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How Kuniko Yagi went from banker to udon waitress to owning her own restaurant in L.A.

Kuniko Yagi

Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro on Alabama's newly passed abortion law

Amanda Shapiro

Fiber used to be the most boring nutrient we eat. Then scientists started looking at our microbes.

Dana Nahai

I’m not going to tell you what to eat, but I will tell you to stop stressing about it.

Christine Byrne

Cooking with cannabis and other thoughts from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.

Amanda Shapiro

Sarah Jampel

At the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis, she baked nearly 600 brownies a day.

Madison Margolin

Women are forging a new kind of weed culture, but the cannabis industry is changing too.

Aliza Abarbanel

The history of cannabis in America is rife with racism and inequality. Here's how to use your spending power to fight for change.

Charlotte Palermino

Calorie displays can be as harmful to some as they are helpful to others.

Audrey Bruno

Silicon Valley diet culture and other thoughts from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.

Amanda Shapiro

Until the Organic Trade Association wants to subsidize my all-organic diet, I'll be buying conventional much of the time.

Brierley Horton

First I decided to stop drinking alcohol. Then I had to find something to drink instead.

Rachel Sugar

Thoughts on red sauce restaurants and more from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.

Amanda Shapiro

Eating for a healthy planet isn't hard...if you have plenty of money, plenty of time, and an office fridge that can accommodate a small castle of Tupperware.

Alejandra Borunda

Reflections on cannabis from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.

Amanda Shapiro

I am not a moderate person, and I have no desire to be. But I might have to become one when it comes to weed.

T. Wise

Restaurant recommendations and other thoughts from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.

Amanda Shapiro

Whether your goals are beauty or health, you still might be buying into diet culture.

Melissa A. Fabello

Reading recommendations and other thoughts from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.

Amanda Shapiro

Indonesian food is underrepresented in the U.S. Siska Silitonga Marcus wants to change that.

Siska Silitonga Marcus

And if you're cutting out entire food groups because you think you're intolerant, you could be doing more harm than good.

Dana Nahai

In defense of vegetarian Reubens, and other thoughts from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.

Amanda Shapiro

People are drinking less and less as non-alcoholic beverages flood the market. Now the alcohol industry wants in.

Julia Bainbridge