Want to have more energy, improve cognitive function, protect yourself from just about every chronic disease, and feel happier? Look no further than fabulous greens and beets!

If we viewed our food choices as power, would it change the food that fills our plates? If we made it our business to understand the policies that shape our food system, would we demand something different?

As cherries grow in rows of lush trees glistening with dots of red under the late spring sun, we’re reminded of the long-time love humans have had for this fruit. A tale as old as time, cherries have been a treasure to humankind since the Mesolithic era. An archeological study found troves of cherry fruit stones at a dig site at the edges of the Danube River in Europe.

A Recipe for July...

Because sometimes the chaos is overwhelming, and perhaps the ingredients for feeling a little peace, a little joy are simple, all around us, and within reach.

If the dust from a feedlot packed with 45,000 cows isn’t seeping through your windows, and the stench of manure from swine farms crowded with 5,000-plus hogs isn’t overwhelming you when you step outside, perhaps how our industrialized farming system produces animal-based foods feels unimportant.^{1 2 3} But if that dust and manure fuel a crisis of drug-resistant superbugs, does it

Lutein Supplements Improve Visual Performance and Sleep

Today’s modern lifestyle has led to a significant increase in screen time and blue-light exposure, which are associated with eye strain and fatigue, inability to focus, and sleep problems.

Call it the perpetual quest for the fountain of youth—we’re never going to stop buying products that promise to reverse the hands of time, reduce fine lines and wrinkles, and put the plump back in our skin. Having just turned 40 myself, I can admit that I recently purchased another night cream that swears it’ll do all that and more.

Level up your workout with these dietary strategies and supplements

Staying physically active is one of the best ways we can promote health, vitality, and a long healthspan, and from yoga to weight training, distance running to walking, and everything in between, there is something for everybody.

Whether it’s cantaloupes, watermelons, honeydews, or all the above, you can always count on melons to join the party. At the heart of every carefully crafted charcuterie board, picnic spread, or party platter, melons always seem to make an appearance.

Dear Friends,

Did you know you can trace the journey of a raindrop from wherever it fell in the world all the way to the ocean? An incredible interactive map called River Runner lets you do it, and it’s created with actual watershed data.