Nutrition Tips
Nutrition Fact vs. Fiction: What Nutrition Labels Tell You—And Food Scanner Apps Don’t
Thrive Market’s content is produced by skilled writers, fact-checked by experts, and updated regularly. This article was reviewed and edited by:Sabrina Wildermuth, MS, Certified Food Scientist (CFS) and Director of Nutrition & Regulatory Compliance and Michelle Leonetti, MS, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) and Quality Assurance Nutrition & Regulatory Manager. If grocery shopping ever feels confusing, ...
Nutritionist-Approved Gluten-Free Baking Essentials Every Health-Conscious Baker Needs
Gluten-free baking is easier—and more delicious—when you stock the right essentials. The smart way to choose them is to start with a few versatile flours, pair them with reliable binders and leaveners, and round out your pantry with moisture-boosting add-ins. Demand is mainstream: the gluten-free bakery market is projected to reach $10.8 billion by 2032, ...
What Are Your Health Goals? 5 Tips From the Experts
Setting health goals can feel overwhelming, especially with so much advice out there. But sometimes, the most meaningful changes come from small, sustainable habits — like drinking more water, moving your body in ways that feel good, or adding a few extra vegetables to your plate. Whether you’re focused on sleeping better, having more energy, ...
Nutrition Activities, Games & Facts for Kids
This article was written with help from AI and edited by Thrive Market’s talented team of human writers. Proper nutrition is essential for children’s growth, development, and overall health. To make this topic fun, engaging—and extra delicious—here are some tips, games, and interactive ways you can help kids develop healthy habits that last for a ...
Nutrition Tips for Longevity
What is longevity? In the simplest terms, longevity refers to a long duration of life. But when people talk about nutrition for longevity, they’re not just thinking about adding years to their lives — they’re looking to live healthfully, increase their energy, and prevent disease. Across cultures and continents, scientists and nutrition experts have studied ...
Kids’ Nutrition Tips for Every Age
As a parent, you likely start thinking about your child’s nutrition from the time you start introducing solid foods. While breast milk and formula have nearly all the good stuff babies need, solid foods make things a bit trickier — but by planning well-balanced family meals, you can make sure that your little ones get ...
Expert Tips for Safely Introducing Common Food Allergens to Kids
Will eating peanut butter cause a peanut allergy? This question (and many others) are often top of mind when it’s time to transition baby from breast milk or formula to solid food. Thanks to mixed messages over the years, it’s easy for parents to wonder whether they should delay potential food allergens or introduce early ...
The Beginner’s Complete Mediterranean Diet Food List
While newer eating styles with snappy names like keto and plant-based have taken over the food conversation for the past few years, one of the healthiest ways of eating isn’t new at all — in fact, it dates back generations. The Mediterranean diet is a longtime talked-about eating style that mimics the way people eat ...
Natural Sources of Fiber
Regardless of your eating style, no healthy diet is complete without fiber. Fiber is essential to maintain regular digestion, keep your heart healthy, and decrease your risk for long-term illness. If you’re like many people, you may not be getting enough fiber: studies show that as little as 5% of the United States population gets ...
The Best Health & Wellness Advice We Got from Experts in 2023
Setting goals for the year ahead? You may look to the experts for guidance on how to focus your thinking to create a better future for yourself and the planet. Over the past year, we interviewed a diverse group of thinkers from the worlds of food, environmentalism, wellness, fitness, and beyond on the Thrive Market ...
What are Inflammatory Foods? Signs, Symptoms and Swaps
Feeling frequent stomach pain or discomfort after you eat? What about skin irritation or mood swings? It could be that you’re eating inflammatory foods—but luckily, there are swaps you can make to get you back on track.
The 5 Best Health Tips We Learned from Dr. Mark Hyman
Dr. Mark Hyman is one of the most well-known names in the nutrition and wellness industry. A respected physician and educator, he is the founder and director of The UltraWellness Center and the Head of Strategy and Innovation at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. Dr. Hyman has also quite literally written the book ...
