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Drinking hot water with lemon in the morning is a popular health ritual among celebrities and models alike, and there is mounting evidence that it is beneficial for digestive health and immunity, and even helps spark weight loss. New research shows that this habit can help flush out the digestive sy…

Girl Scout Cookie season was cut short due to the stay at home orders, so if you were lucky enough get your hand on a box before shelter-in-place, some would say you won the lottery. Girl Scout cookies are extremely popular:pre-pandemic, the nonprofit made $800 million in revenue and …

Boxing legend Mike Tyson says he’s “in the best shape ever” and credits his vegan diet and rigorous exercise routine for making it happen. Over the last decade, Tyson has been plant-based and explains how his vegan diet has completely change…

Whenever I talk to people about switching to a plant-based diet, a concern that always comes up is fullness. “Will plant foods really fill me up?” “Don’t they have less protein than meat?” “Am I going to be hungry all the …

Being in quarantine, it's tempting to think the world is standing still. But in fact the seasons and your body are constantly changing and evolving, as Ayurveda teaches us. Humans are merely an expression of nature – a microcosm of the macrocosm...

This Mother’s Day, real hugs are replaced with Zoom chats. The clinking glasses of frosty-foggy bloody mary pitchers replaced with virtual brunch toasts. Celebratory Sunday dinners with promises of such meals when we’ve weathered the storm...

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Wake up to a fiesta and enjoy a Mexican style savory sweet corn waffle topped with Elotes, which is a spicy mixture of vegan mayonnaise, crema, and chili powder, and then sprinkled with vegan cheese. Traditionally, Elotes is the spicy sauce they use for corn on the cob at c…

While most MDs are focusing on the COVD-19 crisis, one doctor, at Yale-New Haven, is reporting on the fact that he has noticed fewer heart attack patients being treated at his hospital, so he decided to investigate. He tweeted out to his counterparts in Europe and across the country and discovered t…

These are strange times. We went from 60 to zero, and some days we don’t know what day of the week it is. We’ve been wearing the same sweats and PJ combo for days. Our hair is in need of a colorist, and it's hard to stay away from the pantry snacks...

Chances are you’re reading this from your bed or couch. Maybe you live somewhere warm and you’re sitting in your backyard or a patio. But wherever you’re reading from, one thing’s likely true: you’re probably not very fa…

For the third straight year in a row, strawberries top the list of the so-called “Dirty Dozen” fruits and vegetables that have the most pesticides per crop. The guide, released annually by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), rates produce for its pesticide loads on our…

We all have a lot of questions about coronavirus, including how do I avoid it? And what do I do if I think I have it?  So we asked Dr. Hooman Yaghoobzadeh, The Beet's medical advisor, who is a respected plant-based cardiologist and faculty member of Weill Cornell Medici…