Articles on Healthy Eating
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DIALOGUE: Nevin Halici
Award-winning Turkish cookbook author Nevin Halici on the Sufi concept of culinary wellness as worship, food in the company of friends, and her absolute love of yogurt.
The Fundamentals of Eating Vegan
Going vegan is not only good for the planet, it has a host of health benefits for your heart, gut, and immunity.
The Best Spices for Gut Health
Dive deep into the best spices for gut health, their nutritional backgrounds, and how they contribute to better digestion.
Healthy Foods for Better Sleep
Need slumber support? If you want to sleep better, find out what healthy foods can make for a more restful night.
Health & Nutrition for Women
Find out how certain food and ingredients interact with fertility, pregnancy, menopause, hormones, and overall wellbeing for women.
Nutrition to Boost Brain Health
The right kind of food can offer benefits for brain health including an increase in cognitive function, a reduction in inflammation, and a lower risk of dementia and strokes.
Healing Foods and the Ayurvedic Diet
Ayurveda explains how whole foods and herbal ingredients can aid in healing and boost immunity.
DIALOGUE: Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharya
The New York-based Ayurvedic scholar explains why you are what you digest, not what you eat.
DIALOGUE: Melissa Petitto
The dietitian and cookbook author on how adaptogens impact our health and help alleviate stress.
The Importance of a Quiet Place
I gave up the Hong Kong jackpot for a garden in Taipei, where I nurture plants — and they nurture me
FERMENT: Food is Medicine
Just ask my grandmother, who is nearing 100 and has an insatiable appetite for pickles, vinegar, and other fermented delights that can help keep us healthy
BAKE: The Tao of Dough
How whole-wheat Sonora flour brought my baking into focus — and deepened my connection to home
PRACTICE: The Food Sabbath
Feeling stressed and stretched too thin? You just might find an antidote to the anxiety by bringing your loved ones together for the weekly ritual of a food sabbath
FORAGE: The Other Mississippi River
The practice of foraging is about much more than wild food — it’s about cultivating a relationship with the natural world
The Garden as a Place of Solace
A garden can feed you, of course. But it can also connect you to your family, guide you though difficult times, and even show you the path to a new career.
DIALOGUE: Hawa Hassan
The author and entrepreneur on her favorite smoothie, the importance of blessing your food, and why you should choose dates over doughnuts.
GROW: Kelp Is on the Way
Seaweed farming holds huge promise for a sustainable future of food, and sugar kelp — possibly the most delicious of all — also inspires innovation, collaboration, and community.
DIALOGUE: Nik Sharma
The trailblazing writer shares his thoughts on the power of nigella seeds, the pleasure of snacking on seaweed, and the problem with the word “healthy.”
DIALOGUE: Dr. Gary Deng
An acclaimed wellness expert shares his insights on diversifying your diet, using your mind to derail sugar cravings, and the right way to do breakfast.
DIALOGUE: Abhijit Banerjee
The Nobel laureate shares his thoughts on cooking as an act of generosity, fruit as a feast for the eyes, and the pleasure of eating mindfully.
DIALOGUE: Preeti Mistry
The rebel chef talks with us about the versatility of ginger, the wisdom of preparing an easy salad in advance, and cooking as an act of love.
The Wilderness Within
Reconnecting with nature is about far more than finding wild things to eat. Over time, it becomes a way to feed your mind and soul by recognizing the gifts of the planet.
DIALOGUE: Maunika Gowardhan
The author and chef shares her thoughts on the comforts of khichdi, the importance of a good playlist in the kitchen, and how a thali can be seen as a metaphor for life.
FOCUS: Fallen from the Sacred Tree
With a fragrance that could make an elephant drunk, the mahua flower is a source of both medicine and myth in India’s jungles.
Tiny Gardens Bring Big Joy
An edible garden in even the smallest of spaces brings joy (and can improve your health too). Here's how to start one of your own. Follow this guide to the best pots, planters, and containers for any micro-plot or patio corner.
BAKE: The Joy of Maple Syrup
Dessert should delight, so don't get discouraged if trying something new in the kitchen results in a few missteps. Patience and practice bring sweet rewards.
Fermentation: A Transformative Marvel
Here’s a mindfulness practice you may never have tried: Take a dish that you love, apply fermentation to it, and marvel as nature transforms it into something new. You never know when enlightenment might strike.
Chai Is Life
Chai is family, chai is ritual, chai is coming back to the soul.
To put it another way, chai is who I am.
DIALOGUE: Shoba Narayan
The James Beard Award winner on blessed foods that evoke the soul, the healing warmth of ginger chai, and her precious brass kitchenware.
