Healthy Eating

Learn More About the Everyday Vegan From Dreena Burton

Written by: Best of You Today

Whether it’s because it’s humanely animal-free or simply because it’s healthful, eating vegan is a popular solution for many. The vegan lifestyle has steadily grown more common over the years and vegans are always on the lookout for delicious and truly healthy recipes. Some are looking for dishes to make for their kids, while others need recipes that are gluten- or wheat-free.

Written by: Best of You Today

Eat Like a Dinosaur by Stacy Toth and Matthew McCarry

If you’ve decided that the paleo diet is the way to go, that’s one thing; if you have children, you may be hesitant to put only paleo on their plates. While paleo involves foods common to the modern diet—grass-fed pasture raised meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, roots and nuts—it excludes palate-pleasers like dairy, salt, refined sugar, processed oils and even grains and legumes.

How Gluten-Free Diets Can Change Your Life

Written by: Best of You Today

The Healthy Gluten-Free Life by Tammy Credicott

Seems like people everywhere are going gluten-free. Those who have made the transition to a gluten-free diet will tell you they never felt better. For the uninitiated, the biggest obstacles to a successful switch are often fear of boredom, complicated recipes, and expensive ingredients.

Being Vegan, An Easy Guide With Brian Patton

Friday, 23 March 2012 - 1:38pm | Written by: Best of You Today

Eating right is serious business. Nothing funny about vegan, right? Unless you’ve discovered quirky vegan chef and Brian Patton, you probably really do think eating vegan is not funny. Patton puts a decidedly fresh twist on cooking vegan.

Monday, 5 March 2012 - 12:25pm | Written by: Best of You Today

Susan O'Brien, gluten-free, vegan, comfort food, the gluten free vegan

If you’re one of the 30% of Americans who are sensitive to gluten or are a vegan or vegetarian, there are times when you can’t help but crave those comfort foods you can no longer eat. But, take heart, because you really can eat yummy comfort foods, even on a gluten-free, dairy-free diet.

Wednesday, 15 February 2012 - 5:30pm | Written by: Best of You Today

lose weight, eat healthy, lisa mann, raw food recipes

Get healthy, lose weight and not watch calories while eating as much Mexican food, or Italian cuisine as you desire? Impossible you say? Well, you’re wrong, says author and raw chef Lisa Mann.

Friday, 10 February 2012 - 4:59pm | Written by: Best of You Today

kitchen on fire, olivier said, mikec, the cooking experience, healthy eating

Cooking has become an obsession, from reality TV competitions to Italian cooking vacations to a growing library of recipe book options. But what about us foodies who are a little intimidated in the kitchen? Chefs Olivier Said and MikeC show people how to have fun with it, bringing the cooking experience into the everyday with their popular Kitchen on Fire cooking workshops in Berkeley, California. Now the two have brought the same concept of making fine cooking simple and entertaining to a book of the same name: Kitchen on Fire.

Add Varieties to Your Raw Foods Lifestyle

Friday, 10 February 2012 - 4:07pm | Written by: Best of You Today

kate magic, raw lifestyle, healthy eating, eating raw foods, eat smart

More and more people are going beyond vegetarian and even beyond vegan to adopt a totally raw foods lifestyle. Those of us who have yet to explore eating raw immediately think of munching on carrots, eating bananas and making meals consisting of salad—day in and day out. But raw chef and author Kate Magic is here to teach us that eating raw is not only good for us, it’s easy, varied and delicious.