You follow a normal nighttime routine. You limit caffeine in the afternoon. You’re getting good exercise and even have begun a meditation practice. You feel like you’re doing everything right. You fall asleep easily, but you wake up in the middle of the night and you’re wide awake. Sound familiar? You’re not alone. An estimated20% of Americansdeal with this frustrating issue. So, how exactly can you combat this to get back to sleeping soundly?...

Close Photo: GETTY / AJ_Watt You had a bad day, so you head to the freezer, grab ice cream, move to the couch and dig right in. You don’t feel physically hungry, but eating ice cream is comforting. This is referred to asemotional eatingorstress eating. These terms are often used interchangeably, and both refer to turning to food to cope with emotions. According toPsychology Today, “Emotional eating refers to consumption of food for the purpose of regulating one’s emotional states....

Close Photo: Boy_Anupong / Getty Images You lie down in the evening after a long day. You’re tired and need to rest, but your brain has other ideas. It’s wide awake, revisiting every aspect of your day, overanalyzing every tiny detail and thinking about everything that needs to be done tomorrow. Or maybe you fall asleep easily, but around 3 a.m. you wake up and your mind is spinning. If these scenarios sound familiar to you, you’re not alone: more than50 million Americanssuffer from some type of sleep disorder....

Close Tip #1: Lose Weight Extra fat can make your body resistant to the action of insulin. Losing weight improves insulin’s activity, which reduces blood-glucose levels. Research suggests that people at high risk for diabetes who lose as little as 5 percent of their body weight (i.e., about 10 pounds, if they weigh 200 pounds) can prevent or delay onset of the condition. Must-Read:7 Steps to Permanent Weight Loss Tip #2: Exercise Regularly...

Carrot cake is one of those sneaky little desserts that make you believe you’re being virtuous (it’s got carrots!), but it can be quite high in sugar and calories. One generous slice of traditional carrot cake with cream cheese frosting has around 650 calories. But that doesn’t mean you have to write it off. With a few easy substitutions, you can make a delicious carrot cake thatisactually good for you. And the best news: our tweaks cut sugar, boost fiber and add nutritious ingredients while still producing a delicious and moist carrot cake you’ll be proud to serve to family and friends....

ClosePhoto:Getty Images. EatingWell design.Thanksgiving is all about the food: turkey, ham, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, sweet potatoes, roasted veggies and pumpkin pie … OK, we’ll stop making you drool. But clearly we’re counting down the days to enjoy our favorite comfort meal of the year and days’ worth of delicious leftovers.For the hosts out there, the holiday can be a little stressful as you finish up cooking and your family is hovering around the kitchen....

Close I’ve had countless friends ask me if they should “go Paleo” and while I don’t recommend the diet as a whole (read more about the pros and cons here), there are certainly some healthy principles that we all can borrow from the popular plan. The Paleo Diet is based on eating like our ancestors ate, back when they were still hunting and gathering. It eliminates foods that weren’t around back then, which makes sense since we’ve certainly taken some steps in the wrong direction in the past many thousand years when it comes to the foods we eat....

Close Welcome toThrifty. A weekly column where assistant nutrition editor and registered dietitian, Jessica Ball, keeps it real on how to grocery shop on a budget, make healthy meals for one or two, and make earth-friendly choices without overhauling your entire life. Like a lot of things, your Valentine’s Day might look a little different than others this year. This year, I am craving low-maintenance. My boyfriend and I will be hunkered down with a nice bottle of wine and lots of homemade treats that will be enjoyed in sweatpants....

Welcome toThrifty. A weekly column where assistant nutrition editor and registered dietitian, Jessica Ball, keeps it real on how to grocery shop on a budget, make healthy meals for one or two, and make earth-friendly choices without overhauling your entire life. Getty Images / Hinterhaus Productions Regardless of what plants really take off, the late summer is peak garden harvesting time. After a season of dedicated care, now is the time when your hard work starts to pay off in the form of fresh vegetables, fruits and herbs....

CloseI can think of so many reasons to adore the humble canned tuna fish: It’s affordable. It’s high in omega-3 fats (psst… those are the ones that are good for your heart, your mood and your skin). I love that I can store it in my cupboard until just when I need it. And it’s such a versatile ingredient. Plus, canned albacore tuna haslow levels of mercuryand is asustainable choiceif it’s labeled as troll- or pole-caught, from the U....

Close Photo: Getty Images / Cavan Images Research shows thatfresh-cut flowers can have an immediate impact on happiness and mood, and the pop of color is sure to brighten even the most stark of spaces. But just like humans need proper fuel and hydration to live strong and long, Liz Lachnit-Fields, an event and specialty floral lead atWildflower floral shop in Des Moines, Iowaexplains that “water prolongs the life of fresh cut flowers....

Welcome toThrifty. A weekly column where associate nutrition editor and registered dietitian, Jessica Ball, keeps it real on how to grocery shop on a budget, make healthy meals for one or two and make earth-friendly choices without overhauling your entire life. Getty Images / Westend61 1. Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate 2. Choose Fruits & Veg When You Can Airport and airplane food are…not the best. But, they have improved in recent years....

Close Photo: Getty Images/SDI Productions Welcome toThrifty. A weekly column where assistant nutrition editor and registered dietitian, Jessica Ball, keeps it real on how to grocery shop on a budget, make healthy meals for one or two and make earth-friendly choices without overhauling your entire life. This year’s celebrations certainly look different from past ones but the thing that has remained the same is that many of us get to enjoy a long weekend....

All too often we start out with grand intentions-“I’m going to lose weight and eat better (this time will be different, I swear!)"-only to revert back to our old eating habits within a week or two. Deprivation and crash diets don’t work. Neither does giving up all your favorite foods-who wants to do that? So how can you give your desire to eat healthy and lose weight some sticking power? Try these five tips to help turn your weight-loss plan into a strategy for healthy eating for the long haul....

For more than 100 years, scientists have been studying how the gut, or gastrointestinal tract, impacts our overall health. But research has skyrocketed in the past decade, and we now know that the gut is home to some 100 trillion microbes, most of which live in your colon. (Collectively, experts call these your gut microbiota.) Some of these bacteria are healthful. Others, not so much. “Given the staggering number of these bacteria, it’s not much of a stretch to imagine that what lives in the gut affects much of our health and well-being,” says Jill Weisenberger, M....