Maggie Moon
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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Is Horchata Healthy? Try This Healthy Horchata Recipe
Horchata is refreshingly sweet — but loaded with added sugar and calories. Beat the summer heat with our healthy horchata recipe that's equally indulgent. → Read More
10 Steak Recipes That Any Carnivore Will Love
These steak recipes are irresistible, plus they're keto and paleo approved. From spicy steak lettuce cups to grass-fed steak tacos, these recipes need to be in your rotation. → Read More
The 5 Butternut Squash Recipes You've Always Dreamed Of
Butternut squash has been reported to have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant benefits. Here are 5 butternut squash recipes that will make this your favorite vegetable. → Read More
10 Keto Fat-Bomb Recipes That Will Crush Hunger Pangs
The secret to keeping keto? Flavorful fat bombs that deliver a combination of high fat and protein for some fat-burning boosts. Here are ten recipes for you to try. → Read More
The 7 Worst Things to Add to Your Salad — and the 10 Best
We asked registered dietitians to reveal the absolute worst and best salad ingredients — that way you can build a better salad that's both healthy and tasty! → Read More
How to Train Your Brain to Love Healthy Foods
If we all craved cucumbers instead of cake, losing weight would be easy. Train your brain to think this way, and you'll be loving healthy foods in no time! → Read More
One Healthy Thing to Do Every Day of the Month
Forget huge pie-in-the sky resolutions. Instead, just do one healthy thing every day of the month -- and pretty soon you might have a healthy habit. → Read More
One Healthy Thing to Do Every Day of the Month
Forget huge pie-in-the sky resolutions. Instead, just do one healthy thing every day of the month -- and pretty soon you might have a healthy habit. → Read More
How Being Curious Can Improve Your Life
Curiosity keeps you engaged with the world and open to learning new things, firing up the well-being and reward regions of the brain. → Read More
7 Nutty Facts To Help Celebrate World Pistachio Day
February 26th is World Pistachio Day! OK, so you've never heard of World Pistachio Day. In fact, the only things you probably know about pistachios is that they're green, tasty and come in a shell that's already half-open for some strange reason. → Read More
One Healthy Thing to Do Every Day of the Month
Forget huge pie-in-the sky resolutions. Instead, just do one healthy thing every day of the month -- and pretty soon you might have a healthy habit. → Read More
7 Signs Your Gut Is Out of Whack
It’s time for a gut check -- literally. “It’s not as easy as one would think to figure out if your gut is healthy or not,” says Kristi King, M.P.H., RDN, spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. That’s because, according to Scott Schreiber, D.C., CNS, chiropractic physician and clinical nutritionist,... → Read More
7 Myths About Cholesterol Debunked
There's good and bad cholesterol, but how do you know which is which? Dietitian Maggie Moon cuts through the noise and debunks cholesterol myths. → Read More
10 New Natural Protein Drinks and Powders
How do you refuel after a workout when you’re in a rush and still take the time to know and trust the ingredients in your food? Faced with this real-life problem, I sought out protein drinks with natural-foods appeal. I chose 10 of the newest products to put to the test, so you can decide what’s best for you. First things first: How... → Read More
26 Things You Didn’t Know About Avocados
By MAGGIE MOON It’s time to get excited because right now, this superfood will be at its top quality and peak buttery goodness. But maybe you already knew that? After all, avocados are culinary darlings with a well-deserved health halo, and we are a nation obsessed. On average, Americans enjoy a healthy five pounds of ... → Read More
5 Surprising Foods to Eat for Strong Bones
Bones are your body’s lifelong support system, so it’s important to keep them happy and strong. Your bones literally hold you up, protect your vital organs, provide your muscles something to hold on to and store essential minerals for when your body needs them most. → Read More
How to Pair Superfoods for Super Health
By MAGGIE MOON Do you want to get the most out of what you eat and make every calorie count? Do you believe whole, natural foods offer more than isolated nutrients in supplements? Consider that we've identified hundreds of biologically active phytonutrients in just the past two decades and your answer should be "yes." We're ... → Read More
How to Train Your Brain to Love Healthy Foods
By MAGGIE MOON If we all craved cucumbers instead of cake, losing weight would be easy. Sure, once upon a time nourishment was scarce, so it was useful for the brain's reward system to light up at the thought of food -- especially high-calorie food. But research now suggests that crossed wires in this system […] → Read More
What to Snack on for Weight Loss
By MAGGIE MOON (Photo by twenty20.com/@best_helen) To snack or not to snack: Which is better for waistlines? While not everyone agrees on whether snacking is good or bad for weight management, the fact is that most Americans are doing it, and now there's new research, published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, […] → Read More
What to Snack on for Weight Loss
By MAGGIE MOON (Photo by twenty20.com/@best_helen) To snack or not to snack: Which is better for waistlines? While not everyone agrees on whether snacking is good or bad for weight management, the fact is that most Americans are doing it, and now there's new research, published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, […] → Read More