Jae Berman The Washington Post

Entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and a variety of celebrities have extolled its virtues in helping them lose weight, while medical experts are intrigued by the possibility that it may enhance cognitive functioning and longevity and help treat and prevent some diseases.

If your objective is to live a longer, healthier life, a new study conducted by Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health lays out five practices, none of which needs to involve a fad, that can help you meet that objective.

In this first-of-its-kind study, a team from the University of Leeds discovered just how a healthy diet could ease shift to menopause. Read full report here.

The large, long-term study shows that individuals may be able to predict their risk of diabetes 20 years before it develops.

Forget about what others want you to do. What are your personal goals?

Take a moment and start to notice how many teaspoons of sugar you have in a day.

Batch cooking - cooking enough food at one time so you make two or three meals' worth of leftovers. You always have nutritious, homemade food on hand. Life gets easier, and your body gets healthier. It's truly that simple.

Drinking alcohol is a habit that sneaks into people's lives and can have a huge impact on health. It's a big culprit when it comes to weight gain, and difficulty in losing weight, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy it healthfully. Here's how.

Entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and a variety of celebrities have extolled its virtues in helping them lose weight, while medical experts are intrigued by the possibility that it may enhance cognitive functioning and longevity and help treat and prevent some diseases.

If your objective is to live a longer, healthier life, a new study conducted by Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health lays out five practices, none of which needs to involve a fad, that can help you meet that objective.

In this first-of-its-kind study, a team from the University of Leeds discovered just how a healthy diet could ease shift to menopause. Read full report here.

The large, long-term study shows that individuals may be able to predict their risk of diabetes 20 years before it develops.

Forget about what others want you to do. What are your personal goals?

Take a moment and start to notice how many teaspoons of sugar you have in a day.

Batch cooking - cooking enough food at one time so you make two or three meals' worth of leftovers. You always have nutritious, homemade food on hand. Life gets easier, and your body gets healthier. It's truly that simple.

Drinking alcohol is a habit that sneaks into people's lives and can have a huge impact on health. It's a big culprit when it comes to weight gain, and difficulty in losing weight, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy it healthfully. Here's how.