Eating Well Help Center

Healthy eating does not mean depriving yourself of the foods you love or staying unrealistically thin, but rather about developing a well-balanced, satisfying relationship with food. Your food choices can reduce your risk of illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, as well increase your energy, stabilize your weight, and boost your mood.

By exploring the broad range of articles below, you’ll find help with everything from losing weight, overcoming food cravings, and eating out, to tips on buying and preparing food, managing your food budget, and devising nutrition plans to cope with or reduce the risk of specific diseases. Whatever your age, income, or living situation—whether you’re preparing meals for yourself or for the whole family—you’ll find everything needed to create an enjoyable, healthy diet that works for you.

Eating Well Basics

Healthy Eating – Learn easy ways to stick to a healthy diet to boost your energy, sharpen your memory, and stabilize your mood.

Nutrition for Women – Whatever your age, a healthy diet will help you look and feel your best so that you can enjoy life to the fullest.

Nutrition for Children and Teens – Simple steps to help your children develop better eating habits and learn to enjoy healthy foods.

Senior Nutrition – As we age, eating well can be the key to a positive outlook and staying emotionally balanced.

Choosing Healthy Fats – A guide to replacing bad fats with good fats that promote health and emotional well-being.

Calcium and Your Bones – Calcium is an essential building block for lifelong bone health in both men and women.

Healthy Fast Food – Learn to make healthier choices and still enjoy the price and convenience of fast food restaurants.

Emotional Eating – Learning to recognize your emotional eating triggers is the first step to breaking free from food cravings and compulsive overeating.

Eating Well at Home

Healthy Recipes – Learn how to make fast, delicious meals that are easy to prepare and healthy to eat.

Eating Well on the Cheap – Get tips on how to stretch your food budget while still making healthy choices that taste great.

Cooking for One – Find easy, tasty, and inexpensive meal ideas that work when you’re cooking for yourself.

Organic Foods – Learn how to navigate the maze of organic food labels and make the healthiest choices.

Dietary Supplements – Information about vitamins and supplements is often confusing but you can learn which offer genuine health benefits and which are merely giving false promises.

Special Diets

Healthy Weight Loss and Dieting Tips – Learn how to avoid diet pitfalls and achieve lasting weight loss success.

Weight Problems and Obesity in Children – Learn a whole-family approach to helping your child reach and maintain a healthy weight.

Diabetes Diet and Food Tips – Learn how the right diet can help prevent, control, and reverse diabetes

Heart Healthy Diet Tips – Learn which foods are healthiest for your heart and how diet affects heart disease.

The Anti-Cancer Diet – Learn which foods increase your risk of cancer, and which support your body and strengthen your immune system.