Nutrition Matters

Want to Boost Your Immune System? Drink a Green Smoothie.

Let's give our bodies the best fighting chance.

03/16/2020 By Gabi De la Rosa

On the Shelf

Houston Author's Kid Food Details the Struggles of Healthy Feeding

Bettina Elias Siegel's first book offers tips to bring down your children's sugar intake.

11/06/2019 By Timothy Malcolm

Bayougraphy

The Woman Who Reinvented Healthy School Meals in Detroit Is Ready to Do the Same for Houston

Betti Wiggins: 'Rebel Lunch Lady,' HISD

07/18/2017 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Alternative Medicine Guide

Seeking Healing With Herbs

"For just about every condition there is in standard medicine," says Houston master herbalist Mark Hammer, "there are answers in Chinese medicine."

05/25/2017 By Alice Levitt

Bayougraphy

Dr. Madhureeta Achari: Brain Foodie

This doctor is out to prevent disease, not just treat it.

02/20/2017 By Karen Abercrombie

Diet Right

Put Healthy Food to the Taste-Test at Houston’s First-Ever Fit Meal Challenge

How are those New Year resolutions coming along?

01/13/2017 By Emily Juhasz

Room to Grow

How One Nonprofit Has Delivered 8 Million Pounds of Groceries to Houston Families

The key to Brighter Bites is that produce comes to families, not the other way around.

09/19/2016 By Roxanna Asgarian

I Scream

Is Healthy Ice Cream Too Good to Be True?

Arctic Zero is no Ben & Jerry's, that's for sure.

07/06/2016 By Hala Daher

Light Brunch

Healthy Houston: Brunch at Union Kitchen

A dietitian shows how to slim down the fattiest meal of the week.

04/21/2016 By Marla Murphy

Feeling Good

Healthy Houston: More Great Salads

A dietitian shares even more of her favorite filling salads.

04/05/2016 By Marla Murphy

Easy Being Green

Healthy Houston: Salads to Get You Through the Day

A dietitian shares some of her favorite places for a light lunch.

03/10/2016 By Marla Murphy

Eat Clean This Spring with Our 10 Favorite Salad Spots

There’s much more to the modern salad than just boring old lettuce.

03/03/2016 By Megha Tejpal

Guilt-Free Pleasures

Even French Food Can Be Healthy

A dietitian shares tips for nutritionally sound eating—at La Table.

02/25/2016 By Marla Murphy

New Year, New Me

Celebrate Out of the Box: Eat Clean at Snap Kitchen

Keeping those New Year's resolutions is a snap with this menu of healthy, chef-driven creations.

01/13/2016 By Megha Tejpal

Game for Game

Worried About Carcinogens? Local Venison Sausage May Be Your Cure

A butcher gives the lowdown on how to cheat cancer while enjoying processed meat.

12/18/2015 By Emily Oberton

Health Nuts

What's the Deal with Açai Bowls?

The healthy smoothie-in-a-bowl is popping up everywhere, and with good reason.

09/23/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Meatless Monday

Star Ingredient of the Season: Jackfruit

Do Meatless Monday right with jackfruit carnitas or a "pulled" jackfruit BBQ sandwich.

07/27/2015 By Megha Tejpal

Watch It

Trevisio's New Menu Makes Healthy Eating Easier

It's not always easy to watch your weight in the Texas Medical Center, and Trevisio is aware of that irony.

07/07/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Suck It Up

Try These 5 Smoothies to Beat the Heat

From fruity favorites to spicy selections, these days there's a smoothie out there for everyone.

05/11/2015 By Kayla Stewart

Eat Your Vegetables

Veggie (Yogurt) Tales

We tried all the weird new flavors of Blue Hill vegetable yogurt so you don't have to.

04/28/2015 By Nicholas L. Hall

Healthy Food