It's time to stop being frightened by a word and a bean. Estrogen and phytoestrogen are not interchangeable. And soybeans are not estrogen pills. I'd hate to see an extraordinarily useful, nutritious and ancient food pushed off our plates because we confused the two.

After decades of nutritional whiplash, perhaps there's something reassuring about how unexciting much of the broad dietary advice actually is. Eat a variety of vegetables and fruits. Eat legumes, whole grains and nuts. Favor foods that aren't heavily processed. Diet that we can actually live with and thrive on can't be reduced to a single food.

It's everywhere you look now. "Processed" has become almost synonymous with "unhealthy." Yet nearly everything we eat has been processed in some way. The real question isn't whether a food has been processed. The question is: What was done to it, and what is the overall nutritional result?

On the hottest days, please don't expect the same things from your body that you'd expect on a mild spring morning. The air is thinner than it looks. Treat a 103°F Reno afternoon the way you'd treat a hike at altitude — with respect, with preparation, and with permission to take it easy.

As writer, Michael Pollan said, in the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion. It's the American paradox: The more we worry about nutrition, the less healthy we seem to become

The advantages of embracing veganism go beyond mere curiosity; they touch on our health, animal welfare, and the future of our planet.

I never imagined I’d be writing this post, reflecting on how my diet and lifestyle have evolved over the years. But life has a funny way...

You've probably heard about the importance of getting sufficient Omega-3s in your diet. They're found in many foods, including flax and...