Many of us have reached for a sweet or salty treat out of loneliness, anxiety, or stress. But where does the emotional impulse to eat come from? And does what we eat impact our mood too?

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People choose to ‘go vegan’ for a myriad of reasons, from animal welfare to environmentalism. But is veganism automatically healthier just because it's plant-based? What do people need to know before they make the whole food switch?

On this episode of On Nutrition, we talk with Dr. Dawn Mussallem, a longtime vegan and doctor of osteopathic medicine, about how a plant-based diet has helped both herself and her patients—and how it could help you.

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"Diet" is one of those words where two people can say it and mean totally different things. And in a medical nutrition context, those differences are important. So what do we mean when we talk about diet vs. dieting? And how can we move from restricting how we eat to being more mindful of our habits? Because when it comes to food, what's on our mind and what we put in our mouths matter.

On this episode of On Nutrition, we talk with Dr. Donald Hensrud about diet, dieting, and the topic that has launched a thousand Google searches: what should I eat?

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