Jelisa Castrodale

If you’ve walked past the refrigerated section at the grocery store lately, you’ve noticed that milk doesn’t just mean milk anymore. In addition to that OG dairy product, the shelves are now crowded with countless varieties of plant-based and non-dairy milks, including soy, almond, coconut, rice, pea, and hemp versions (and probably a few we left out).

On Sunday, I asked my sister where my bro-in-law was taking her for Mother’s Day lunch. “I’m not sure,” she said. “I just hope they have chairs.” Last week was her first back at work after having her second daughter and, since January, pretty much every meal she’s had — and ‘meal’ is a relative term here — has been eaten one-handed while she swayed side-to-side trying to calm a fussy infant.

This "egg loaf" can be quickly chopped to be used in egg salad or potato salad, or for icing and serving to your least-favorite coworker.

If there’s ever a contemporary remake of A Few Good Men, it might be worth recasting Colonel Nathan Jessup. It’s not that Jack Nicholson won’t be up to reprise one of his most iconic roles, it’s just that there’s someone else who could say “YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!” — and it’s Mary Berry.

If the best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup, then you’re starting your day completely wrong. With apologies to the country’s best-selling ground coffee, some dietitians are now suggesting that none of us should be stumbling straight out of bed and directly to the coffee pot — regardless of what brand we’re brewing.

I was in Copenhagen last week and, when I opened my menu at a highly recommended burger joint, I noticed that the calorie count was printed just after each item’s description. It didn’t matter if it was a main course, a side dish, or even one of the mayo-based dipping sauces for the fries — the calories were all right there in a matching typeface. For me, those numbers acted as more of a challenge (which, spoiler alert, I rose to meet) than a deterrent.

During the first days of your period, you might be a walking, snarling stereotype, curling into a ball on the sofa, crying during dog food commercials, and snapping at anyone who even considers moving your half-chewed tube of cookie dough. (No, I do not need a fork, but thank you for asking. Again.) But there’s a difference between stereotypes — even the ones that we fully embrace every 28-ish days — and misconceptions about what really happens when a woman has her period.

If you’ve spent more than 30 seconds on Instagram, you’ve definitely scrolled past a Buddha Bowl (or 200). The brightly colored, artfully arranged bowls seem to be the go-to food source for every amateur yogi, the kind of people who alternate between taking pictures of their plates and pictures of their feet (because the rest of us wouldn’t be able to make it through the day without knowing #whereIstand).

Love is not an ingredient.

OK, I’ll be honest: “Fat Balls” sounds like a supremely unflattering nickname for the least popular kid in an ’80s summer camp comedy. “Last one to the lake has to bunk with Fat Balls!” Despite the unappealing name, fat balls can be a solid addition to your diet. They can help fuel you during a mid-morning workout, late-afternoon conference call, or trans-Atlantic flight. Here’s what you need to know about fat balls.

I was a college sophomore when I met my hairdresser. He was an up-and-coming salon superstar, a hair-show headliner with a nationwide fan base. I was a 19-year-old whose unfortunate interpretation of ‘The Rachel’ made her look like your least stylish aunt. He changed that, and he’s the only reason why I no longer share a hairstyle with someone who could tell you where to buy a nice pair of slacks.

It’s no exaggeration to say that Swedes have a habit of changing the world for the better. Thanks to the innovators in that glorious Scandinavian country, we have three-point seatbelts, those IKEA bookshelves you’ve been putting together all weekend, and ABBA. And now another Swedish company is trying to help the environment, cut down on greenhouse gases, and give us something new to splash in our morning coffee.

In the past year there’s been a growing buzz for CBD, short for “cannabidiol” which is a chemical compound found in marijuana. It comes in a variety of forms, including oil, creams, and capsules. While CBD won’t make you high, many people have found that it helps with moderate anxiety and chronic pain. It also, apparently, makes for a pretty good vinaigrette. The two most prevalent oils that come from cannabis plants are hemp oil and CBD oil.

It doesn’t matter how early you got up this morning, because Brandon Fulwider is already way ahead of you. The hard-working 36-year-old is a firefighter, logging exhausting 24-hour shifts at the station and then, either before or after his full-time job, he coaches classes at Top Tier Crossfit. He did slow down long enough to answer some questions for us about healthy eating, being accountable to his coworkers, and how to cope with sub-par pancake syrup. Absolutely.

We’re past January now, which means that we’re over the hump of Diet and Resolution Season — that annual stretch when everyone starts to feel pressured into Doing Something about their diet, their activity levels, or both. If you’re just hopping onto that bandwagon and are considering trying the keto lifestyle, read this first. We talked to three nutritionists who have some reservations to consider.

When I started talking to people about their experiences with keto, I heard the same phrase repeated more than once: It’s not a diet, it’s a way of eating (or a way of life). Proponents of keto are believers, and their trust in the system seems to be what keeps them going, what drives them to stir butter into their coffee and to enthusiastically eat bacon by the pound.