It’s the most dietarily-fraught time of the year. Thanksgiving brings all of the delicious meats, cheeses, sauces, gravies, and fat-blanched vegetables you can eat… and all of the accompanying pounds of additional Thanksgiving weight gain and shame along with them. It’s no wonder so many New Year’s resolutions involve losing weight and eating better....
If you’re trying to keep an eye on your calorie intake, you already know alcohol can mess with your nutrition goals. But what about hard seltzers? Are White Claws healthy — or at least better for you than beer or wine? Short answer: Hard seltzers typically contain fewer calories per serving than a...
When you’re looking to make better choices with your diet (or save some money!), one of the easiest things you can do is prep a week’s worth of meals in advance, so you have healthy food ready to go. But is it possible to meal prep salads and keep them fresh all week? We asked Kylie...
WFH has its ups and downs. At home, we may miss the camaraderie of our co-workers, the endless supply of notepads, and perhaps most of all, our comfy desk setups. Ergonomics is “the science of work,” which studies how to optimize our well-being when doing our jobs. For desk jobs, the most prominent home...
Whether you’ve just started The 4 Week Gut Protocol or just thinking about it, it’s important to make sure you’ve got all the information you need for a successful journey. BODi Super Trainer and nutrition expert Autumn Calabrese has struggled with tummy issues over the years. After much trial and error and...
Talk about the perfect dessert, this stunning tart is basically a giant raspberry-flavored s’more with a silky chocolate ganache and fluffy, pink-tinged marshmallow meringue topping flavored with freeze-dried raspberries. Chocolate, raspberry, graham cracker, and marshmallow: not sure about you, but that’s what my dreams are made of. But this surprisingly simple tart...
If you’re among the large group of chocoholics spread across the globe, you may be into carob — a finely ground powder that comes from carob pods grown on trees primarily in the Mediterranean. This sweet and nutty treat not only echoes chocolate in taste (a real win, if you ask us),...
Over the last year and a half, we’ve all spent a lot of time stuck at home. And while social distancing was stressful for everyone, it was especially difficult for those who live alone. According to a study by Making Caring Common and Harvard Graduate School of Education, 36 percent of all Americans felt “serious...
There are as many ways to relax and meditate as there are benefits of meditation. So how do you choose? A good one to try if you’re just starting out is body scan meditation. A 2019 research review found that body scan meditation techniques can better your relationship with your body by increasing bodily awareness and...
Whether you prefer to pump iron in the gym or pump your legs on a treadmill, it’s vital that your body gets enough iron. From transporting oxygen to muscles and helping build connective tissue to supporting basic cell function, iron is essential for a healthy body. Fortunately, getting enough of this key mineral is easy when...
