If you're trialing a new eating routine, it's like learning how to meal plan all over again: you have to come up with an approach that not only follows the routine's guidelines but also factors in your nutritional needs, health goals, and personal tastes. Talk about a lot of moving pieces!

When you're new to an eating routine, figuring out how to meal plan in a way that follows the guidelines of the routine, meets your nutritional needs, supports your health goals, and suits your tastes can feel like navigating a minefield.

For the seventh year in a row, the U.S. News and World Report ranked the Mediterranean diet as the most health-promoting eating routine in the world. As nice as the Mediterranean Sea is, it's not just something in the water: there's a ton of research that reflects just why this eating routine — really more of a lifestyle than a diet — is so beneficial.

All over the world, if there's anything we all have in common, it's that we eat. Through breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, food connects us, fuels us, and comforts us. What we eat, however, is as diverse as we are. Depending on where we're from, we'll have certain foods that are staples in our diets or certain ways that we prepare those foods.

There are many ways to adjust your diet or the way you eat. Ever tried mixing up your meal times with intermittent fasting? We're big fans of that method around here. Another increasingly popular approach is plant-based eating, which is good not only for your health but also for the planet.

You made it through your fasting window — congratulations! Whether time flew or you had to grit your teeth through a few hunger pains, you crossed the finish line. … Now what? Is any food fair game, or do you need to ease your body back into eating?

Whether you're a carnivore, herbivore, or somewhere in between, you can easily incorporate intermittent fasting into your daily routine. Intermittent fasting doesn't require any special type of diet, which means that you have lots of options, for instance, if you're someone who prefers a plant-based or vegan diet.

Low-carbohydrate diets promise weight loss, improved metabolic health, and increased energy levels. But is this all true? Well, sort of. In this article, we'll explain how low-carb diets work and help you decide whether this way of eating might be a good fit for you.

Have you heard you'll lose more weight if you eat frequent, small meals — and that if you don't eat often enough, your metabolism will slow down? Good news for anyone freaking out about breaking their metabolism because they missed their seventh snack of the day: this is a myth.