Wellness

Diabetes: Finding the Balance

By Kristi Willis Laurie Gonzales, a department manager at the University of Texas in her early 40s, was not surprised when she found out she had type 2 diabetes. She was overweight, had a history of ...

An Ounce of Prevention

When Dr. Jeremy Wiseman tells his primary-care patients at Wiseman Family Practice that they should know where their food comes from, it isn’t just lip service. In fact, instead of going to the ...

Outdoor Pharmacy

By Laura McKissack Long before modern chemistry, man relied on plants to heal, protect and manipulate the body. Many medicinal herbs grow very well in Central Texas, and a medicine garden can be ...

Glass of the Good

By Deborah HerriagePhotography by Jenna Noel Over the last several years, Austin has seen a growth in markets that provide fresh, organic, low-calorie-yet-tasty, nutrient-dense drinks. Juice bars ...

Healing Health Care

!By Oran B. Hesterman, Ph.D. President and CEO of the Fair Food Network Up close and personal. That was my experience with the health-care system when I was 36 years old and lying in a hospital bed ...

Reshaping Our Future Through Food

By Kristi WillisPhotography courtesy of HISD, Bianca Bidiuc and Kate Adamick of Cook for America The statistics are staggering and the word epidemic is bandied about frequently. According to the ...

Growing Well

Photography of Kerri Keaton Hughey and Ed Hughey by Paige Newton What do cooking and eating like our grandparents did have to do with saving the world? More than you might think, says the married ...

What I Eat and Why: Food is Important

By Robin ChotzinoffIllustration by Lucy Engelman My 21-year-old daughter Constance has her own apartment. On the first morning of my visit, the roles reverse—I’m the one who ...

Blinded By The Bite

By Anna Lappé Photography by Carole Topalian Adapted from Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It (Bloomsbury, 2010), Anna ...

What I Eat and Why: Garlic

By Alain BrauxPhotography by Cecilia Ciarlo An excerpt from How to Lower your Cholesterol with French Gourmet Food: A Practical Guide Garlic’s culinary and medicinal attributes have been ...