DIALOGUE: Jenny Rosenstrach
The prolific author/blogger talks about the importance of cooking for others, and how eating less meat is easy — and beneficial for people and the planet
Oh My Gourd! A Culinary Epiphany
If you pay attention, a garden can teach you a great deal — including what's for dinner
DIALOGUE: Saee Koranne-Khandekar
One of India’s most knowledgeable cooks explains why food serves an emotional purpose — and why you should stop to smell the curry leaves.
DIALOGUE: Pierre Thiam
The acclaimed chef and cookbook author discusses his love for okra, the idea of food as medicine in Senegalese culture, and how a clean kitchen helps his creativity flow
A Kitchen Scent Stirs Memories
A trained perfumer finds that this simple Bulgarian egg dish (the secret ingredient — paprika butter) not only stirs the appetite, but interconnects emotions, memories, and wanderlust.
DIALOGUE: Bryant Terry
An advocate for food justice, editor in chief of 4 Color Books, and vegan chef Bryant Terry talks about his wellness practice, his favorite season for cooking, and what's in his pantry.
How Citrus Can Change Your Life
Sprouting a few yuzu seeds led one couple down an unexpectedly fruitful path
The Mindfulness of Mortars
By gently coaxing the nutrients from your ingredients, mortars bring you closer to your food and to good health — you'll feel and taste the difference.
DIALOGUE: Nadiya Hussain
With her practical approach to healthy family-friendly cooking, Nadiya Hussain explains how food can help you take responsibility for yourself and others.
Tiger Nuts for Gluten-Free Baking
Rich in phosphorus and magnesium, as well as high in fiber, these striped ground tubers are a nutritious flour substitute.
DIALOGUE: Anna Voloshyna
The Ukrainian cookbook author talks slow food, her favorite herb, and what she would cook for Volodymyr Zelensky.
Smoke & Food: An Alluring Combo
A smoker can broaden your culinary repertoire, transforming tomatoes into a versatile, lycopene-rich salsa
BAKE: My Experiments with Spelt
From ancient Roman wedding cakes to matzo to modern-day baking, spelt is a nutritious alternative to regular wheat
Life-Transforming: Brewing Kombucha
Do you ever feel as if you don't have enough say in this matter or that one? While some things really are outside your control, adding the power of possibility to your life can be an antidote to that sense of helplessness.
Mustard Greens & Gardening Wisdom
When you treasure your failures, even a fruitless garden can be a wellspring of abundance
DIALOGUE: Vijay Kumar
The chef of Michelin-starred restaurant Semma talks about putting authentic South Indian dishes on the global map, cooking as therapy, and the healing wisdom of food.
The Purslane Passport
Find out how a humble weed can be a portal to meaningful relationships, a new view on the world, and even hope for a climate-challenged future.
DIALOGUE: Divya Alter
A New York-based restauranteur and Ayurveda chef explains how the ancient Indian system offers healing for physical and emotional wellbeing.
FORAGE: Dia(spore)ic Cooking
Food anchors us to our roots, but for those who are far from home, working with what's local and seasonal can invite constructive “troublemaking” in family recipes — adapting and redefining traditions of wellbeing.
DIALOGUE: Sandor Ellix Katz
The award-winning author explains how fermentation not only enhances the nutritional quality of food, but can also teach us much about life and death
DIALOGUE: Sean Sherman
The James Beard Awards-winning Sioux chef sketches a blueprint for wellbeing from the ancestral wisdom of Indigenous peoples.
Cooking Healthy with Hemp
Connecting with our heritage can take us down some unexpected paths, for example, discovering the tradition of cooking with cannabis.
DIALOGUE: Maggie Beer
The Australian culinary icon on whole foods for brain health, the meditative joys of gardening, and the pleasure of cooking in the musical company of jazz.
GROW: Spring’s Fleeting Flowers
Spring in North India may not last long, but it’s flowers, fruits, and seeds are plentifully abundant.
DIALOGUE: Rodney Dunn
The Tasmania-based gardener-chef on connecting with the earth, how food tastes better when shared, and adding flavor with his favorite herb, lovage.
DIALOGUE: Dr. Sheil Shukla
The Chicago-based physician and food artist on the importance of culinary medicine, the goodness of spices and lentils, and how cooking is a great way to unwind.
DIALOGUE: Emily Weeks
The nutritionist and wellness expert on learning to cook mushrooms as a little girl, the warmth of green tea, and why fruit make for healthy desserts.
Q&A: Dan Buettner
Dan Buettner on how the Blue Zones rule of cooking your own food is important, why “diet is taste,” and the universal benefits of a chunky vegetable soup.
Q&A: Dr Rupy Aujla
The London-based physician on the impact of behavioral psychology on eating habits, Ayurveda’s relevance to nutritional wellbeing, and the treats he would whip for Drake and Diplo.
