Lifestyle
Reader's Digest US
13 Things: Get a Healthy Home
Most of us have spent more time at home recently than we ever imagined possible.
3 min |
July - August 2020
Reader's Digest US
“Don't Give Up”
Her heartbroken hometown needed a sign, so she gave them one
4 min |
July - August 2020
Reader's Digest US
A Life in Buttons
Bought at auction, a vintage cookie tin opens a window into a neighbor’s secreted heart
3 min |
July - August 2020
Reader's Digest US
WHY ARE MILITARY FAMILIES ON FOOD STAMPS?
Some of America’s bravest are going hungry. Why aren’t we doing more to help them?
7 min |
April 2020
Reader's Digest US
This Team Is a Disaster
Sports franchise names that make their fans want to call a mover
2 min |
April 2020
Reader's Digest US
THEY GOT AWAY WITH MURDER
Five whodunits that continue to confound the law
10+ min |
April 2020
Reader's Digest US
THE RISK OF NOT TRYING NEW FOODS
There’s actually a scientific term for the fear of tasting unfamiliar dishes: food neophobia. It’s not just the name that can be scary. A study from Finland and Estonia found that people with this trait eat lower-quality diets overall and have an increased risk of type 2 diabetes—regardless of their age, sex, or weight. To add more variety to your diet, you’ll need to be persistent. “An individual may need to try a new food 10 to 15 times before getting accustomed to it,” says study coauthor Heikki Sarin.
2 min |
April 2020
Reader's Digest US
TAKING THE LEAP
A woman in search of a life with less fear confronts her three biggest triggers—all at once
10 min |
April 2020
Reader's Digest US
PIECE OF MIND
Jigsaw puzzles aren’t just fun. They can also relieve anxiety, especially when you put them together, well, together.
2 min |
April 2020
Reader's Digest US
New Help for Aching Backs
Old advice: Pain pills, high-tech tests, shots, and surgery. The latest science: Harness your brain, lace up your sneakers, and go low-tech.
7 min |
April 2020
Reader's Digest US
HEROES IN THE HEARTLAND
It has been 25 years since a truck bomb ripped through a federal office building in Oklahoma City. The tales of courage and survival amid the horror that day are as searing and inspiring as ever.
10+ min |
April 2020
Reader's Digest US
A Very Special Tax Break
When a Detroit man heard a woman was about to lose her house, he opened his heart—and his wallet
3 min |
April 2020
Reader's Digest US
A Lifesaving Traffic Stop
Kemira Boyd had just jumped in the shower when she heard her stepmother, Tammy Boyd, banging on the door. Kemira’s 12-day-old daughter was choking.
2 min |
April 2020
Reader's Digest US
How I Know It's SPRING
It’s not the calendar that alerts me. In my small town, the telltale signs are the ones that melt my heart.
3 min |
April 2020
Reader's Digest US
A Cut Above
Wheeling her red chair and scissors around the city, a salon owner gives out-of-luck strangers the gift of visibility—one free hairdo at a time
3 min |
March 2020
Reader's Digest US
9 Tricks To Improve Your Life
9 tricks to improve your life*
2 min |
March 2020
Reader's Digest US
Substituting Chicken for Beef Doesn't Lower Cholesterol
If you’re trying to reduce your cholesterol, cutting back on red meat is a good idea— but don’t replace it with white meat, says a new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers compared LDL (or “bad”) cholesterol levels among three groups of people over a three-month period: one ate mostly lean beef, one mostly lean chicken or turkey, and one mostly plant proteins. Only the plant-based diet reduced LDL.
4 min |
February 2020
Reader's Digest US
Wake Up Your Brain
The secret to keeping everyday life from becoming boring is surprisingly easy
4 min |
February 2020
Reader's Digest US
A Safe Home for Women
A random chat on an airplane led to a life-changing idea
4 min |
February 2020
Reader's Digest US
Say Goodbye to Procrastinating
If you’ve made a resolution to stop stalling on to-dos, read this—now
4 min |
February 2020
Reader's Digest US
What Pets Want You to know ...
Science continues to uncover your animal's most fascinating Secret
10+ min |
February 2020
Reader's Digest US
How Is He Still Alive?
The skewer that impaled Xavier Cunningham below his eye must have sliced into vital arteries. Which left doctors asking ...
9 min |
February 2020
Reader's Digest US
WE FOUND A FIX
9 Tricks to Improve Your Life*
2 min |
February 2020
Reader's Digest US
Falling in Love, By the Book
Where do bibliophiles exchange sweet nothings? To find out, read on!
5 min |
February 2020
Reader's Digest US
THE FOOD ON YOUR PLATE
I Am Chocolate ... Sweet, But with a Dark Side
3 min |
February 2020
Reader's Digest US
Eye-Opening Facts About Tears
Humans make three different versions of tears. Basal tears lubricate our eyes, reflex tears form in response to irritants such as smoke and dirt, and emotional tears flow when we’re sad or overjoyed.
3 min |
February 2020
Reader's Digest US
Find The Doctor You Trust
Rushed appointments. Profits over patients. Faulty diagnoses. There are plenty of reasons to worry about medical providers today. A veteran RD health journalist shares hard-won lessons from her reporting—and from her family’s own health crisis.
9 min |
March 2020
Reader's Digest US
Miracle in Midair
Almost 80 years after it unfolded in the sky over San Diego, a nearly impossible rescue mission remains one of the most daring feats in aeronautical history
6 min |
March 2020
Reader's Digest US
Rescue in a Bottle
Curtis Whitson knew the waterfall was coming. He’d rafted down the Arroyo Seco, a river in central California, before. He figured he would hop out of his raft into the shallow water, rappel down the rocks on either side of the falls, and continue on his way, as he had on a previous trip.
4 min |
March 2020
Reader's Digest US
OUTRAGEOUS VERDICTS!
A favorite RD feature is back, with four rulings that infuriated their losers. Do you agree?
9 min |