Nutrition
Could the 'Ice Cream Cleanse' Actually Work?
If the latest fad diet is worth its salt, you may be able to lose weight by eating nothing but one of America's favorite foods: ice ...
Almond Milk: What Is It and Is It Good for You?
Have you ever walked through the milk aisle at your local grocery store and been perplexed by all of the choices that were available? If so, ...
Can a Carb-Heavy Diet Rot the Brain?
Unless you've been living under a rock, you're probably aware of the low-carb craze. With fad diets such as Atkins and Paleo making the rounds, carbohydrates ...
The Great Milk Debate: Separating Fact from Fiction
The consumption of milk and dairy products has become a somewhat controversial topic in the last few decades. In order to make your own decision, the ...
The 11 Healthiest Options at Chinese Restaurants
Chinese restaurant menus are notorious for having items that are battered and deep-fried and loaded with salty, sugary sauces. Many dishes often feature hefty amounts of ...
Why You're Skinniest on Fridays
If you're feeling a little bit leaner as the weekend nears, it's not all in your head. The latest research shows that most people actually weigh ...
5 Healthy Easter Basket Alternatives
When I was a child, I loved Easter almost as much as I loved Christmas. Each year, until I hit my teens, there were giant baskets ...
How Tetris Can Help You Lose Weight
Tetris is a game that has a lot more value than our parents once thought. Studies suggest that it can reduce PTSD flashbacks and it has ...
Is the Paleo Diet Safe and Effective?
The Paleo Diet was written by Dr. Loren Cordain Ph.D. The main premise of this diet focuses on consuming foods that our hunter-gatherer ancestors would ...
The 4 Least Healthy World Cuisines
One of the hardest parts of maintaining a healthy diet is dining out. While dining out is fun and sociable, it almost guarantees that you'll eat ...
The 4 Healthiest World Cuisines
We've all been there--staring at the seemingly empty refrigerator on a Thursday night, considering whether to scrape together a meal or go out to eat. For ...
5 Changes to Expect with the Updated Nutrition Facts Label
Earlier this year, the Food and Drug Administration proposed a much-needed update on the nutrition-facts labels you see on the back of packaged foods--and it's a ...
What is the Evidence in Favor of the Intermittent Fasting Diet?
Do you mess up on your healthy eating plan from time to time? You may like the idea of intermittent fasting. Although more research is needed, ...
6 Simple Diet Tricks That Can Make a Big Difference
Losing weight and staying at a healthy weight long term does not have to be as hard as it seems. Rather than following some temporary "diet" ...
5 Fat-Loss Myths You'd be Foolish to Believe
We've become a duped nation. We'll believe anything that we read in a magazine or on a trendy website, without ever doing research. Fitness and fat-loss ...
You Need to Cut Your Sugar Intake in Half
The World Health Organization (WHO) is proposing new guidelines for the consumption of sugar. Current recommendations, from 2002, limit sugar to less than 10 percent of total daily ...
5 Ways to Reach Your Fitness Goals
It's officially spring, my friends. In my opinion, the holiday season feels like it was just yesterday. In reality, we're already a quarter of the way ...
The 10 Healthiest Cities in America
Despite the fact that the United States is the ninth most obese country in the world, with 106 million of its population falling into that category, the ...
Who Loses Weight Faster: Men or Women?
Any women who's gone on a diet with her boyfriend, husband or guy pal may recall watching the pounds melt from her man's body while her ...
The 5 Healthiest Breakfast Foods
I'll be the first to admit that I used to skip breakfast regularly. It just didn't seem important. Boy was I wrong. Did you know that ...
Recent Nutrition
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Have You Heard of the Pegan Diet?
Buffalo chicken pizza seemed like a strange combo at first but now is incredibly popular. The cronut, which is a mash-up of a croissant and a ... Read More »
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How Much Healthier is Organic Peanut Butter?
The question isn’t quite as simple as organic vs. conventional. Many things need to be considered including the nutrition value, cost, how the peanuts were ... Read More »
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5 of the Healthiest Spicy Snacks
Spicy, hot foods have long been associated with many health benefits and are an important part of cooking in many cultures. Research has looked into the ... Read More »
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These 3 Food Industries Wreck Havoc on the Planet
Food Sustainability should be an important part of determining how you shop. There are so many food industries that can negatively impact the planet and your ... Read More »
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4 of the Most Sustainably Produced Foods
Sustainable foods are considered foods that support a healthy and sustainable food system for the planet. When considering the sustainability of foods, all parts of the ... Read More »
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4 of the Weirdest Hipster Health Food Trends
Hipsters are well-known for taking normal foods and combining them in the most ridiculous ways imaginable. These mashups combine bizarre flavors most people wouldn’t ever ... Read More »
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New Study Finds Cheese and Yogurt May Help You Live Longer
A team of researchers, which included experts on cholesterol and heart health, gathered and analyzed data from various studies that totaled 636,726 individuals who were followed for 15 ... Read More »
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Research Finds Kitchen Towels Are Full of Harmful Bacteria — Here's What You Can Do
Bacterial pathogens that commonly cause foodborne illnesses (FBIs) linger in the obvious places, of course. The kitchen sink, door-knobs, dirty countertops, and faucet handles are known ... Read More »
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Eating a Larger Portion One Day Influences Your Portion Size Choices the Next Day
Portion sizes have grown enormously over the past several decades, and the oversized portions we are routinely served at restaurants and fast-food establishments do not show ... Read More »
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How The Latest Kitchen Technology Helps Improve Your Diet
Smartphones are nothing new when it comes to the latest and greatest in the world of technology. It seems that many devices can be made “smart” ... Read More »
