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Three Food Safety Tips to Avoid Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Your Food
Humans, like all living organisms ranging from heads of lettuce to herds of cattle, are host to millions of bacteria....

Make-Ahead Brunch Menu and Recipes
Whenever you're gathering family and friends, serving brunch is a great way to celebrate. And when you plan and make...

A Simple Celebration: Thanksgiving Make-Ahead Planner
To keep Thanksgiving Day as relaxing as possible, we like to make as much of the meal ahead as time and refrigerator...

How to Make Sushi: Prepping Fruits and Vegetables for Sushi
Slice: Cut fruits and veggies into long narrow strips. Serve tender fruits, vegetables and herbs raw. Blanch: Drop hard...

How to Remove Corn on the Cob Kernels
Stand an ear on its stem end and slice the kernels off with a sharp knife. To extract the corn “milk” and get more...

How to Pack an Eco-Friendly Picnic
How you pack and serve your picnic can have a big impact on the environment if you consider the entire life cycle of...

How to Cook Corn on the Cobb
Cooked just right, corn on the cob is tender and crisp. Overcooked it’s tough and chewy. Whether you do it on the...

Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Heart Health?
Quiz yourself on your knowledge of heart health. How many Americans die from heart disease each year? A) 20,000 B) 75...

Cooking Up a Healthier Lifestyle
In his 17-year career as a professional chef, Dan M. was used to high pressure. Working seven-day weeks, and even 22-...

Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners
The debates in the nutrition world about the value of low- and no-calorie sweeteners are often loud and raucous, but...

Staying Healthy is a Family Affair
When Dan was diagnosed three years ago with type 2 diabetes, he didn’t need to be educated much about the disease. He...

How to Say No to Food Pushers
When you’re working hard to make healthy lifestyle changes, sometimes the people around you are a huge source of...

Acetone Breath: A Warning Sign for Diabetes
True or false: Your breath helps you determine if your diabetes is under control. While it sounds implausible, it’s...

Take Small Steps
When you have a big goal in front of you—say, losing 20 pounds or bringing your blood glucose down to normal levels—it’...

What About the Glycemic Index?
All the carbohydrate foods we eat cause a release of glucose into the bloodstream—and a corresponding rise in insulin—...

Carbohydrate Bargains
When you eat to manage diabetes you’ll need to stay on top of the amount of carbohydrates you take in, trying to keep...

Overcoming Obstacles
What’s stopping you from getting to your goal of a healthier life? Here’s how to handle the most common excuses:

Using the Exchange System
Diabetes is a disorder of how your body processes food: after you eat something, the level of glucose in your blood...

Using the Carbohydrate Counting System to Control Diabetes
For most people with diabetes, Carbohydrate Counting is a more flexible and simple alternative to the Exchange System....

True/False: How Much Do You Know About Diabetes?
Quiz yourself on your knowledge of diabetes by answering “true” or “false” to the following statements. T/F: People...

7 Tips for Being Healthy and Active Outdoors.
Take a hike—and a snack. Trail mix is a great, easy-to-make, on-the-go energy-boosting snack that you can individualize...

How Much Do You Know About Cholesterol?
Quiz yourself on your knowledge of cholesterol by answering "true" or "false" to the following...

Trading Up to Whole Grains and Fiber
Dietary guidelines recommend all Americans get at least 25 grams of fiber a day, and it’s an even stronger imperative...

Understanding Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome is a collection of risk factors that are directly related to the presence of abdominal obesity. It...