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As a new calendar year gets underway, we still have time to connect with our nearest and dearest under the cozy Cancer full moon. It’s set to illuminate our skies on Saturday, January 3, 2026, with its peak at 5:03 a.m. EST, but depending on your zodiac sign, we’ll all be impacted differently by the year’s first full moon. Here’s what to know.

The liver is often an overlooked and overworked organ in the body—neutralizing toxins on the daily from air and water pollution, chemical-based cleaning agents, hair and skin care products, and plastics. And when you intentionally throw a toxin like alcohol on top of all that, it stresses the organ out. 

What kind of New Year’s resolution you make depends on your unique goals—which means you need a way to track your progress that is just as unique. If your resolution is to cut back on social media use and your friend’s is to run a faster mile, you won’t measure success the same way. Even if you swear 2026 is the year you spend less time on your phone (which I’ve sworn every year), tap into the power of handheld tech and use these apps to keep yourself on track.I like all the best general progress tracking apps, but when…

There are two kinds of people: those who pile sour cream on everything from nachos to tacos and burritos, and those who’d send their food back if even a drop of the stuff touches it. But to all those who find themselves in the latter camp—I’m convinced you just haven’t tried the right one yet. A good sour cream, with a near-perfect balance of richness, pure milky flavor, and just a hint of tartness, can do wonders. A spoonful can tone down the heat of a spicy quesadilla or complement the earthy taste of fried falafel. A cup of it…

Warm up on cold winter nights with one of these delicious, nutritious dinner recipes. Not only are these dishes low in calories and high in fiber, but they also boast at least 15 grams of protein per serving to help you feel full and satisfied. Why is protein important for weight loss? There are several reasons, First, protein helps keep you fuller longer than, say, just eating carbs by themselves. Eating protein with your carbs also helps balance blood sugar so you’re less likely to get blood sugar spikes and the subsequent crash—and that “hangry” feeling. Protein also helps maintain…

Calcium is vital for building and maintaining strong, healthy bones.Most adults need 1,000 mg to 1,200 mg of calcium per day.Prioritize calcium-rich foods first, and consult a health care provider before taking supplements. Calcium is an essential mineral for bone health, giving your skeleton the strength and structure it needs to support you every day. Because bones are living tissue that constantly break down and rebuild, getting enough calcium is essential for keeping them resilient over time. “Over 99% of the body’s calcium is stored in the bones and teeth, and it serves as a building block for bone remodeling,”…

Instant oats and rolled oats offer nearly identical nutrition despite textural differences.Fiber in oats supports heart health, blood sugar control and gut health.Oats can be used in savory and sweet meals, from breakfast to dinner. It’s a common misconception that instant oats are nutritionally inferior to rolled oats, but when we look at the facts, they are essentially the same. The main differences between them are their shape, texture and cooking time, not their nutrient density. Instant oats can be a hyper-convenient way to get all the benefits of rolled oats, but having both of these options in your pantry…

Although consuming sugar doesn’t directly cause diabetes, consuming foods with carbs — including sugar — can make hitting your blood sugar goals more challenging. But does sugar-free candy have the same effect on blood sugar as the traditional stuff? And how does it affect weight, another measure of diabetes control? The answers to these common diabetes questions aren’t so straightforward. “Generally speaking, sugar-free candy will have less of an effect on blood glucose than its sugar-containing counterpart,” says Jo-Anne M. Rizzotto, RD , a certified diabetes care and education specialist at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston. That said, “Sugar-free…

Forecasting trends is a dark art at the best of times; they are either based on the past, in the ‘everyone is eating this’ vein, or punted into the future via food industry R&D, hopeful PR planning or plain wishful thinking. Covid, various wars, and weather events have shown that nothing is ever certain and, actually, who the hell knows what 2026 will bring? However, we must prevail. By the time you read this, we’ll be working on the Easter print issues, so we’ve already needed to look ahead and try to second-guess what’s coming in terms of food trends/social…

Like everybody else, at the end of every December, I start thinking hard about what I want the next year to be like for me. You can chalk it up to all the Capricorn placements in my birth chart if you want (and I do!) or blame the cultural obsession with a “new year, new me” approach, but I take my New Year’s resolutions seriously and generally try to come up with realistic, actionable plans to improve myself and my life. It’s easy to identify the things I want to change and even easy to figure out how, exactly, I…