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Kick Up the Flavor on Vegetables If you're bored with the same flavors over and over, here are some strategies to elevate the flavor of vegetables. Check out these tips for vegetable side dishes with pizzazz.

Awakened Lunch I’ve been giving myself the gift of sitting at the table and doing nothing but savoring my food. And I’ve noticed the most amazing results. I feel a whole lot calmer when I give my lunch my full attention.

10 Ways to Eat Healthy on a Budget A recent study found that lower-calorie foods like fruits and vegetables are actually far more expensive than sweets and snack foods, calorie for calorie. But nutritionist Sara Ryba says with these tips you can buy many healthy foods while staying on budget.

Quiz: Which Holiday Treats Are Naughty vs. Nice? All holiday treats aren't created equal! Some actually aren't laden with fat and calories. Test your holiday health savvy with these five questions on which holiday treats are better (or worse) for you than you thought!

5 Ways to Survive & Thrive This Holiday Be 51 percent good ... Make it a meal, not a pit stop ... Breathe (through the nose) ... Ayurvedic expert John Douillard, D.C., Ph.D., author of The 3-Season Diet and Body, Mind, and Sport shares and explains his top 5 tips for enjoying this holiday season more -- and holding onto your shape and your health in the process.

9 Tricks to Avoiding Holiday Weight Gain Buck the holiday-bulge statistics by just maintaining your weight through the holidays. We asked top health experts to share their best tips and strategies for enjoying holiday fare without gaining a pound.

Healthy Holiday Party Food: 10 Tips + 3 Recipes You don’t have to be a nutritional saint during the holidays. Sneaky substitution tips and delicious-yet-virtuous recipes from chef and healthy eating coach Michele Morris make a big difference with just a few small changes.

Squash Is Superfood! Get Yours with 4 Yummy Recipes It's not a favorite vegetable of many Americans today, but winter squash is delicious when you have a great recipe -- plus it's super-nutritious and inexpensive. These 4 favorite recipes using pumpkin and acorn, butternut and spaghetti squash may change your mind about these gourds.

Functional Fitness 101: Is a Workout-Therapy Hybrid What You Need? Ever thought about hiring a personal trainer but worried you’d be too inflexible or in too much pain to make it worthwhile? Even if you're in great shape, you may feel pain doing everyday tasks, whether from injury, arthritis or overtraining. Functional fitness may help.

Feeling SAD? A Doctor's Top 4 Remedies for Winter Blues Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), also known as “winter blues,” is very common and very treatable. Four therapies to try plus tips on several more that can help with symptoms of SAD, from a psychiatrist and people who experience this condition every winter.

Veggie Thanksgiving Tips & Recipes Thanksgiving doesn’t have to be all about that big bird in the middle of your dinner table. This year, we’ll be making meatless options a bigger focus on our menu. But I will miss the wishbone!

5 Easy (and Cheap!) Ways to Detox Your Home Amazingly simple and affordable ways to detox your home, recommended by experts in how to get pollutants and chemicals out of your living spaces — and keep them out. Why? The facts on how common household toxins affect human health may surprise you.

Sitting on a Ball Helps Kids Focus and Do Better In School Get the details on a study, a school and parents of ADHD kids that found sitting on a ball improves focus and helps kids write more clearly. Ball chairs (and balls used as chairs) might be just what the doctor ordered to help fidgety children, especially those with sensory processing disorder or ADHD.

Study Shows Meditation Increases Compassion, Love and Forgiveness Can a quality like love, forgiveness or compassion be measured in the brain? Scientists are finding that meditation and mindfulness practices can increase your capacity for positive qualities. A fascinating look at the neuroscience of meditation.

Gaiam Life Meditation Rooms Step into a Gaiam Life Meditation Room for a few minutes to calm your senses and melt away stress. Escape your worries and experience imagery of some of the most relaxing and beautiful natural gifts on Earth, as you listen to soothing nature sounds and music.

7 Ways to Eat a Low-Carbon Diet You don't have to cut out all your favorite treats to make these seven simple food choices to reduce your climate change impact. From eating local and in season to eating less meat and packaged foods, this guide explains how and why to go on a low-carbon diet.

3 Techniques to Dissolve Stress Fast (No Yoga Required) All stressed out with nowhere to do some yoga? Try these three simple stress-reducing techniques from The Anywhere, Anytime Chill Guide by yoga teacher and Ms. Mindbody columnist Kate Hanley. Get breathing techniques, fast stretches and mantra tips for anxiety-ridden family gatherings, stressful work situations and, well … anytime.

3 Workouts to Balance (Not Fight) Your Shape: Pear, Apple, Chili Pepper! Rather than focusing mainly on your trouble spot (thighs for pears, belly for apples, and then there’s the chili pepper …) Make the most of what Mother Nature gave you by training to even out your imbalances. Try one of these three seven-day workout plans customized to each body type.

Why Humidify, and Which Type of Humidifier Is Best? Health experts weigh in on whether you need a cool mist or warm mist humidifier, plus how and why using a humidifier can help prevent and alleviate cold, allergy and sinus symptoms as well as dry skin and nose bleeds.

6 Best Ways to Support a Loved One Who Has Cancer Three out of four families will see a family member diagnosed with cancer. Our list of the six most supportive things you can do for a cancer patient reflects the advice of cancer–center doctors, social workers, survivors and family members who were there for them.

How Breast Cancer Patients Benefit from Pilates Therapy How and why Pilates therapy is being used to support treatment and recovery for breast cancer patients, including exercise modifications and tips on getting started.

6 Rules for Feeding Your Toddler Mealtime can be quite a frustrating experience. The best advice I can give you, as a mother and a pediatrician, is that children rarely starve themselves. So relax and try to incorporate these 6 rules for feeding your toddler.

9 Holistic Remedies You Need in Your Medicine Cabinet Stock your medicine cabinet with these remedies naturopathic doctors use at home and most recommend to their patients for pain relief and conditions ranging from colds to insomnia to athlete's foot.

Which Kind of Diaper is Best for Both Planet and Parents? Complete guide to choosing a diaper that's less of a mess for both you and the planet. Costs, pros, cons and green tips on six choices: cloth washed at home, cloth with a service, standard and eco-friendly disposables, hybrids like gDiapers, and sidestepping diapers altogether.

5 Healthy and Delicious Lunches Your Kids Will Love Most moms today worry about issues like pesticides,and trans fats, and they want to make sure that their child's lunch is healthy and well-balanced. Here's a week's worth of healthy school lunch ideas that will satisfy your child.

Your Guide to Heirloom Tomatoes Finding a great tasting tomato in your local supermarket can often be challenging. Try heirloom tomatoes at your local market, or grow your own, and you’re in for quite a treat.

How Can I Buy Healthy Seafood Without Hurting The Environment? Learn which types of fish to buy and which to avoid to reduce your impact, and alternatives to keep Omega-3 fatty acids in your diet when skipping seafood.

Holistic M.D.s to Naturopaths: How to Find the Right Pediatrician To help you find the right practitioner for your family, here’s a look at some of the most common alternative health care providers—what they offer, how they work and how to find one near you.

Dodge Diet Disasters: 5 Practical Strategies That Really Work! To arm you in your battle against temptation and weight gain, I’ve identified the five most common diet disasters with practical strategies to help you avert them!

Eating Healthy & Organic on the Go In the past, healthy and organic choices for people constantly on the move were nearly nonexistent. Today, it's the latest trend in fast food, and several chain restaurants are adding vegan and vegetarian, or humanely raised meat options to their menus.