Healthy-Food
The Checkup: The 4-7-8 Technique to Help You Fall Asleep Fast
• Excuse me while I sound like a new mom bragging about her infant: I have always been a really good sleeper. Like, the kind […]
The Checkup: The Mistakes That Are Thwarting Your Efforts to Slash Belly Fat
• Belly fat is notoriously stubborn. And on top of that, these five mistakes and misconceptions — like thinking that just doing a bazillion crunches a […]
The Checkup: The Secret Ingredient That Transforms Homemade Salad Dressing
• You’ve probably made your fair share of olive oil salad dressings with the usual suspects, like shallots and lemon zest, but have you ever […]
Make: The Protein-Packed Squash Soup That Will Actually Keep You Full
It’s time for an admission of guilt: I used to see the peeled, cubed, cellophane-covered packages of butternut squash and feel superior for buying mine […]
The Checkup: Why This Might Be the Ideal Number of Times to Have Sex Each Week
• A new study shows that Americans are having less sex than we used to, which begs the question: Um, how much sex should we be […]
The Checkup: 15 Brilliant Ways to Totally Transform a Can of Tuna
• Canned tuna is cheap, shelf-stable and has plenty of protein, which makes it a convenient pantry staple — but one can only consume so […]
The Checkup: This Goal-Setting Tweak Could Be Your Ticket to Lasting Weight Loss
• I think it’s safe to say that now, at the beginning of March, a good chunk of us have traded our New Year’s resolutions […]
The Checkup: The Paleo Eater’s Guide to Portable Packaged Snacks
• We’ve all been there: It’s 2 p.m. and you’re running from one meeting to the next when hunger strikes. With no back-up snack plan, […]
The Checkup: How to Order Thai Takeout Like a Nutrition Pro
• We don’t know about you, but around these parts, we like to think of Thursdays as a treat yo’self kind of day. And you […]
The Checkup: 4 Workouts to Skip If Weight Loss Is Your Top Priority
• Workouts all have their benefits, but weight loss isn’t necessarily the leading benefit for all of them. Here, a personal trainer dishes on the four […]
Noooooo: This Salad Topping Could Be to Blame for Serious Bloating
On Sunday, one of my good friends who has turned her oven on, like, never, (she lives in Los Angeles and says things like, “Who […]
The Checkup: Why Having a Slow Metabolism Can Actually Be a Good Thing
• First off, according to an expert, we should be referring to our metabolisms as either efficient (read: slow) or inefficient (read: fast). And when it […]
What to Expect from Stripp’d Juice’s New Fishtown Location
As you probably already know, fellow juice lovers, Stripp’d Juice has a second location in the works (they opened their first outpost in Old City […]
How to Tell If You Actually Got a Good Night of Sleep
We all know that there are some trustworthy tricks to set yourself up for a good night’s sleep (like not taking a hot shower before bed and sleeping with […]
The Checkup: Why You Should Open Your Curtains Right When You Wake Up
• You’re going to want to start raising your blinds first thing in the morning. Research shows, people who were exposed to sunlight in the […]