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What’s new—and what’s good—at Starbucks, Panera, and other coffee shops? Here’s how to pick or customize your way to better sandwiches, boxes, bowls, bites, beverages, and more. Our examples are from chains, but the advice should hold up pretty much anywhere.

Roughly 85 percent of us drink at least one caffeinated beverage every day. Here’s the latest on how caffeine affects our health.

Newspapers, milk jugs, glass bottles, aluminum or tin cans. Most people know that those items can be recycled. But what else should go in your curbside bin?

These low-calorie finds are unsweetened or sweetened with a splash of fruit juice or (safe) stevia extract. How refreshing!

The FDA says that most adults can safely consume up to 400 milligrams a day. But caffeine’s impact on people varies.

The usual advice to drink eight 8 oz. glasses of water a day—the 8-by-8 rule—seems daunting. But it was never about water alone.

Thanks to their fruit or yogurt, these supermarket frozen treats have a fraction—or none—of the saturated fat of full-fat ice cream. And their built-in portions (bars, bite-size pieces, or pockets) keep a lid on the calories and added sugar. Enjoy!

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Here’s how the industry uses sleight of hand to sell the vitamins, minerals, and herbals that most of us don’t need.

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