Eating three balanced meals per day is often touted as the healthiest way to maintain a healthy diet and get adequate nutrition. But if you're like me and have an unpredictable eating pattern, getting ...

A 2018 study found people with the most diverse plant diets had the healthiest guts — a finding that later morphed into a buzzy mantra: eat 30 plants a week.

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ eating behaviors and priorities. For this analysis, we surveyed 5,123 U.S. adults from Feb. 24 to March 2, 2025. Everyone who took ...

For anyone trying to eat healthier, a lot of emphasis is put on the foods that you should be eating. But just as important—if ...

Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Why Trust Us? Between hormonal fluctuations and physical changes, your body navigates a lot ...

First came the dubious diet advice. In 1877, Carl von Voit, one of German chemist Justus von Liebig’s protégés, published an influential recommendation that working men required 118 grams of protein ...

If you grew up being taught that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, you’re not alone. Millions of us were indoctrinated with the idea that eating that morning meal is what tells your ...

There are some stereotypes about eating disorders that have been stuck in the public mind forever—namely, they only affect people who are female, white, and in their teens or 20s. The reality, however ...

Contrary to past beliefs, older adults require more protein in their diet, not less. Increased protein intake helps combat age-related muscle loss, known as sarcopenia. The body is less efficient at ...

Between hormonal fluctuations and physical changes, your body navigates a lot during menopause, and the things you did for your health in the past may need to be tweaked to support you though these ...

Merve Ceylan is a dietitian and health writer with four years of experience writing for companies in the nutrition and health industry. Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with ...