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Organic asparagus sits between red peppers and zucchini at Dominick's in Chicago, Illinois.

The benefits to buying organic

Rebecca Dickinson, Assignment Editor
May 4, 2016

Organic. Something many people have heard about, but don’t fully understand what it means. By definition, organic produce and other ingredients are grown without the use of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers,...

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Juice Cleanse

Emily Jones, In-Depth Editor
April 15, 2016

New diets are popping up everywhere, ranging from drastic diet changes to short ones lasting up to three days. Recently, the controversial juice cleanse has become popular amount consumers, but is said...

Kimberly Eberl shops the gluten-free section of  Sherwyn's Health Food Shops in Chicago. (Wes Pope/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

Succumbing to the Gluten-Free Fad

Rebecca Dickinson, Online Editor
April 15, 2016

Southbeach, sugar-free, paleo, monomeals, gluten-free, bananas, what do these diets all have in common? They’re all fad diets, and most of them probably don’t work. In 2011 there was an explosion...

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