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Emily Laurence

Emily Laurence

location-pin Raleigh, North Carolina

School: Syracuse University

Expertise: food, wellness

Emily Laurence

  • Certified Health Coach, The Institute for Integrative Nutrition
  • Former editor and writer at Well + Good, specializing in food trends
  • Published in Forbes, HuffPost, Parade, Shape, Girl’s Life, TeenVogue.com, MarieClaire.com and MTV.com
  • Contributing editor for Girlfriend magazine Australia

Experience

Emily is a journalist and certified health coach specializing in food and health. As a former editor and writer at Well + Good, she covered food trends, and in addition to Reader's Digest, her work regularly appears in Forbes, HuffPost, Parade, Shape and Girl’s Life magazine. Emily has written about well-being and lifestyle for Metro newspaper and contributed to TeenVogue.com, MarieClaire.com and MTV.com, among other outlets.

Education

Syracuse University BS, Magazine Journalism; Child & Family Studies

Articles

12 Etiquette Mistakes Everyone Makes at Italian Restaurants

Eating bread with your pasta? That’s just one of the surprising Italian-restaurant etiquette mistakes you should avoid.

If You Don’t Eat Sweet Potatoes Every Day, This Might Convince You to Start

Sweet potatoes are just as versatile as white potatoes but pack even more of a nutritional punch. So what are the sweet, sweet benefits of sweet potatoes?

17 Top Foods Chefs Are Buying This Fall

See how experts stock their kitchen and which ingredients they're adding to their fall food list this season