Health Tips Line

When I fly, I like to grab food at the airport to bring on board so I don’t have to eat the mystery meat. But did you know you can also bring your own food from home? Yes, you are actually allowed to take your own food on a plane, as long as you follow a few TSA guidelines . It turns out there are very good reasons to BYOPF (bring your own plane food)—and it’s not just because airline food is notoriously awful. So should you do it for health reasons, to have food on hand in case you get stuck on a runway … or for some other reason entirely? Well, there’s actually a wild scientific reason we all should pack a bite for the flight. To get the full story, I reached out to Abby Thiel, PhD, a food scientist in Madison, Wisconsin, and Angel Luk, a registered dietitian and the author of You Can’t Out-Train a Bad Diet . Read on for the details on what foods to pack from home or grab at the airport —and why you’ll be glad you knew this insider tip before that cart wheels down the aisle. Get...

What were you doing in 2007? If you could see the future, you’d know that the economy was about to crater. There was a major housing crisis brewing, and that plus the Great Recession were about to land like a one-two punch. In the last 19 years, wages have been climbing steadily (up 66%), but if you think that’s been enough to even maintain the same standard of living as back then, well, the people of 2026 would like a word. Paying for rent, groceries and a used car hasn’t gotten any easier over the past two decades, and a new report from InvestorsObserver has the stats to prove it. People are actually working multiple days more than they used to every year just to afford basic necessities! How many more days are we talking? Ahead, we dive into the report, and it’s not pretty. Read on to learn just how many more days you’re putting in to keep a roof over your head, your car on the road and food on the table . Get  Reader’s Digest ’s  Read Up newsletter for more work news...

Recently, I did something gloriously unhinged: I taught a Millennial Dance Party fitness class. We’re talking full video choreography to Britney Spears’s “Oops! … I Did It Again,” which I performed in the red vinyl bodysuit from the music video and a blond wig (because if you’re going to embarrass yourself, you might as well commit). We danced to Usher. We twerked to Beyoncé. We worked out to songs that were playing the last time any of us had a metabolism worth bragging about. I had expected a decent turnout. But I ended up with a room packed full of middle-aged moms who had put their kids to bed early and come out on a school night—on a school night!—to squeeze into their old low-rise jeans, fold-over yoga pants and Juicy Couture tracksuits (butt bling and all) and absolutely lose their minds to their middle school jams. People were laughing. People were scream-singing the words. People were doing the “Toxic” slither with a level of commitment they probably haven’t brought to anythi...

If you’ve ever stood in the supermarket’s dairy aisle comparing egg cartons , you’ve probably noticed something: Nearly every package is labeled Grade A or Grade AA. That raises an obvious question: Are eggs like batteries, sold in ever-increasing letter categories? And what’s the difference between them all? Well, you’ll never come across a Grade C or D egg. But Grade B eggs? Those are very real and still produced today under the same federal grading system. Yet most shoppers will go their entire lives without ever spotting a carton in the egg case . So where are these B players hiding—and should you care? Turns out, those are egg-cellent questions. For the answers, I spoke to food science consultant Ed McCormick. Let’s get crackin’. Get  Reader’s Digest ’s  Read Up newsletter for more food news, humor, travel, tech and fun facts all week long. What is egg grading? Egg grading is a system used to evaluate egg quality based on appearance and physical characteristics . ...