Health & Nutrition

If drinking alcohol is a part of your weekly routine, moderation is your safest bet. According to Dietary Guidelines for Americans, this is defined as having up to one drink per day for women and up to two drinks for men. Excessive alcohol consumption is linked to numerous illnesses, such as heart disease and liver disease in addition to mental health disorders, according to Collman. However, you

Although period pain is in no way new, there still aren't any revolutionary new medicines that help alleviate the worst to tackle menstrual symptoms. Most commonly, people with painful period cramps rely on Ibuprofen, heating pads, and lying in bed watching reality TV. But what if there ...

You might view dark chocolate as a health food, but is it? Before you bite into it, understand why dark chocolate may not deserve the health halo it’s been wearing. Chocolate may not be the nutritional equivalent of kale, but it’s still lauded as a healthy food far and wide because of the antioxidants it contains. And there’s dat ...

No doubt you grew up believing dairy is good for you. That’s a message the industry has fed us for generations. While dairy does contain nutrients, it also appears to be damaging to your health, and even a small amount raises your risk of certain cancers a new study has found. Although th...

When was the last time you thought about getting enough folate in your diet? Probably never, unless, that is, you’re pregnant or trying to get pregnant, in which case doctors bring it up as an important vitamin to take since it is critical to the healthy formation of the fetal brain stem and chord, which develop early, even before many women know they are pregnant But most women have learned about

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but eating healthy all year round can reduce your lifetime risk of the disease. Reducing your risk of breast cancer may be as simple as choosing a whole-food, plant-based diet, including these nine foods that have been shown in studies to drive down breast cancer risk. Breast cancer...

Whether you prefer a mug of green, oolong, chamomile, rooibos, ginger, turmeric, black, or white tea, sipping just one cup of tea a day gives your immune system a boost, especially important during flu season. If you're looking to relax, feel a sense of calm, reduce your risk of heart disease, lower your cancer risk, or promote natural weight loss, different types of teas will help you reach speci

When a runner gets heel pain, it can develop into full-blown plantar fasciitis, an inflammation of the ligament that runs along the bottom of your foot, connecting your Achilles tendon and your toes, and because it's so hard to treat, you'll do anything to make the pain subside and get back to your usual workouts. If yo...

As a nutritionist and athlete I get asked all the time: Are plant-based meat alternatives bad for you? That's a complicated answer since what is really bad for you is saturated fat in red meat and processed meats, which the World Health Organization has categorized as a carcinogen. Any...

Eating healthier is trending, especially among younger generations. In what could be considered as surprising as a teenager applying sunscreen, younger people are avoiding meat and dairy and embracing a mostly plant-based diet for the sake of living longer...