healthy eating

Parenting Advice & Columns

Parenting Guru: Are your kids a healthy weight?

It’s simple when you think about it. We gain weight when we take in more calories than we burn. “It’s what we call a positive energy...

Child Development & Health

Calming foods for hyperactive kids

Which foods help calm hyperactive kids? Experts recommend taking a look at the foods your kids are eating to find out why certain...

Dieting & Nutrition

Nutritional benefits (and myths) of probiotics

You may have read recently about the benefits of probiotics -- microorganisms (including yeast) found in a variety of foods that are...

Dieting & Nutrition

How to fall in love with healthy, delicious foods

A lot has changed for 21st-century women, but one thing hasn’t: Moms still juggle insanely busy lives and their needs usually fall...

School Tips for Moms

Encouraging healthy habits (when you're not around!)

At home, your kids may reach for apples instead of sweets, pick up a basketball instead of the Wii remote, and brush, wash and...

Dieting & Nutrition

Gold-medal diet tips for women

What woman isn't motivated by shiny objects? When the shine you seek is from a gold medal, however, it's more work than most are...

Healthy Recipes & Nutrition

Healthy eating tips from soccer star Abby Wambach

Abby Wambach, professional soccer player and gold medalist, feels very strongly about nutrition and leading a healthy lifestyle....

Nutrition & Diet Tips

Best ways to keep produce fresh

If your weekly trip to the market yields more produce than you know what to do with, keeping it fresh and unspoiled is important to...

Dieting & Nutrition

Top 6 superfoods for summer

Summer is the perfect time to put the focus on healthy eating. Fresh, beautiful produce abounds, plus it’s hot out, which means...

Food & Kitchen How-tos

How to use edible flowers

Besides adding color and interest, there are plenty of healthy reasons to incorporate edible flowers into your recipes.

Healthy Recipes & Nutrition

Healthy eating tips: Beyond the calorie count

Healthy eating is so much more than dieting. Make sure every calorie counts by making good food choices that give your body what it...

Baby & Toddler

Om nom nom — Fuel your kids will devour

Goldfish, Cheerios, puffs — they’re so last year for your busy toddler or preschooler. Here are nutritious, creative snacks for kids...

Child Development & Health

Raising strong kids, inside and out

Nutrition, exercise and self-esteem are all factors in raising strong kids. Learn how to nourish, encourage and empower your...

More Parenting Advice

Teaching your children to be healthy eaters

Healthy eating habits taught at a young age can reward your kids with a lifetime of good health. Set up your family for success by...

Food & Recipes

The top 10 preservatives and additives to avoid

According to the FDA, natural flavoring doesn't necessarily mean it comes from fresh-picked berries or recently plucked produce....

Healthy Recipes & Nutrition

Foods that help raise your good cholesterol

While there is always a lot of focus on lowering your bad cholesterol, keeping your good cholesterol up is equally as important....

Nutrition & Diet Tips

Eat a Mediterranean Diet: It's really a lifestyle

May is National Mediterranean Diet Month. Use this time to practice making delicious heart-healthy meals -- you’ll enjoy a healthy...

Healthy Recipes & Nutrition

Alex Guarnaschelli talks healthy eating

These days, there’s a lot of focus on healthy eating. With all the natural and organic ingredients readily available to us, we can...

Nutrition & Diet Tips

Misty May-Treanor shares diet secrets to look like a beach volleyball pro

Beach volleyball player and two-time Olympic gold medalist Misty May-Treanor clearly knows a thing or two about staying fit and...

Child Development & Health

How to help your tween lose weight

Childhood obesity is a dangerous and, unfortunately, a widespread problem. If your tween is suffering with his/her weight, it's...

Eat Organic

The ABCs of eco-friendly eating

Going green for Earth Day can be intimidating with labels like sustainability, organic, biodynamic, local and cage-free being thrown...