“Broccoli, again?” just became “Roasted broccoli, again!” Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. By Ali Slagle Ali Slagle is a recipe developer and regular contributor to NYT Cooking. Published March 4, 2025Updated March 5, 2025 When home cooks put away the steamer and started cranking their ovens instead, broccoli’s image…
This article is from our friends over at Precision Nutrition and is republished here with their permission. Check out the Precision Nutrition course! “You’re either with me, or you’re against me.” This kind of binary mindset does fuel plenty of heated debates. Especially when it comes to one topic in particular: “calories in vs. calories out,” or…
By Len Kravitz, PhD, Zachary Mang, MS, Juliet St. Germain, BS, and Cedric X. Bryant, PhD. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC 2020) presently recommends that everyone wear a cloth face covering (mask) in public settings, where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain in order to slow the spread of COVID-19….
The Active People, Healthy Nation initiative from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a mission of helping 27 million Americans become physically active and “creating an active America, together.” There are three distinct elements involved in reaching that 27 million milestone: (1) inspiring inactive individuals to perform at least one 10-minute session…
In observation of Health Literacy Month, ACE created a FREE resource guide for health and exercise professionals, community leaders and individuals looking for trusted, evidence-based information on physical activity. In these PDFs, which you can find on the ACE Impact page, we answer common questions from those new to exercise or looking to get started,…
Whether you are a newcomer to the fitness world and considering hiring a personal trainer to help you pursue your health and wellness goals, an experienced exerciser who has been working out on your own but looking to take that next step by hiring a trainer for the first time, or an ACE Certified Personal…
Refugee, prisoner, wine merchant, spy: Peter Sichel was many things in his long, colorful life, but he was probably most often identified as the man who made Blue Nun one of the most popular wines in the world in the 1970s and ’80s. At its peak, in 1985, 30 million bottles of this slightly sweet…
“Is this food healthy?” Health coaches and exercise professionals are undoubtedly familiar with this question from their clients.  A proposal from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hopes to provide clarity to the standards for which packaged foods are eligible to be labeled “healthy.” The existing definition was adopted in 1994 and allows food manufacturers…
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recently published a Call to Action Statement on COVID-19 Considerations for Sports and Physical Activity. Here is what ACE Certified Professionals need to know to put these recommendations into practice when working with clients. While there are still a lot of unknowns when it comes to COVID-19, we…
Building a reserve of muscular strength and cardiorespiratory fitness during adulthood to offset the inevitable decline in markers of physical fitness as we age is a well-established approach for healthy aging. However, the decline in physical fitness does not begin during adulthood, but rather during the primary school years, when too many children become disinterested…