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grilled salmon on a platter with fresh cilantro garnish More than 100 million Americans have high cholesterol levels, which can contribute to a wide range of health problems including stroke and heart disease. While medication can help lower your cholesterol, there are also several lifestyle tweaks you can change right now that can make a big impact on your cholesterol levels. All five of these will also impact your weight, risk for chronic disease and overall health for the better, so they’re worth incorporating into your life regardless....

We need some sodium in our diets to be healthy. It is a nutrient that helps keep your heart beating, balances fluid levels throughout our body and more. However, too much sodium can lead to some undesirable side effects, like headaches, bloating, dehydration and feeling fatigued. Over time, consistently getting too much sodium can lead to heart disease, high blood pressure and stroke. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans suggests that most people should try and consume less than 2,300mg of sodium per day (even though most Americans are eating much more, closer to 3,400mg)....

Bananas about to go bad? Hamburger rolls on sale? Have leftover soup? They can all go in the freezer. The range of things you can stash in there is amazingly versatile, and freezing can be an easy way to lengthen the shelf life of foods, prevent leftovers from going to waste and save time on prep work during busy weekdays. In fact, it’s so easy, we can sometimes forget that not everything does well in sub-0 degree F temperatures....

If you’ve been to the grocery store in the last few weeks, you’ve likely pushed your cart past empty shelves of paper products, bread and canned goods. But you may not have realized the supplements section is just as sparse. Dietary supplements are in such high demand right now that pharmacies and grocers are having to limit the amount of vitamins you can buy at a time. But are these products actually doing anything to stave off the coronavirus?...

Hailed as the better-for-you pick for decades, ground turkey has become the default healthy stand-in for ground beef. Want healthier burgers? Swap in ground turkey. A leaner meatloaf? Ground turkey. Lower-calorie taco meat? Turkey. Generally speaking, ground turkey is leaner than standard ground beef, a nutritional advantage, especially when it comes to heart health. Still, this protein choice can leave one to wonder how to improve the flavor and texture of this poultry meat....

Portrait of Bruce Friedrich Credit: BILL WADMAN Americans may be some of the biggest meat consumers in the world, but the last five years have seen a sea change. Almost a quarter of respondents in a 2020 Gallup poll reported eating less meat than the year before, citing health and environmental concerns as their top reasons for cutting back, and 36% of those said they’d done so by swapping their cheeseburger or chicken breast for plant-based meat alternatives....

tanqueray gin and tonics Credit: Tanqueray tanqueray gin and tonics Credit: Tanqueray tanqueray gin and tonics Credit: Tanqueray tanqueray gin and tonics Credit: Tanqueray Step aside spiked seltzers, boozy booch and vodka-based canned cocktails. A new crop of canned cocktails have arrived to shake up your no-mixer-required cocktail game. Rolling out in select states beginning in September, Tanqueray Gin has blended their juniper-forward spirit with tonic water or calorie-free club soda and natural flavors for one of the easiest happy hour options for gin fans....

Grilled Peach & Brie Smothered Chicken Our column, ThePrep, has everything you’ll need to make meal planning and meal prep as easy as can be. Sign up here to get a meal plan delivered to your inbox every Saturday! We quickly went from spring to full-on summer weather here in Vermont! I’m loving the warmer days and have been spending as much time outside as possible—including dinners on the deck....

grilled portobello burgers While so much has changed since last July, some things remain the same. We love to eat. (Although we’re surely doing so differently amidst a pandemic, and might not be gathering for big potlucks or eating inside at restaurants quite as often—if at all.) One thing that holds true from 2019 to 2020 is our love of supporting restaurants and our appreciation of the ability to outsource the cooking to the pros....

rainbow succulents Credit: Etsy / QueenofSucculents rainbow succulents Credit: Etsy / QueenofSucculents rainbow succulents Credit: Etsy / QueenofSucculents rainbow succulents Credit: Etsy / QueenofSucculents As more people are spending time at home due to the novel coronavirus, many people have turned to their gardens for a fun and rewarding activity. While you could certainly hang a basket of strawberry plants or regrow green onions, non-edible gardens are just as fun (and beautiful)....

