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A Trusted Friend in a Complicated World

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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

Two plates of pasta sit on a sunny table with red sauce, surrounded by a carafe of wine, glasses, cutlery, and a bread basket.

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.
Three sweet potatoes, one sliced open showing orange flesh, rest on a bright orange background.

5 Benefits of Sweet Potatoes Dietitians Wish More People Knew

If you don't eat spuds on the regular, the benefits of sweet potatoes might just convince you to start
Bowl holding assorted fruits and nuts, surrounded by pumpkins, pears, apples, plums, sunflowers, pinecones, and leaves on a textured gray surface.

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