Medicinal Magic of Nongmangkha
For the indigenous people of northeast India, the nongmangkha’s antipyretic and antibacterial properties make for a healing shrub.
DIALOGUE: Ghillie Basan
The prodigious cookbook author on her enduring fascination with Moroccan cuisine, the sublimity of warm couscous in a tagine, and the wellbeing notes of slow cooking.
Autoimmunity & Inflammation
Understanding the role of nutrition in managing autoimmune disorders and inflammation.
Sports Nutrition: Peak Performance
Nutrition plays a key part for athletes and all exercisers looking for nourishment to fuel peak performance, especially from plants.
Gut Health: Pro- and Prebiotics
Learn about the role of adding probiotics and prebiotics to your diet for better gut health
Tea & Wellness Rituals
Tea ceremonies across Asia offer calming ways to reduce stress and anxiety as you imbibe tea’s medicinal and wellbeing properties.
The Nutritional Wealth of Herbs
Unlock the power of herbs and discover how best to use them. And learn to appreciate them for their medicinal properties, health benefits, and culinary delights.
DIALOGUE: Karen R. Koenig
The eating psychologist on why food in our culture has become eat-o-tainment and the links between anger, fear, depression, stress, anxiety, and emotional eating.
DIALOGUE: Lukas Volger
The Brooklyn-based chef on why veggie burgers are unique expressions of vegetables and have a rightful place on your table.
DIALOGUE: Irena Stein
The restaurateur and author on how the gluten-free arepa is at the centre of Venezuelan life, and how a smile and laugh can contribute to wellbeing.
DIALOGUE: Charmaine O’ Brien
The award-winning food historian on India as a culinary superpower, the changing foodscape of India, and its impact on the nation’s eating habits and health.
Blessed Bhog at Jagannath Temple
Expand your horizons about nutrition, seasonality, and mythology with the sacred food cooked in the largest Hindu temple kitchen in India.
Men’s Health & Nutrition
Learn all about men’s nutritional needs for better health and wellbeing.
DIALOGUE: Najat Kaanache
The pilgrim chef on the marriage between Moroccan culinary traditions and global gastronomy, the comfort of a chakcouka, and a wish to cook for Oprah.
Heart Health Support
Learn wholesome ways to add the right foods for better heart health.
DIALOGUE: Michal Korkosz
The SAVEUR award winner on his love for Polish cooking, its wealth of vegetarian dishes, and how taking mouthwatering pictures of food is a form of prayer
DIALOGUE: Colleen Taylor Sen
The Chicago-based culinary scholar on India’s close relation between food and medicine, unique fasting rituals, and her go-to Indian cookbook.
Aging & Longevity
Food and nutrition play a pivotal part in aging well and longevity.
GROW: Mugwort Dreams (and Dumplings)
Mugwort might sound like something you want to avoid, but many cultures associate it with healing and lucid dreaming. Give mugwort a home in your garden — and tuck it into some dumplings
Moving at Mushroom Speed
If you want to find morels in the forest, you’ll need to endure the ticks and brambles — and then look around and slow way down
To Cook, To Hope, To Understand
As the years pass and a parent enters her 80s, a daughter feels a sense of urgency about cooking alongside mom in the kitchen — and renewing a family connection to Japan
Miraculous Mushrooms
Having a steady supply of delicious and nutritious cooked mushrooms couldn’t be easier — all you need is some salt, some garlic, and a pan full of olive oil
DIALOGUE: Hetty McKinnon
The cookbook author, magazine founder & vegetable advocate speaks with us about “third-culture cooking,” dumplings as a mode of meditation & why she’s passionate about salad
BAKE: Things Are Starting to Gel
Our columnist experiments with agar-agar — a gelatin substitute that’s perfect for home cooks who want to avoid meat — and finds her way to sweet relief.
FOCUS: How Sweet It Is
Whether stirred into tea or smeared on cornmeal roti, jaggery delivers mineral-rich delight to your day.
Loose Leaf Tea: A Soothing Ritual
Could a more fulfilling way to drink tea also help to save the planet?
DIALOGUE: Karman Meyer
From chamomile tea to tart cherry juice, a nutritionist explains the science behind food and sleep.
GROW: The Forest of the Sea
We consume seaweed daily, but not always in the most environmentally ethical or nutritious forms.
FOCUS: Chasing Pandan
Celebrated in traditional medicine for its curative properties, pandan connects communities, histories, and memories.
DIALOGUE: Lisa Howard
The wellbeing expert and cooking instructor on how her book breaks the myth that all fats are unhealthy, how oils and fats help the body to access vitamins, and why ghee is a particular favorite of hers.
Cooking with Fats and Oils: A Guide
A guide to all we need to know about cooking fats and oils and how they contribute to health and nutrition