The Healthiest and Unhealthiest Things at McDonald’s, Category by Category
byBig Mac or Double Quarter Pounder? McGriddles or biscuit? Twelve McDonald’s menu categories, each pair judged on McDonald’s own numbers, with the picks that surprised us.
Healthiest & Unhealthiest
The Greenest ranks what is best and worst to eat, drink and buy – our recurring Healthiest & Unhealthiest franchise.
The Best and Worst Soups for 9 Common Gut Problems
byGarlic and onion are in nearly every gut-healing soup, and both are high-FODMAP. We matched 12 soups against 9 gut complaints, and two of them land on both sides.
The Healthiest and Unhealthiest Thanksgiving Sides, Category by Category
byMashed potatoes or au gratin? Green bean casserole or the marshmallow sweet potato one? Eleven Thanksgiving side categories compared at the same 100-gram weight, so the serving spoon doesn’t decide it.
The Saltiest Fast Food in America
byCalories are not the number doing the damage. We used each chain’s own published nutrition data to rank 18 fast food chains by the saltiest single item on the menu, and the worst one carries more than three days of sodium.
The 20 Best Foods for Women (of Any Age)
byFood plays numerous roles in our lives; it brings people together, provides an avenue to express our creativity, and most importantly, fuels our body…
The Healthiest and Unhealthiest Halloween Candy, Category by Category
byKit Kat or Hershey’s? Reese’s Cups or Pieces? Eight Halloween candy categories, every pair compared at the same 30-gram weight so the wrapper size doesn’t decide it.
The Healthiest and Unhealthiest Fish, Category by Category
bySeven fish categories, one healthiest and one unhealthiest pick in each, chosen on the mercury and omega-3 numbers the FDA actually measured.
6 Foods to Limit for Gut Health—and the Changes Worth Making
byNews flash: What you eat matters. Not only to your waistline, but also your insides. Your organs like you better when you opt for…
The Healthiest Things to Order at Chipotle After 50, and What to Skip
byTen choices at the Chipotle counter, side by side, using Chipotle’s own nutrition numbers: where the protein, the sodium and the fiber actually are.
The 17 Most Popular Crumbl Cookies, Ranked — for When You Need a Treat
bySnickerdoodle Cupcake tops the list at 4.56 stars, and the two cookies regulars love most sit at the very bottom. Ranked by Crumbl’s own customer ratings.
The 12 Most Powerful Hormone-Balancing Foods
byNo single food fixes your hormones. But five of them have credible research behind them, and here is what that research actually shows.
The Healthiest Things to Order at Panera After 50, and What to Skip
byTen Panera choices side by side, using Panera’s own nutrition guide: where the sodium hides, where the saturated fat hides, and where the protein actually is.