9 Tricks To Improve Your Life

9 tricks to improve your life*

Substituting Chicken for Beef Doesn't Lower Cholesterol

If you’re trying to reduce your cholesterol, cutting back on red meat is a good idea— but don’t replace it with white meat, says a new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers compared LDL (or “bad”) cholesterol levels among three groups of people over a three-month period: one ate mostly lean beef, one mostly lean chicken or turkey, and one mostly plant proteins. Only the plant-based diet reduced LDL.

Wake Up Your Brain

The secret to keeping everyday life from becoming boring is surprisingly easy

A Safe Home for Women

A random chat on an airplane led to a life-changing idea

Say Goodbye to Procrastinating

If you’ve made a resolution to stop stalling on to-dos, read this—now

What Pets Want You to know ...

Science continues to uncover your animal's most fascinating Secret

How Is He Still Alive?

The skewer that impaled Xavier Cunningham below his eye must have sliced into vital arteries. Which left doctors asking ...

WE FOUND A FIX

9 Tricks to Improve Your Life*

Falling in Love, By the Book

Where do bibliophiles exchange sweet nothings? To find out, read on!

THE FOOD ON YOUR PLATE

I Am Chocolate ... Sweet, But with a Dark Side

Eye-Opening Facts About Tears

Humans make three different versions of tears. Basal tears lubricate our eyes, reflex tears form in response to irritants such as smoke and dirt, and emotional tears flow when we’re sad or overjoyed.

Find The Doctor You Trust

Rushed appointments. Profits over patients. Faulty diagnoses. There are plenty of reasons to worry about medical providers today. A veteran RD health journalist shares hard-won lessons from her reporting—and from her family’s own health crisis.

Miracle in Midair

Almost 80 years after it unfolded in the sky over San Diego, a nearly impossible rescue mission remains one of the most daring feats in aeronautical history

Rescue in a Bottle

Curtis Whitson knew the waterfall was coming. He’d rafted down the Arroyo Seco, a river in central California, before. He figured he would hop out of his raft into the shallow water, rappel down the rocks on either side of the falls, and continue on his way, as he had on a previous trip.

OUTRAGEOUS VERDICTS!

A favorite RD feature is back, with four rulings that infuriated their losers. Do you agree?

MY FAST FOOD LOVE AFFAIR

IT WAS A MEGA CALORIE OBSESSION THAT I COULDN'T SEEM TO QUIT. THEN I LOOKED AT THE CALENDAR AND FOUND INSPIRATION ON THE DAY BEFORE LENTAKA FAT TUESDAY.

He Trots THE Air

Her horse had stayed by her side for 25 years. Now it was time to let him go.

Faithful Friends

Sabika was a Muslim exchange student from Pakistan, Jaelyn was a homeschooled Christian. Somehow, they became inseparable- until the unthinkable happened

Daddy Issues

Important breaking news about fathers!

“My Pal Charles”

An NBA star, an immigrant scientist, and a friendship no one believed

How To Help A Friend Grieve

As a psychotherapist, she thought she knew all the tools for dealing with loss. Then her own partner died.

The View From Gun Country

One Alabama woman’s experience— as an observer and as a shooting victim—underscores how hungry Americans are to reach consensus.

Mind Your Manners!

Need advice on the newest etiquette rules? We’d like to cordially offer you answers.

Why It's So Hard To Take Advice

More often than we expect, the best advice comes not from experts or our friends but from humbler sources. We just have to be willing to hear them.

I Am Walnuts ... A Great Food For Thought

IN THE 16TH CENTURY, a harebrained health theory circulated widely among physicians in Europe: Foods that resembled body parts, they believed, were especially beneficial for the health of those parts.

Buried In The Snow

An avalanche turned a luxury hotel into an icy coffin, with little chance of finding survivors. But rescuers refused to stop digging through the debris.

A Time For Miracles

For the holiday season, these stories convey a spirit worth cherishing

Short On Sleep? Don't Forget To Drink Water

Short on sleep? Don’t forget to drink water

The Nicest Places in America

Have you ever noticed that nice people usually travel in groups? Maybe that’s because they have a knack for bringing others along, whether it’s with a simple smile or a great leap that turns a disaster into an opportunity. For our third Nicest Places search, we decided to go big. We wanted to find the nicest place not only in America, but in each and every state. And with the help of more than 1,000 nominations, we think we’ve found them.

Betting On Humanity

An unlikely friendship teaches one woman the importance of taking a chance on others