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From tips for cooking through chemotherapy to busting healthy food myths to easy, pantry-friendly meal ideas — our team of experts covers it here.

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How to Pack a Healthy Lunch for Kids

Back to school time means your kids will be going off to a day of classes with their backpacks and lunch boxes in tow. Now is a great...

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Quick, Healthy Breakfast Tips

Recent studies have found that...

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Keep Moving: Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention

Physical activity is one of the lifestyle factors that can influence the risk of cancer and other chronic diseases in addition to dietary factors and smoking and alcohol...

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Summer Stone Fruits

By Alyssa Adler Stone fruits, or large and hard middle seed. Drupes include nectarines, peaches, plums, apricots and cherries. These fruits commonly grow in warm climates, but in the...

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Safe Grilling Tips

Grilling and summer go hand in hand. There are so many delicious things you can make on the grill, but it’s also important to know how to grill...

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Staying Hydrated: Smart Tips & DIY Drinks

Staying hydrated should be on all of our to-do lists, but for those going through treatment, it’s especially important as chemo can cause major dehydration. Plus, side effects...

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Mad About Melons

Melon Mania By Chelsea Fisher Whether it's watermelons, cantaloupes, honeydews -- how lucky we are that melons of many stripes show up during a long hot summer? Watermelons contain lycopene,...

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Tomatoes

Not too many centuries ago, tomatoes were thought to be poison. Thank goodness that dark age is over because we now know that tomatoes are not only juicy...

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Corn: Pesticides & GMO, Esther Dives In

Is it advisable to eat conventional (not organic) corn? Good question and one that needs a little explaining. Many people are concerned about eating genetically modified foods (GMO). And...

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Corn

Corn is the world’s most widely produced crop. It comes in many colors, all of which are delicious and provide different antioxidants and phytochemicals. Many consider corn a vegetable,...

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Tips for New Cooks- Hans Rueffert

Chef Hans Rueffert lost his entire stomach due to cancer which changed the way he eats forever, an irony not lost on him considering his career. Hans now...

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Safe Cooking Tips For People With Neuropathy

Peripheral neuropathy is the term given to the symptoms experienced due to damage to the nerves in the limbs. These symptoms can include pain, tingling, numbness, and muscle...