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Food plays an important role in either supporting or undermining your physical and mental health. Learn about nutrition, making better choices, and how to maintain healthy eating habits while still enjoying food and life.
Healthy Eating
Simple ways to plan, enjoy, and stick to a healthy diet
Cooking at Home
How to get started in preparing more home-cooked meals
Cooking for One
Improve your health by cooking for yourself
Calcium and Bone Health
Eating to strengthen your bones and prevent osteoporosis
Refined Carbs and Sugar: The Diet Saboteurs
How choosing healthier carbs can improve your health and waistline
Diet and Nutrition Tips for Women
Eating right to look and feel your best at every stage of your life
High-Fiber Foods
How fiber keeps you full, improves health, and aids weight loss
Choosing Healthy Fats
Good fats, bad fats, and the power of Omega-3
Mindful Eating
How focusing on the experience of eating can improve your diet
Emotional Eating
How to recognize and stop emotional and stress eating
Choosing Healthy Protein
Tips for getting high-quality protein in your diet
Healthy Food for Kids
Easy tips to help your children and teens eat healthier
Eating Well as You Age
Nutrition tips to boost energy levels and increase resistance to illness
The Mediterranean Diet
This diet can help fight heart disease, diabetes, cognitive decline, and more
The Diabetes Diet
Eating to prevent, control, and reverse diabetes
Cancer Prevention Diet
How to lower your risk with cancer-fighting foods
Heart-Healthy Diet Tips
Eating to prevent heart disease and improve cardiovascular health
Healthy Fast Food
Find healthier options hidden among the diet disasters of fast food
Eating Well on a Budget
Tips to help you and your family eat delicious, healthy food on a tight budget
Vitamins and Minerals
Are you getting what you need?
Organic Foods: What You Need to Know
The benefits of organic food and how to keep it affordable