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, [...]
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 [...]
Remember that sit-and-reach test from grade school? Or the timed mile? All kinds of dread! But you don’t have to relive your childhood PE class to get a read on your [...]
But the researchers uncovered a new piece of the puzzle that could actually be quite useful. It turns out that the intestinal bacteria associated with obesity break down [...]
“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 [...]
Forget calories, heartbeats or even weight on the scale. For a lot of people, fitness is all about steps: Haven’t hit your 10,000-step goal for the day? Then you better [...]
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 [...]
Ginger, matcha, and turmeric, we’re going to let you finish (said in best Kanye voice) but consider yourselves warned: There’s a new health-food trend stealing your [...]