Avocados have become an increasingly popular food in recent years, with people blending the creamy fruit in their smoothies or slicing it to layer on top of toast. The green fruit has become a true staple in kitchens around the
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Some people may have gained more than 1.5 pounds on average per month during Covid-19 shelter-in-place orders last March and April. Forty-five out of 50 US state governments issued shelter-in-place orders from March 19 to April 6, 2020, to slow
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The claims are everywhere: If you add apple cider vinegar to your daily diet, it will help you lose weight. “Helps maintain a healthy weight range,” declares one manufacturer. “A lot of this is marketing,” said registered dietitian and CNN
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The gold medal for best 2021 diet went to the Mediterranean diet for the fourth year in a row, according to rankings announced Monday by U.S. News & World Report. Tied for silver was the DASH diet, which stands for
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If your heart goes pitter-patter for diet beverages, it may not be due to love. Artificially sweetened beverages, a new study has found, may be just as bad for your heart as the sugar-laden kind. “Our study suggests artificially sweetened
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Cinnamon may improve blood sugar control in people with a condition known as prediabetes and may slow the progression to type 2 diabetes, according to a new pilot study of 51 people with elevated blood sugars. “We are looking for
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With more people cooking at home, many have struggled to prepare certain pantry staples. Meatless Monday surveyed social media followers to see which pantry items they had on hand that they didn’t know how to cook. The top three vote-getters
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To lower your cancer risk, vegetables and whole grains should be on your menu and processed and red meat should be off, according to updated guidelines published Tuesday by the American Cancer Society. It’s best not to drink alcohol, the
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Your pantry is full of forgotten treasures: the can of kidney beans hiding behind the rigatoni; the unopened pouch of quinoa tucked off in the corner; the lonely tin of canned corn… But these ingredients, along with other overlooked pantry
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For many of us, the day doesn’t start off right until we have that cuppa joe. Just the aroma of that dark, rich brew can get our senses stirring, ready for the mood boost we know is coming. And it
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