To Lower Cholesterol, Try the Mediterranean Diet
Many Americans, when faced with a serious health risk like high cholesterol, opt to take a pill rather than adopt healthier living habits. A middle-aged woman I know is [...]
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How Counting Your Bites Helps You Eat Less
Counting your bites of food could help you lose weight, a small study suggests. Researchers asked 61 volunteers to tally the number of bites they took each day and pledge to [...]
Your Grain-Free Diet Isn’t Natural, Good for You or Good for the Planet
Grains — whole, ancient or neither — are under attack. Just as we have finally embraced vegetables on our plates, grains and starches have started disappearing from our [...]
Low-Fat Diets Not Effective For Long-Term Weight Loss
After all the hype about low-fat diets, researchers have discovered something that could change the way people think about their weight loss strategies: low-fat diets are not [...]
The 5 Worst Fast Food Menu Items for Your Diet
Nobody eats fast food because it’s good for them. Yes, McDonald’s, Burger King, the various Yum! Brands offerings (KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut), and even the [...]
The Skinny on Sleep and Your Weight
If you’re like most people, you’re getting less than adequate amounts of sleep on most nights. A 2013 Gallup poll found that U.S. adults get an average of 6.8 [...]
What to Eat and Drink to Fight Colds and Flu
I recently called our pediatrician’s office and asked when I should bring in my 6-year-old daughter to get her vaccine. “As soon as possible. We only have five [...]
Obese People Need More Vitamin E, But Get Less
A recent study suggests that obese people with metabolic syndrome face an unexpected quandary when it comes to vitamin E — they need more than normal levels of the [...]
Bacon Causes Cancer? Sort Of. Not Really. Ish.
Perhaps no two words together are more likely to set the internet aflame than BACON and CANCER. So when the World Health Organization classified processed meat as a group 1 [...]
Banana Skin Can Help In Weight Loss & Boost Your Mood
It also protects your body from heart disease, heart attacks and stroke Banana skins are not rubbish after all if scientists are to be believed. The peel is rich with [...]
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