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6 Key Nutrients for Optimal Recovery
If you're pushing your muscles, soreness and fatigue may set in. To ensure these ailments don't set back your training, feed your body the ingredie...
By Kelli Jennings, RD

DIY Sports Drinks
Commercial sports drinks are convenient. But many are expensive and contain artificial ingredients. Learn how to make your own, so you can control ...
By Emily Brown

What to Eat to Gain Energy for Your Next Race
Need a little pickmeup for your next event? Follow this nutrition advice to gain energy and run strong at your next race.
By Donna P. Feldman, MS, RDN

8 Cooking Methods Explained to Improve Your Health
Many people know to ditch the fryer when cooking up healthy meals, but they don't think about how their cooking method?affects the nutritional make...
By Kathryn Siegel

Recipe: Quinoa Kale Salad with Black Beans and Cranberries
Avoid a postworkout dinner meltdown by arming yourself with this recipe. It has everything your body will need: complete proteins, antioxidants, he...
By Susan Grant Legacki

Breakfast Slow-Cooker Frittata Recipe
Coming home to the aroma of a warm breakfast cooked and waiting for you is the absolute best way to end a hard, grueling weekend workout. The slowc...
By Keely Hedges

Cleansing and Hydrating Watermelon Tonic Recipe
Watermelon is a summer superhero. It swoops in and saves the hot day with its hydrating flesh and cleansing antioxidants. Instead of giving it a ca...
By Lynn A. Anderson, Ph.D, ND

Simple Superfood Recipes for Athletes
When it comes to packing in as many nutrients as possible, there's power in powders. These recipes use superfood powders to bulk up their benefits.
By Chrissy Wellington Garner

The Best Team Snacks for Kids' Sports
We're rounding up the best fresh, whole foods to help your kid's team refuel and hydrate when it's your week to bring snacks after the game.
By Angela Bekkala

10 Homemade Nut-Free Snacks for Kids
Does your kid have a nut allergy or attend a school with a strict nonuts policy? These snack recipes are so tasty, your kids won't even know what t...
By Jackie Veling

8 Popular Kids Snacks That Are Shockingly Unhealthy
Hold on to your squeezable yogurts, the calories and sugar in these kid snack classics will surprise you.
By Nikki Chavanelle

16 Healthy Halloween Treats for Kids
These cute, spooky and downright tasty treats will get kids excited about eating healthy on Halloween.
By Samantha Guzman and Jen Retter

7 Healthy Homemade Ice Cream Recipes Kids Will Love
Stop chasing after the ice cream truck and instead serve up a healthier version that has ingredients you can pronounce and is full of real food.
By Angela Bekkala

Athletic Greens Review: A Deeper Look at Our 2023 Best Overall Greens Powder
In our grabandgo world of nutrition, adding a greens powder to your diet may be one of the easiest ways to incorporate these powerhouse foods.
By Lindsey Cooke, CNT

The Best Instagram Accounts for Healthy Family Recipes
A carefully curated Instagram feed (no pun intended) can help your family eat right with healthy, delicious and easytoprepare recipes.
By Angela Bekkala

20 Foods with the Most Added Sugar
Added sugar can cause weight gain, high blood pressure and even heart disease. Steer your sweet tooth away from these everyday foods with the most ...
By Jackie Veling

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6 Key Nutrients for Optimal Recovery If you're pushing your muscles, soreness and fatigue may set in. To ensure these ailments don't set back your training, feed your body the ingredie... By Kelli Jennings, RD

DIY Sports Drinks Commercial sports drinks are convenient. But many are expensive and contain artificial ingredients. Learn how to make your own, so you can control ... By Emily Brown

What to Eat to Gain Energy for Your Next Race Need a little pickmeup for your next event? Follow this nutrition advice to gain energy and run strong at your next race. By Donna P. Feldman, MS, RDN

8 Cooking Methods Explained to Improve Your Health Many people know to ditch the fryer when cooking up healthy meals, but they don't think about how their cooking method?affects the nutritional make... By Kathryn Siegel

Recipe: Quinoa Kale Salad with Black Beans and Cranberries Avoid a postworkout dinner meltdown by arming yourself with this recipe. It has everything your body will need: complete proteins, antioxidants, he... By Susan Grant Legacki

Breakfast Slow-Cooker Frittata Recipe Coming home to the aroma of a warm breakfast cooked and waiting for you is the absolute best way to end a hard, grueling weekend workout. The slowc... By Keely Hedges

Cleansing and Hydrating Watermelon Tonic Recipe Watermelon is a summer superhero. It swoops in and saves the hot day with its hydrating flesh and cleansing antioxidants. Instead of giving it a ca... By Lynn A. Anderson, Ph.D, ND

Simple Superfood Recipes for Athletes When it comes to packing in as many nutrients as possible, there's power in powders. These recipes use superfood powders to bulk up their benefits. By Chrissy Wellington Garner

