Nutrition + Diet

The transition from winter to spring is intoxicating: flowers are popping up in the park and everything feels fresh and new. And now’s the time to switch to Spring superfoods—a seasonal, natural detox that your ancestors followed for centuries. Read more

Need a quick pick-me up? Here are my favorite healthy snacks for sustainable energy and battling the afternoon slump. These healthy picks are all plant-based, gluten-free, dairy-free, and sugar-free. Read more

Heart disease is only something old, overweight men should be worrying about, right? Wrong. In fact heart disease is the leading cause of death in women in the U.S., being responsible for about 1 in 5 women’s deaths. Read more

We love a good study on aging and wine (or coffee). Mostly we love wine, but finding research that supports that love is always reassuring. Read more

You and dark chocolate have a long-standing love affair. You’re seduced every night. You’d like to be monogamous, but coconut ice cream calls you. Read more

As a Brit it wasn’t until meeting my American husband that I discovered the buzz-inducing delight of a hot cup of joe. I had dalliances with varying forms of coffee in my twenties, but mostly the Mocha Choca Frappuccino kind (aka dessert in a cup), that bore little or no resemblance to the black-as-hell morning elixir that became the lifeblood of my thirties. Read more

For over a decade, I’ve been researching, writing and editing wellness content as the Editor-in-Chief of brands such as Women’s Health, Yahoo Health, Cosmopolitan and now, as the Editorial Director of THE WELL. Read more

I’ll confess: I’m a meat eater. I love a good pork belly, but I consider myself very healthy—I normally eat along the lines of Paleo, and I rar​ely, if ever, eat processed foods. Read more

If you’re like me, you’re always looking for shortcuts to good health, beautiful skin, and more energy. But you’re sick of counting calories, weighing your food, and applying pricey creams all with the hopes of youth, beauty, and chiseled abs. Read more

The foundation of youthful skin hinges upon one key factor: collagen. It’s what gives elasticity, firmness, resiliency, and suppleness to the skin, which is the body’s largest organ. Read more

Many have chosen a meat free diet, or a diet that contains smaller amounts of animal products for a variety of reasons—whether for health, or the well-being of animals and our planet, or something completely different, it seems that more and more are adopting a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle. Read more

Many years ago, long before gluten was a buzzword, I was diagnosed as “gluten intolerant.”

As soon as I followed the prescribed diet, my life changed. Read more