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You may have noticed gluten-free labels on more foods—everything from breads to brownies—at the supermarket in the past few years as the number of gluten-free products has rapidly increased. This is great for people diagnosed with celiac disease and gluten sensitivity who can’t tolerate gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. As a registered dietitian and associate nutrition editor of EatingWell Magazine, I know how important it is for people with celiac disease to avoid gluten (which can cause their immune system to damage the lining of the small intestine, decreasing the absorption of nutrients and, if not treated, lead to severe nutritional deficiencies).

Counting calories is a different kind of animal. It is not dieting. It has no book, celebrity, or strict do’s and don’ts attached. This can make your food choices the talk of the table. On one hand

Say yes, please, to better health and less wrinkles. Try this skin-smoothing Swiss chard recipe.   

Add one more to the list of great health and beauty benefits of vegetables. There is continuous evidence of the health benefits that a plant-based diet provides, including looking more beautiful!    

I’ve always been a breakfast eater. It gives me a much-needed energy boost—along with a cup of coffee, of course—and it helps me from being so famished at lunch that I end up overeating.

The salad bar seems a safe place for calorie counting, but it can be a minefield of unseen high calorie, processed foods. Before you drag your empty plate enthusiastically across the beautiful array of what I call the fruit and vegetables buffet, consider this

Just as breakfast gives me a much-needed energy boost in the morning, eating lunch fuels the second half of my day—and helps me stay away from the vending machine mid afternoon.

Experts reveal the easiest ways to give your morning meal a boost. 

There's nothing worse than going from hungry to tired. Meals that weigh you down can turn what was supposed to be a boost into a bust. Because food really is fuel, use these foods to get you back on track.

It was egg salad that made me fall in love with hard-boiled eggs. Prior to that, I’d always seen those perfect ovals of white as a missed opportunity for an omelet. When I finally tried an egg salad sandwich for the first time, I fell in love. The delicate texture of whites and creamy yolks mixed with mayo and served on dark, crusty bread is pure comfort. Now they’re a favorite for me.

Wouldn’t it be nice for your local news anchor to interrupt a reality court show (sorry Judge Judy), fly a breaking news banner across the screen, and inform us that cherries are now in season, and they will finally cost less than $6 a pound.

I love the grassy, sweet taste of artichokes—the bud of a flower in the thistle family. But when I first started cooking, artichokes intimidated me.

Rather than a sweet or salt tooth were you born with a ‘fat tooth’? In a new study published in the journal Obesity researchers examined the link between genetics and fat preference. Over 300 male and female subjects were asked to rate their perceptions of salad dressings prepared with varying amounts of oil.

As a certified meat lover, it’s hard to imagine cutting tasty bacon, savory chicken thighs or buttery steak from my diet. Still, I know that it’s considerably healthier to reduce the amount of meat that I eat. A vegetarian diet could lower my risk of chronic conditions, including heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. And—no surprise—people who cut meat from their diet tend to take in less saturated fat and cholesterol and get more fiber, vitamins C and E and heart-healthy unsaturated fat. Getting the recommended 6 to 9 daily servings of fruits and vegetables is a cinch when you take meat out of the equation.

Whether or not you should eat fruit while dieting has always been a controversial topic. The Internet is cluttered with articles claiming that eating fruit will make you fat, while more recently Weight Watchers has deemed fruit a 'zero points food' as part of the Points Plus system, allowing dieters to eat all the fruit they want without it impacting their daily points total. 

I went to two dinner parties recently and guess what was served at both? Salmon. It made me wonder: is salmon the new steak? If so, great! I LOVE this fish and am perfectly fine with that. My doctor probably is, too: the new U.S. Dietary Guidelines recommend Americans eat two servings of fish a week. There are so many different types of salmon, which is loaded with heart-healthy, brain-boosting omega-3 fats, and ways to serve them that it would be hard for me to get bored with this fish.