Cook Dinner. Live Longer.
What happens to your health — and your wallet — when you cook at home. One catch.
∙ Paid
Tuesday. 6 p.m. Half-thawed chicken on the counter. Phone in my hand. One tap and dinner arrives. No chopping. No dishes. No thinking.
I almost tapped it.
53.
Elderly who cook at home five nights a week had 53% lower risk of dying over the next decade. Healthier people cook more. Researchers knew that. They controlled for it. Held at 41 percent.
In this post, I cover five things the research shows about home-cooked meals — and the catch.
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