meals healthier. Pairing vitamin C-rich foods with plant-based iron sources, like spinach and lentils, improves iron absorption for better energy. Adding healthy fats, such as olive oil or avocado, to colorful vegetables boosts absorption of vitamins A, E, K, and carotenoids. Eating plenty of fruits, veget

This one recipe delivers three different lunchtime options for a healthy, energizing meal. Prep Time: Total Time: Servings: 30 mins 45 mins 4 Cook once, end up with enough food for four weekday lunches. Better yet, you’ve got options—transform the meal into a salad, sandwich, or wrap. Niçoise is French for “as prepared in Nice”, as in Nice, France, a coastal city in the south of France. A Niçoise salad highlights

Iowa could be helping egg farmers transition from factory farming to raising their birds outdoors on regenerative organic pasture. Instead, they’re choosing to subsidize Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) to the tune of $2.23 million in its bid to replace real eggs with a synthetic ovalbumin protein made from genetically modified microorganisms fed genetically modified corn dextrose. ADM will be manufacturing the synthetic egg white protein for the Every Company. Marketed under th

A restful night begins long before you slip under the covers. While many people focus on screen time or stress as the enemies of good sleep, what you eat in the hours before bed can be just as disruptive — sometimes more so. The relationship between diet and sleep runs deeper than most people realize, and a handful of very common food choices may be silently undermining your ability to fall asleep, stay asleep, and wake up feeling restored. Nutrition experts warn that several

Food expiration dates are confusing — and not just because they don’t necessarily indicate when you should throw food out. “Sell by” and “best by” refer to peak quality, not safety. And to add to the confusion, the terms aren’t federally regulated or required (except in the case of baby formula and certain baby foods). Most foods are fine after the dates on their packaging pass, though they may be slightly subpar. There are a handful of foods, however, where timing actually