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The best kind of meditation for your goals 01/03/2018 01:30am • If you're training for a marathon, you run progressively longer distances. If you're looking to lose body fat, you may sign up for a high-intensity interval training class. And, if you're aiming to protect your bones and joints from age-related declines, you may work more weight-bearing exercises in The 40 Easiest Diets to Follow 01/02/2018 07:00pm • 40 diets ranked by how well each one helps dieters stay on boardHard work is always going to be part of the diet equation, but some plans and approaches are easier to follow than others. U.S. News' Easiest Diets to Follow list ranks 40 popular diets. The highest scorers are typically tasty, flexible The 5 best plant-based diets 01/02/2018 07:00pm • Why we rank plant-based diets Your neighbor gave up meat, your cousin's gone vegetarian and now your doctor's suggesting you follow suit to lower your weight and blood pressure and to possibly prevent chronic diseases. Clearly, plant-based diets are soaring in popularity among Americans. That's w Eating to Promote a Healthy Nervous System 01/02/2018 07:00pm • When you think about eating a well-balanced diet, you might consider the impact that can have on heart health. Certainly, a thoughtful approach to what you consume can support this muscular organ's ability to pump life-giving blood throughout your body -- and help with everything from regulating blo What is the 'best diet' for you? 01/02/2018 07:00pm • What makes a diet best? In Best Diets 2018, the latest set of exclusive rankings from U.S. News, the DASH diet and Mediterranean diet beat out a pool of other eating plans, including Atkins, Jenny Craig and SlimFast, to win the "Best Diets Overall" crown. Among the 14 commercial diet programs market The 13 best diets for your heart 01/02/2018 07:00pm • Eat your heart out, baby. Or at least eat for your heart. While being overweight puts people at risk for heart disease and stroke, a heart-healthy diet can help you lose weight or lower cholesterol, blood pressure or triglycerides. According to experts who rated 40 diets for U.S. News, these are The best foods to soothe a taxed digestive system 01/02/2018 07:00pm • First, the good news: You enjoyed indulging over a party-packed weekend, on vacation or for a whole season. Now, the uncomfortable news: You brought your gut to the parties. And while you took home the fun memories, it took home gift bags full of digestive "presents" you wish you could swiftly retur U.S. News' 40 Best Diets Overall 01/02/2018 07:00pm • The Best Diets OverallU.S. News evaluated and ranked 40 diets with input from a panel of health experts. To be top-rated, a diet had to be safe, relatively easy to follow, nutritious and effective for weight loss. It also had to be stellar at preventing diabetes and heart disease. Click on to see wh The 13 best diets to prevent and manage diabetes 01/02/2018 07:00pm • Diet or diabetes: You decide. An estimated 30 million people in the U.S. -- or nearly 1 in 10 -- have diabetes. Diet is a crucial tool for managing the disease, and weight loss can help people who are overweight prevent Type 2 diabetes. Prevention is particularly important when you consider that What makes a diet easy to follow? 01/02/2018 07:00pm • Losing weight is never going to be a piece of cake. But obstacles such as bland food, a rigid eating schedule and hours-long meal prep make sticking to a diet -- and seeing the number on the scale steadily decline -- much less likely. That's why it's smart to look for a plan or approach that's relat How to Eat for Healthy Muscles 01/02/2018 07:00pm • Popeye made eating for your muscles look so easy. Whenever the cartoon sailor man got in trouble -- like when a much bigger adversary was beating him up -- Popeye would pop open a can of spinach and gobble the contents, and his biceps would quickly bulge, giving him the strength to pummel his oppone What makes a healthy diet? 01/02/2018 07:00pm • A healthy diet doesn't require a lot of money or newfangled appliances or subsisting on any kind of scheme that sounds like a gimmick. Because it's true what they say about what seems too good to be true: Eating well means listening to that little voice inside that knows what healthy foods generally 9 Healthy Foods That Will Rule 2018 01/02/2018 07:00pm • Move over, fashion designers. When it comes to hot trends, what you eat is making more headlines than what you wear. Over the last several years, we have seen kale become as famous as the Kardashians and gluten-free foods garnering a cult following beyond Hollywood. Sriracha sauce is the new ketchu U.S. News best diets: How we rated 40 eating plans 01/02/2018 07:00pm • Diets come and go, teasing and tempting with dreams of that elusive hot body. Eat what you want! Pounds melt away overnight! The reality, as frustrated dieters know well, is that dieting is hard, and frankly, most diets don't work. Some can even threaten your health. And digging out the truth about Best diets for 2019, as ranked by US News 01/02/2018 08:46am • WASHINGTON — The season of holiday indulgences is officially history. It's time to get back to work, school and The Routine — which means peppermint bark no longer counts as an entree. Yes, the season for healthy resolutions is here, whether you like it or not. U.S. News & World Report, t