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The American diet is broken and much advice about improving it focuses on what to cut out, limit, or lower to make it better. Whether it’s less fat, added sugar, or sodium, Americans are continually being told that they are getting too much from what they eat, but there’s one exception to the cut back rule.

What would a protein powder commercial be without an overly-oiled, super muscular man, 100-lb dumbbell, and a plastic jar with shiny script on it? Problem is most of them don't even mention what type of protein base the product uses and more importantly, commercials don't explain how they work.

Dining out? Choosing a salad is a sure bet for your beauty.They fill our bodies with nutrients we need to look and feel our best. But all too often, we make our salads ugly by topping them with ingredients

Some of us will stick to our healthy eating habits during pregnancy, but no matter what you eat, after baby arrives, your new role will upend your old eating patterns.

Mitzi Dulan, RD, America's Nutrition Expert®, is one busy woman. As a mom, co-author of The All-Pro Diet, and owner of Mitzi Dulan's Adventure Boot Camp, the nationally recognized nutrition and fitness expert needs high energy levels throughout the day. In addition to three well-balanced meals, she stays invigorated by munching on wholesome snacks like sliced almonds.  

With one in three Americans suffering with high blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart disease, heart failure, and stroke, chances are you’ve sat at the dinner table with someone who has the condition.

If your commitment to eat right and exercise always seems to lose its steam, you’re not alone! Ask yourself these questions:  

Say goodbye to your old, boring staples and welcome these delicious, exotic eats into your life!

Reaping the health benefits of flaxseeds is complicated, well kind of. Whether oil, ground, or milled, there is no right or wrong way to take it.

Say goodbye to your old, boring staples and welcome these delicious, exotic eats into your life!

While reports show that the rate of obesity is leveling off, the rate of severe obesity in the last three decades shows no signs of slowing down. Between 1986 and 2000, the prevalence of a BMI of 40 or greater quadrupled from about 1 in 200 adult Americans to 1 in 50.

Whether you’re trying to lose weight, maintain a recent weight loss, or prevent future weight gain, it’s likely you try to abide by a few food rules. But while following certain rules—keeping snack foods like cookies or potato chips on a high shelf, behind closed doors, or not allowing certain foods you can’t control your intake of, such as ice cream or peanut butter, into your home—may help you stay on a healthy eating track, you can bend or break a few rules without sabotaging your healthy eating habits.   

My favorite thing about fall in Vermont is rambling through a nearby orchard, picking crisp, juicy apples and crunching into one, fresh off the tree. Yet apples are so commonplace that they’re almost overlooked—pushed aside by flashier superfruits, such as pomegranates and goji berries.

Almond blooms are gracing the landscape of the Central Valley of California a little early this year, so we had to put you on notice 10 days in advance of a very important day.

Since I need to eat at least three times a day, the grocery store is one of those unavoidable parts of life. And like other activities that I tend to do over and over again, when I’m there, I default to autopilot–idly shoving familiar things into my cart while I think about something else. Well, it’s time I wake up. It’s a new year and the desire to slim down and maybe save some money while doing it just might be enough to snap me back into coherence while I’m shopping for food. Below are 5 common pitfalls that can hinder weight loss or cause you to spend more at the grocery store, and I offer ways to avoid them.