By now you’ve probably heard that obesity increases the risk of heart disease and diabetes. But you might not know that the extra weight can have other serious health [...]
You weren’t all that hungry before your handful of chips or midday banana. But instead of tiding you over to your next meal, you are ravenous. What gives? No nutrition [...]
When most people pick a diet, they’re hoping they can trim a few inches off their waistlines. But there’s at least one diet out there that may be able to [...]
When we exercise, our body’s oxidation of fat and carbohydrates depends on the intensity and duration of the activity. A new study analyses the effect of consuming an [...]
Weight loss aside, cutting calories can be good for overall health, including staving off neurodegenerative diseases, according to recent research. Researchers at Johns [...]
Remember those New Year’s resolutions you made with such optimism just a few months ago? If you’re like most people, you’ve abandoned your vows to lose weight and [...]
New research from McMaster University is challenging traditional workout wisdom, suggesting that lifting lighter weights many times is as efficient as lifting heavy weights [...]
A drug that slowed ageing and protected the body from diseases such as cancer would no doubt cause considerable excitement around the world. While there is no such miracle [...]
Behold the ultimate low-calorie food, the celery stick. Many would relegate this simple stalk to rabbits and dieters, but that would be a mistake. In addition to being one of [...]
The diet regime of intermittent fasting recently caught my attention when listening to an episode of This American Life. And then a close friend told me he’s planning to [...]