Does breakfast get missed when you’re rushed in the morning? We can help you find the time and make the right food choices for that all important first meal that can provide energy all day long.

Potatoes can be not only scrumptious and very satisfying, but also surprisingly good for you if you follow some simple advice. Our nutrition experts take a look at when some potatoes are healthier than others and offer tips to help you select the best ones at your local market.

A centuries-old sign of hospitality, pineapple is more than just a fruit with a deliciously sweet flavor. The tasty fruit is rich in vitamin C and contains the multi-tasking enzyme bromelain.

Nuts and seeds not only provide healthy fats to the diet, but also contain beneficial phytochemicals, nutrients and fibers. With the holidays coming up when nuts and seeds are one of the favorite snacks, we help you shop for the best ones to enrich your diet with this crunchy and satisfying treat.

Tomatoes not only taste good, they are good for you! Studies have shown that the compounds contained in this common fruit may promote both prostate and cardiovascular health.

This article takes a look at how you can make healthier food choices—from salads to snacks! To help you better understand why some foods are healthier than others, we’ve included some brief scientific information in addition to helpful tips and personal recipes from the kitchens of the Take The Magic Step® team.

Cherries aren’t just luscious—research shows they may ease arthritis and may have anti-gout effects, and, in juice form, could provide benefits to athletes.

Artificial sweeteners are under increasing scrutiny, amid doubts that they are as effective for weight control purposes as the millions of people who use them believe. This article will help you decide what’s best for you.

For thousands of years, the pomegranate has been valued for its nutritional and medicinal benefits. Today it’s thought to be potentially valuable in the treatment of prostate cancer. We help you shop for this “super fruit”—together with tips for making your own healthful juice.

What are free radicals—and why are they so important to us all? The authors cut through their mystery and show that regular exercise improves the body’s defense mechanism against them. Understanding how these unstable atoms and molecules affect you can help you to make the right exercise and diet decisions.

Although chocolate is certainly not a dietary necessity, it does have some intriguing nutritional characteristics, and has long been known to elevate moods.

This article was written by Take The Magic Step™ team member and frugal organic consumer Scott Douglas, with the support of the Take The Magic Step nutrition staff.

This article was written by Take The Magic Step™ nutritional staff writer Janett Walter, who has a degree in nutritional science from the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena, Germany.

This article was written by Take The Magic Step™ nutritional staff writer Janett Walter, who has a degree in nutritional science from the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena, Germany.

Our body is made up of approximately two-thirds water, and many body functions depend on it. Water is critical to digestion, regulation of body temperature and the circulatory processes that bring nutrients to the cells and transport waste from them. The question is: What water should we consume, and how much? Should it be ozonated, distilled or carbon-filtrated water?

This article was written by Take The Magic Step™ nutritional staff writer Janett Walter, who has a degree in nutritional science from the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena, Germany.

Fresh berries are too good - and too good for you - to be eaten only at snack time or for dessert. Here are recipes you can use to work berries into your meals throughout the day.

We’ve all heard that we should eat berries. But do different berries provide different health benefits? Do some hold greater antioxidant potential than others? Can one help you slow the aging process of the brain? We start our in-depth fruit and vegetable series with these colorful and remarkable foods.

Yesterday it snowed. Today the warm sun drew me outdoors in a sleeveless shirt. Tomorrow is predicted to bring a torrential downpour. And the wind has howled all week. Welcome to March, a month of wildly variable weather.

The celebration of the New Year is the oldest of all holidays. It was first observed in ancient Babylon about 4,000 years ago. Their celebration lasted for 11 days, with each day having its own mode of celebration.

“Whoever tells a lie cannot be pure in heart—and only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1817) -

Welcome! I’m excited to share with you this first installment of Lynne’s Kitchen. It is written as a compliment to all the other savvy advice offered on our Take The Magic Step™ Web site.

This advice concentrates on the kind of lunch you can have. Create a lunch that is tailored exactly to how you live, for example, your size, sex, job and the tasks facing you.