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90% percent of Americans aren’t getting enough of this essential nutrient
There’s a little secret health enthusiasts would like to let you in on: Choline is an essential nutrient that more than 90% of Americans aren’t getting enough of, and this overlooked, under-consumed nutrient is crucial for head-to-toe health at every stage of life
We’ve come a long way from the low- to no-fat diet trends of the 1980s and 90s—we finally understand that fat is not only good for us, but necessary for our bodies to function—but when it comes to understanding which fats are actually healthy, and those that are not, we’ve still got a long way to go.
Oh tomatoes, you delicious orbs of juicy sweet umami! Diced, sliced, fresh, fried, or saucy—even those who don’t love you can’t help but dip fries in ketchup or indulge in the comfort of a bowl of spaghetti and marinara.
Where wildflowers bloom, the honey tastes better, the pheasants cackle, and the farmer’s soil holds its own against erosion! That’s the experience of Iowa farmer Eric Hoien, as he described to BioScience in 2023.
You’re such a lovely sheet of empty paper… not the crisp blank page of January, ripe with the ambition of a brand new year, but something warmer—sun-soaked, textured, the kind of surface our pens can’t quite get a grip on. You weren’t made for mapping out neat goals in bold ink but for something more fluid. A season for splashing, not scripting.
You may have spent many meals convincing us those green vegetables on our plate were actually tiny dinosaur trees, or even resorted to bribery as we resisted with all the stubborn refusal a kid can muster.
When in June we let our minds wander to... It’s almost summertime. Almost vacation. It’s about time to crack open our first watermelon (or maybe our fifth). It’s nearing the moment when cherries are at their peak. It’s pretty much strawberries’ finest hour.
I first wrote about the American Lung Association’s “State of the Air” report three years ago, and I’m sorry to say that not much has improved since then, and in fact, it appears to be getting worse. The latest report, released in 2024, found that 39 percent of Americans live in places with failing grades for unhealthy levels of ozone and/or particulate pollution.
Certain health topics can be difficult to talk about—with your partner, your doctor, and heck, even yourself. Erectile dysfunction (ED) is one of these. And while there should be no shame, many men with ED suffer in silence, or quietly turn to side-effect-inducing pharmaceuticals that don’t really address the root cause. There has to be a better way—and there is.
The popularity of grass-fed beef has grown in part due to its environmental benefits, including improving soil health, but new research suggests that grass-fed beef may also offer distinct nutritional benefits.
There are no cornfields in the Arctic, no acres of soybeans or wheat. It’s just caribou, polar bears, resilient human communities, and some of the most remote wilderness on Earth.1 2 3 So why are agricultural pesticides turning up in the air here?
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