Cooking at Home Can Help You Turn Everyday Moments Into Acts of Self-Care and Family Happiness, Research Says

Cooking at Home Can Help You Turn Everyday Moments Into Acts of Self-Care and Family Happiness, Research Says

As summer fades into fall, kitchens everywhere start filling up again, ovens finally getting used for something other than reheating leftovers, the smell of baking replacing the smell of a grill. A controlled trial published in Frontiers in Nutrition, studying 657 adults over 7 weeks, found that a structured cooking program measurably improved both mental and general health, along with people’s confidence in the kitchen and their ability to shif…