When my dating clients ask me what’s most important regarding similar values and lifestyles, they are often surprised when, along with values related to politics and social issues, I always mention food—especially when one of them practices mindful, healthy eating, and the other doesn’t and won’t consider it. It’s not about specific food choices, i.e., whether you’re vegan or vegetarian, doing keto or paleo, or whatever specific eating practices you each might have....

“Nature does not make an unhealthy fat,” says Cate Shanahan, M.D., in her appearance on the mbg podcast. “We do, in our factory. " So the real key? Whole-food-based fats. Yep, when it comes to healthy fats, it’s not that different from defining healthy foods: The closer something is to its natural form, the healthier it is. The buzziest healthy fats have their own sort of superfood status, like coconut and avocado, but “eggs, cheese, dairy fat, animal fat,” can be part of a diet with healthy fats, too....

If you weren’t so lucky, the pills didn’t work. You felt like a frumpy, fatigued, and constipated version of yourself. Caffeine and sugar became your energy crutch. Dealing with thyroid issues can be confusing. As a nutritionist and a woman who reversed her own subclinical thyroid condition in three months, I’d like you to have a broader picture of food and your thyroid. It turns out the concern has to do with iodine....

When mbg recently spoke with industry expert Carl Germano, R.D., CNS, CDN, the author of Road to Ananda: Simple Guide to the Endocannabinoid System, Hemp Phytocannabinoids/CBD, and Your Health, he explained that he regularly sees pesticides and herbicides used to combat the slew of pests and natural predators that flock to industrial hemp crops. Aside from being dangerous for farmers and the environment, chemical pesticides could pose a health risk according to the review: “Their direct human toxicity is poorly quantified but include infection, carcinogenicity, reproductive, and developmental impacts,” it reads....

As neuroscientist and author of The Source Tara Swart, M.D., Ph.D., explains to mbg, “Wisdom is the life lessons you pick up through experience and store in your neurons but don’t consciously recall.” Intelligence, on the other hand, is defined as “the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.” It’s about intellect and the application of that intellect. Swart notes intelligence can be defined in several ways, including emotional intelligence, “But the traditional definition is about using your logic to solve problems and make decisions....

Zinc’s role in immune functioning3 may explain why many lozenges and supplements contain the mineral, registered dietitian and food blogger Maggie Michalczyk, R.D., says. While those are great options to up your zinc intake, there are also plenty of zinc-rich foods to help meet your basic needs. Oysters are the highest source of zinc from food. In fact, just 3 ounces of cooked or breaded and fried oysters provides 74 milligrams or 673% of your daily value (DV)....

Many of the best breakup guides tell the brokenhearted to lean on their friends. But what if you’re the friend they tap on, and you have no clue where to start? As a friend, you may feel a heart tug to help but you don’t know how. You may feel compelled to share comforting words but hesitate because you don’t want to say the wrong thing. You may want to check in on your friend but don’t want to overstep....