Nutrition Facts & Tips to Improve your Living

Nutrition

Can You Pass This Nutrition Quiz?

By Stepfanie Romine; March 4, 2019

Do you know your amino acids from your MUFAs? Take this nutrition quiz to see how much you think you know about food.

Nutrition

Why Frozen and Canned Fruits and Veggies Are Good, Too

By Virginia Pelley; December 6, 2016

Fresh is best, right? Not so fast: It turns out that frozen and canned fruits and veggies can be just as good for you. Find...

Nutrition

5 Foods To Help Boost Your Memory

By Beth Howard; June 16, 2017

We all have trouble with memory from time to time. Studies show these 5 foods may help improve your memory. Just don't forget to pick...

Nutrition

Does Iceberg Lettuce Have Any Nutritional Value?

By Meagan Morris; November 30, 2016

The crisp lettuce we put on everything from hamburgers to tacos is definitely a staple in many refrigerators. We like accessorizing our foods with it,...

Weight Loss

What Is a Ketogenic Diet?

By Adam Bible; December 14, 2017

Ketosis is basically a side effect of fasting. But, what exactly is a ketogenic diet, and can it really jumpstart weight loss?

Nutrition

Is Goat Meat the Hot New Protein?

By Bonnie Steele; November 18, 2016

Though goat meat is staple in the Middle East, South America, Africa, and the Caribbean, it hasn't gained the same protein status in the U.S....

Nutrition

17 Foods You Might Be Pronouncing Wrong

By Stepfanie Romine; June 2, 2017

Ever open up a menu and feel like it's in a different language? Find out which 17 foods you may be pronouncing wrong — and...

Nutrition

Everything You Need to Know About Eggs

By Rachael Schultz; November 15, 2016

"Cage-free" eggs. "Free-range" eggs. "Vegetarian-fed eggs." What do these even mean? Turns out some these terms are virtually meaningless.

Nutrition

Move Over, Umami, There’s a New Taste in Town

By Chase Scheinbaum; June 2, 2017

Salty, sweet, sour, bitter, and umami. These are the five flavors that make up all the delicious things in this tasty universe...right? Maybe not.

Nutrition

How to Use the Good, the Bad and Ugly Bananas

By Stepfanie Romine; March 1, 2019

Stop waiting for green bananas to ripen or tossing the brown ones. Here's what you can do with bananas, no matter how ripe (or not)...

Nutrition

Do You Know Your Ramen From Your Udon?

By Maggie Moon, M.S., R.D.N.; June 2, 2017

If you can't tell ramen from udon, here's a primer on what you need to know about seven common Asian noodles.

Nutrition

The 17 Scariest Halloween Candies

By Trinh Le, R.D.; October 22, 2018

Halloween candy is full of spooky ingredients like sugar, fat, chocolate, soy lecithin, sodium metabisulfate, resinous glaze, and carnauba wax — yum!

Nutrition

What’s in Candy Corn, Anyway?

By Maggie Moon, M.S., R.D.N.; June 2, 2017

Ever wonder what's in a candy corn? Aside from all that sugar? Or why it's one of the most popular Halloween candies? Find out all...

Nutrition

What Are Pulses and Should You Be Eating Them?

By Maggie Moon, M.S., R.D.N.; October 21, 2016

Ever since the United Nations declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses, the media has been spreading the word. But what are pulses? Learn more...

Nutrition

What You Need to Know About MUFAs

By Maggie Moon, M.S., R.D.N.; October 24, 2016

MUFAs may sound like a character from "The Lion King," but it's actually shorthand for "monounsaturated fatty acids." Find out more about this "good" fat.

Nutrition

What Exactly Is Nutritional Yeast and How Do You Cook with It?

By Amy Roberts; October 18, 2016

What is nutritional yeast? It does look eerily familiar to that powdered "cheese" dust that comes in that familiar blue box, but that's where the...

Nutrition

7 Weird-Looking Fruits and Veggies and How to Eat Them

By Stepfanie Romine; October 11, 2018

Don't be intimidated by odd-looking fruits and veggies at the store. They're just as tasty and healthy as "regular" ones. Try these tonight!

Nutrition

What’s Really in Pumpkin Spice?

By Marygrace Taylor; October 2, 2018

These days, you can find pumpkin spice everything — from cereal, to protein powder, to potato chips. Find out what's really in fall's favorite flavoring.