The Best Team Snacks for Kids' Sports We're rounding up the best fresh, whole foods to help your kid's team refuel and hydrate when it's your week to bring snacks after the game. By Angela Bekkala

10 Homemade Nut-Free Snacks for Kids Does your kid have a nut allergy or attend a school with a strict nonuts policy? These snack recipes are so tasty, your kids won't even know what t... By Jackie Veling

8 Popular Kids Snacks That Are Shockingly Unhealthy Hold on to your squeezable yogurts, the calories and sugar in these kid snack classics will surprise you. By Nikki Chavanelle

16 Healthy Halloween Treats for Kids These cute, spooky and downright tasty treats will get kids excited about eating healthy on Halloween. By Samantha Guzman and Jen Retter

7 Healthy Homemade Ice Cream Recipes Kids Will Love Stop chasing after the ice cream truck and instead serve up a healthier version that has ingredients you can pronounce and is full of real food. By Angela Bekkala

Athletic Greens Review: A Deeper Look at Our 2023 Best Overall Greens Powder In our grabandgo world of nutrition, adding a greens powder to your diet may be one of the easiest ways to incorporate these powerhouse foods. By Lindsey Cooke, CNT

The Best Instagram Accounts for Healthy Family Recipes A carefully curated Instagram feed (no pun intended) can help your family eat right with healthy, delicious and easytoprepare recipes. By Angela Bekkala

20 Foods with the Most Added Sugar Added sugar can cause weight gain, high blood pressure and even heart disease. Steer your sweet tooth away from these everyday foods with the most ... By Jackie Veling

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6 Key Nutrients for Optimal Recovery
If you're pushing your muscles, soreness and fatigue may set in. To ensure these ailments don't set back your training, feed your body the ingredie...
By Kelli Jennings, RD

DIY Sports Drinks
Commercial sports drinks are convenient. But many are expensive and contain artificial ingredients. Learn how to make your own, so you can control ...
By Emily Brown

What to Eat to Gain Energy for Your Next Race
Need a little pickmeup for your next event? Follow this nutrition advice to gain energy and run strong at your next race.
By Donna P. Feldman, MS, RDN

8 Cooking Methods Explained to Improve Your Health
Many people know to ditch the fryer when cooking up healthy meals, but they don't think about how their cooking method?affects the nutritional make...
By Kathryn Siegel

Recipe: Quinoa Kale Salad with Black Beans and Cranberries
Avoid a postworkout dinner meltdown by arming yourself with this recipe. It has everything your body will need: complete proteins, antioxidants, he...
By Susan Grant Legacki

Breakfast Slow-Cooker Frittata Recipe
Coming home to the aroma of a warm breakfast cooked and waiting for you is the absolute best way to end a hard, grueling weekend workout. The slowc...
By Keely Hedges

Cleansing and Hydrating Watermelon Tonic Recipe
Watermelon is a summer superhero. It swoops in and saves the hot day with its hydrating flesh and cleansing antioxidants. Instead of giving it a ca...
By Lynn A. Anderson, Ph.D, ND

Simple Superfood Recipes for Athletes
When it comes to packing in as many nutrients as possible, there's power in powders. These recipes use superfood powders to bulk up their benefits.
By Chrissy Wellington Garner

The Best Team Snacks for Kids' Sports
We're rounding up the best fresh, whole foods to help your kid's team refuel and hydrate when it's your week to bring snacks after the game.
By Angela Bekkala

10 Homemade Nut-Free Snacks for Kids
Does your kid have a nut allergy or attend a school with a strict nonuts policy? These snack recipes are so tasty, your kids won't even know what t...
By Jackie Veling

8 Popular Kids Snacks That Are Shockingly Unhealthy
Hold on to your squeezable yogurts, the calories and sugar in these kid snack classics will surprise you.
By Nikki Chavanelle

16 Healthy Halloween Treats for Kids
These cute, spooky and downright tasty treats will get kids excited about eating healthy on Halloween.
By Samantha Guzman and Jen Retter

7 Healthy Homemade Ice Cream Recipes Kids Will Love
Stop chasing after the ice cream truck and instead serve up a healthier version that has ingredients you can pronounce and is full of real food.
By Angela Bekkala

Athletic Greens Review: A Deeper Look at Our 2023 Best Overall Greens Powder
In our grabandgo world of nutrition, adding a greens powder to your diet may be one of the easiest ways to incorporate these powerhouse foods.
By Lindsey Cooke, CNT

The Best Instagram Accounts for Healthy Family Recipes
A carefully curated Instagram feed (no pun intended) can help your family eat right with healthy, delicious and easytoprepare recipes.
By Angela Bekkala

20 Foods with the Most Added Sugar
Added sugar can cause weight gain, high blood pressure and even heart disease. Steer your sweet tooth away from these everyday foods with the most ...
By Jackie Veling

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