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Psst: There’s a New Wellness Fest Coming to Fishtown This Spring 

Wellness fiends, take note: Local healthy-eating gurus Jess Baumgardner (you might know her from Instagram, where she resides as @healthcoachphilly) and Kate Van Horn (again, […]

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3 Philly Openings Healthy Foodies Need to Know About Now

Because you can never have enough healthy-eating options: Three much-loved Philly healthy-eating joints are expanding in the coming months. First is Snap Kitchen, opening its ninth (!!) […]

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The Checkup: The Case for Embracing the Six-Hour Workday

• Go ahead and email this post to your boss with the subject line “Hint, hint”: Swedish companies experimenting with the six-hour workday have found […]

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The Checkup: The Healthy Kitchen Staples That Are Unexpectedly Sabotaging Your Skin 

• Bad news: Even if you’re sticking to your dermatologist-approved skincare regimen in the bathroom, there are still some sneaky culprits in your kitchen that […]

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The Checkup: The Secret Ingredient That Transforms Scrambled Eggs

• Some — and by some, I mean my mother and my boyfriend — call me the Scrambled Egg Queen. But this title doesn’t come […]

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The Dietitian’s Guide to Hacking Happy Hour (And Avoiding Pitfalls)

When you think of dietitians, you might think we all steer clear of alcohol at all costs. I am here to tell you, that is […]

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The Checkup: Tiny Workout Tweaks That Guarantee Enviable Abs

• If you’ve been going hard on abs day, only to look in the mirror and ask, “Um, where are my abs?” it’s time to […]

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Chef Rich Landau’s Top Tips for Upping Your Healthy-Cooking Game

You might call Rich Landau, the chef behind Philly’s always-packed vegetable-focused restaurants Vedge and V Street, along with the new vegan fast-food concept Wiz Kid, the […]

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18 Secret Gems at Trader Joe’s That Philly Fitness Trainers Swear By

I want to love Trader Joe’s with my whole heart — I really do. But I can’t, because every single time I walk into the […]

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The Checkup: The Best Drugstore Skincare Finds, According to Dermatologists

• Confession: I spend roughly 87 percent of my disposable income on skincare products from Sephora and Kiehl’s. That might soon change thanks to this dermatologist-approved […]

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The Checkup: How to Trick Yourself Into Working Out More 

• Fact: mind games are not just for Tinder. Sometimes, you’ve got to play them with yourself. Case in point: This science-backed trick to convince […]

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The Downside of Drowning Your Food in Sriracha (You Know You Do It)

For some, Sriracha — particularly Huy Fong’s take on the hot sauce — is to a meal what breathing is to life. It’s essential. Impossible to […]

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MAKE: The Guilt-Free Muffins Guaranteed to Make Your Mornings Glorious

It really doesn’t get better for me than muffins, for several reasons: they bake all at once, they’re portable, they can be healthy, and both […]

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How Your Brain Tricks You Into Spending More Than You Need to When Trying to Eat Healthy

The only thing worse than waiting in an hours-long line for brunch, only to be served a plate of eggs topped with a meal-ruining orange […]

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The Checkup: The Seemingly Healthy Foods to Boot From Your Pantry, Stat

• If you load up on dried cranberries in your salads — because how bad can dried cranberries be? They’re berries! — you’re going to want […]