For Sami Clarke, Fitness is About More Than Exercise
When we sat down with Instagram fitness pro and ISSA-certified personal trainer Sami Clarke, we figured we’d talk about working out and healthy meal prep. We didn’t fully expect to cover the mood-altering effects of spending time in nature [1], the transformational benefits of a daily meditation practice [2], and the lifelong journey to live in alignment ...
The Ultimate Keto Guide
The keto diet is a favorite with Thrive Market members, which is why we stock a wide array of keto-friendly products and work hard to source reliable tips and guidance from trusted keto experts. It’s also why we have vested so much interest in creating this keto guide, filled with the basics, guidelines, a food ...
Enjoy the Nutrition Benefits of Artichokes with This Simple Recipe
From cauliflower to lentils, there are quite a few veggie-based alternatives to carb-heavy pastas or greasy potato chips. But in the competitive world of healthy food replacements for just about anything you can’t (or don’t prefer to) eat, snack brand Cynara thinks that flavorful artichokes are the best of the bunch. You may love eating ...
Pros and Cons of the Most Popular Diets
Some diets are fads (like drinking gallons of celery juice) while others stand the test of time (hello, vegetarianism). Regardless of the specifics, diets continue to soar in popularity. According to the Boston Medical Center, approximately 45 million Americans go on diets every year, and one recent British survey suggests adults may try up to ...
Nutrition Facts: Is Almond Butter Healthy?
With the nut butter aisle constantly expanding, choosing a jar is starting to resemble a game of pin the tail on the sandwich spread. One nut butter varietal has been gaining traction in the past few years: almond butter. What makes this nut butter so special? To explore the benefits of almond butter, how it ...
How This MIT Grad Eats For Longevity
Holistic fitness coach Marisa Chaela has big plans for the future. “When I’m 80, I want to still be able to go on adventures, be strongly independent, and do pull ups,” she says. “I want to be able to live life to the fullest for as long as possible.”
Walnuts vs. Almonds: Nutrition & Health Benefits
Walnuts and almonds are two of the world’s most popular nuts, and for good reason. Both options are versatile, nutritious, crunchy, and make a mean granola or dairy-free nut milk. While we’re not prepared to choose a winner in the walnuts versus almonds dflebate (why would you when they’re both great?), we are offering a ...
Doctor Mike Goes Vegan with Thrive Market
Doctor Mikhail Varshavski, commonly known as Doctor Mike, is a social media entrepreneur, philanthropist, and physician with a purpose. He stresses the importance of medical literacy and battles misinformation before a massive audience of over 7 million social media subscribers. As a board-certified family medicine physician, Varshavski is uniquely equipped to inspire and motivate countless ...
Mark Sisson Shares the Secrets of the Keto Reset Diet
Mark Sisson is a household name in healthy living circles, and for good reason. He’s credited with turbocharging the growth of the primal/paleo movement back in 2009, and his original blog, Mark’s Daily Apple, has been the top ranked blog in its category for more than a decade. He has authored numerous books, including Primal ...
Practicing Mindful Eating with Alyssia Sheikh of Mind Over Munch
Alyssia Sheikh is the founder of Mind Over Munch, an all-encompassing resource for food and fun. The community she’s created is built on three common principles: encouragement, passion, and positivity. She shares her mindful eating tips, incredible recipes, and meal-prep hacks on her popular YouTube channel, as well as in a series of ebooks.
Comfort Food Made Easy with DadaEats
Samah Dada loves to eat—actually, that might be an understatement. A native of Newport Beach, California, Dada’s true love for food blossomed when she and her family moved to London. From hole-in-the-wall Indian restaurants to Sicilian-style pizza, London’s foodscape was transformative for her palate. Now, Dada is pursuing her passion for wellness and food through ...
How to Make Better Food Choices with Weeknight Bite’s Lindsay Surowitz
Lindsay Surowitz radiates authenticity and creativity. As the creator behind Weeknight Bite, a go-to resource for nutrition, recipes, and wellness tips, Surowitz combines her formal training as a holistic nutritionist with her love for chocolate chip cookies. Is that counterintuitive? Not quite. Surowitz believes that enjoying great food with family and friends is one of ...