Let’s get something out of the way right off the bat: Alcohol can be part of a healthy lifestyle, but alcohol itself isn’t exactly healthy. Protein, [...]
You’re getting into a routine at the gym, feeling stronger and working up a sweat, but you’re not losing weight, which is one of the main reasons you started [...]
Substituting everyday staples with gluten-free foods could increase the risk of obesity, experts have warned, after finding that such products often contain higher levels of [...]
When it comes to losing weight, most people find it hard to change the behaviors that got them into trouble in the first place. It’s challenging to improve food habits, [...]
By now you’ve probably heard that a little bacteria in your food isn’t always a bad thing. Beneficial live bacteria and yeasts, called probiotics, which are found in some [...]
Cravings are no fun, but we all get hit with the occasional (or sometimes, more than occasional) urge to scarf down a sweet treat ASAP. Of course, giving in to temptation [...]
“Yo-yo dieting” — where people lose weight and gain it back again — doubles the risk of a heart attack, stroke or death in people who already have significant [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study in animals suggests that skipping meals sets off a series of metabolic miscues that can result in abdominal weight gain. In the study, mice [...]
Nothing’s easy when it comes to weight loss. But dropping those last 10 pounds can be extra difficult. Why is that? “As you lose weight, and especially if [...]
People have been advising others to chew their food well for a long, long time. In Ayurveda, a school of medicine founded in India some 7,000 years ago, slow and thorough [...]