` obsessed logo View Series My Favorite Restaurant Gave Me Their “Pink Panther” Cocktail Recipe—and It’s as Delicious as It Is Pretty I Buy This Plant Every Spring—Here’s Why You Need One, Too This Kitchen Appliance Has Helped Me Eat Healthier and Get Dinner on the Table Faster This Plant-Based Milk Is So Good in Lattes That I Buy It in Bulk amazon dog planter This is Obsessed: my weekly column devoted to sharing all the things I’m loving right now—from unique food and gift ideas to travel destinations and beauty products—plus some tips and tricks for living your best life....

We often think of dementia as something that’s only a consideration among seniors. Think again, suggests a new 15,000-person study published in March in the journal Neurology. Our habits in our 20s and 30s can play a huge role in our risk for greater cognitive declines later in life as we age. “These results are striking and suggest that early adulthood may be a critical time for the relationship between these health issues and late-life cognitive skills,” study author Kristine Yaffe, M....

a jar of dill pickles and a Trader Joe's storefront Credit: Getty Images / Bloomberg / vetas Pickle season has arrived at Trader Joe’s, and with it comes three new items that pickle-passionate folks will want to get their hands on. Whether you spend the summer making burgers, salads or veggie sandwiches, you’ll find a delicious way to put these new tangy treats to good use. Read on for the full lineup of dill pickle-flavored items available in stores now....

ayesha curry Credit: Instagram / @ayeshacurry Ayesha Curry is an actress, cookbook author, TV personality, creator of a super-cute cookware line, wife to basketball player Steph Curry, mom to three adorable kids and co-founder of Eat.Learn.Play, a charity that helps provide meals to food-insecure people in Oakland, California. But on top of all of these incredible accomplishments, Curry added a new one to her list: getting healthy and losing 35 pounds during quarantine....

As we get older, our nutrition needs change, as they do at the various stages throughout life. For healthy aging, our bodies need more fiber, protein and calcium to support regular digestion, muscle maintenance, and bone health. On the other hand, our daily limit for salt decreases to help combat things like high-blood pressure, and heart disease. In this 1-day low-sodium meal plan for aging, we made sure to include foods like yogurt, cheese, eggs, and berries, and herbs and spices, to give your body what it needs to stay healthy while limiting excess salt....

Vegan Grain Bowl Vegan Grain Bowl Vegan Grain Bowl Vegan Grain Bowl We’re big fans of meal prep at EatingWell for many reasons. Whether you prep all your meals or just one, meal prepping saves time throughout the week. Plus, it can help you stick to a budget and make it easier if you’re trying to follow a specific diet. To help you get started, we’ve pulled together some easy, healthy meal prep ideas for the week....

Aldi carrot cake dessert hummus Credit: Aldi If you haven’t tried dessert hummus yet, now’s the time. It’s seriously delicious, a healthy way to satisfy your sweet tooth and comes in lots of interesting flavors like brownie batter, Key lime pie and more. If you’re feeling creative and have some extra time on your hands, you can even make your own chocolate dessert hummus at home. But for those dessert hummus lovers who want to step their snacking game up a notch, Aldi just came out with a flavor we haven’t seen before: carrot cake!...

A weekend getaway with friends, an afternoon at the beach, a picnic at the park or even just hanging out in your backyard—there are times when having a cocktail would be nice, but bringing your home bar with you is not an option. These times call for canned cocktails. Serious cocktail lovers would have scoffed at canned cocktails in the past, with their saccharine-sweet, one-note flavor. But much like canned wine, canned cocktails have evolved into drinks that are truly enjoyable, with complex flavor profiles and high-quality spirits....

costco mini champagne bottles Credit: Instagram / @costcosisters 2020 has been a year like no other. Pandemics, social justice movements, wildfires, hurricanes, election controversies and more, it’s been one majorly unpredictable year. It’s also been a year with a lot fewer in-person celebrations, with many weddings and big bashes cancelled, postponed or restructured to reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus. (ICYMI, here are 7 tips to host a safer gathering during the pandemic....

Just like when we shop at Target, most of Team EatingWell can never quite stick to our lists at Aldi. Wait, a patio-perfect fire pit for less than $130 and a fiddle leaf fig tree for $13? Need! While we’ll probably always end up with a few extra items in our cart we didn’t exactly set out to buy, we’re pretty delighted by the new crop of products Aldi just revealed will be released this month....