Groceries - Page 213

Walking into your average supermarket is a lot like being a contestant on Jeopardy! If you think hard, choose wisely, and give all the right answers, you can go home with a carload of cash and prizes.

We're sorry to say, you can eat too much of a good thing—even certain vegetables. And before you ask, no, this isn't a hoax.

Throughout human history, "movie night" has been a thinly veiled euphemism for hooking up. Think the drive-in, the shared armrest at the movie theater, the rec room with the shag carpeting — mischief! It's universal: What was yesterday's "Come over and watch a movie?" is today's meme "Netflix and chill?"

No one will dispute the fact that chocolate tastes good. But there's a lot of argument over whether chocolate is good for you. Now, two new studies have added to the growing controversy over whether eating chocolate really can play a role in improving your health.

They say beauty is pain, which anyone who's ever gotten a wax or attended a Crossfit class can attest to. But even for the beauty- and health-obsessed, certain things just aren't worth it, and slugging back apple cider vinegar (ACV) is a prime example of such a ritual.

Eating "clean" has been growing in popularity as of late—and with good reason!

"On the road again" is more or less code for "off your diet."

There is a dark side to living the sweet life, and it comes in the form of weight gain.

Crackers are more than just a party snack paired with cheese. These picks are bursting with nutrition.

The world of food and drink can be downright misleading—so much so that Starbucks and Panera made news by announcing they would reformulate their pumpkin drinks to include—shocker—actual pumpkin!

Fruity sips and summertime are practically synonymous. As are busy mornings and grab-and-go breakfasts—so it's easy to see the appeal of store-bought smoothies. They seem like the best way to get what you crave in a pinch.

There's nothing better than opening up a new bag of potato chips and taking that first, heavenly bite—especially if you're feeding an intense salt craving.

How much weight could you lose if your produce was always fresh and ready for use whenever you needed it? Well, there's a tool for that. It's called the freezer.

Learn which vending-machine snacks will help you power through your afternoon and which will leave you with the 3 p.m. slump.

Wouldn't it be great if mood-enhancers came not in expensive pills like Prozac, but in creamy, delicious dessert containers? Well, actually, they do.

Dark chocolate can be a sweet treat that can actually make you skinny, but not if you choose these bars.

Eat these office-friendly snacks to keep your belly flat and toned.

Thanks to a plethora of nutrients that aid everything from weight loss to cholesterol management, nuts — in their natural state — are considered by many to be Mother Nature's original multivitamin.

As a kid you probably assumed spending a Saturday afternoon in detention was the most boring thing you'd ever have to do; and it was—until you started dieting.

Mean Girls writer Tina Fey was onto something when she compared the school cafeteria to the African savanna.

Protein powder is pretty easy to make palatable. Blend a scoop with a frozen banana and some spices—boom, dessert in a glass! There's only one problem: some mornings, you don't have time to even peel a banana, much less clean the blender. You have to grab something and go. This story is for you.

Major food manufacturers are finally stripping unnecessary chemicals from their products.

Does it feel like there hasn't been a new superfruit since the first Clinton was in office?