Diet & Weight Features

Normal-Weight Obesity NEW
Even if your weight is considered normal, excessive body fat isn’t healthy, say experts.
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Secret Sources of Salt NEW
Sodium can be stealthy, hiding in seemingly innocent foods. But a few simple sleuthing skills will help you root out the culprit.
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Fat Camps Are Out, Healthy Lifestyles Are In
Today’s weight loss camps are not the boot camps of yesteryear. By focusing on long-term healthy lifestyles and the triggers that make us eat too much, modern camps offer more than a diet jump-start.
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Big Bad Buzz on Vitamins
You work hard to maximize your health. Are supplements working against you?
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Go Gluten Free Nutritiously
Learn how you can follow a gluten-free diet without missing out on important nutrients.
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Lactose Intolerance
For many people in the world, the slogan “Got milk?” quickly translates into “Got a bathroom nearby?”
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Tiny Pills, Big Promises
Today’s dietary aids make silver bullet promises. But do they actually deliver, and are they really safe? At last, the straight-up answers you’ve been looking for.
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Simple Diet Changes, Big Rewards
Here are 10 simple changes to help you lose weight now...
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Prebiotics and Probiotics: The Bacterial Good Guys
Meet the bacteria that keep your digestive system humming.
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10 Days of Mood-Boosting, Waist-Shrinking Lunch Ideas
There’s a good chance that if you made any New Year’s resolutions, one of them was to eat healthier and hopefully lose weight...
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Tips for Healthy Cooking
Healthy cooking doesn't mean you have to become a gourmet chef or invest in special cookware. Simply use standard cooking methods to prepare foods in healthy ways.
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How to Eat Right Friday Through Sunday
Weekends, by their very nature, send our diets tumbling in the wrong direction. Even if you play by the healthy rules all week, come Friday at 5, good intentions go awry in the face of restaurant meals, takeout options, and cocktail parties...
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20 Expert Tips for Living Gluten Free
If you have celiac disease, you know that living gluten free can be like playing the childhood game where you try not to step on any cracks in the sidewalk. At first, it takes a real effort. You watch every step and make choices hesitantly...
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Cooking for Health: Menopause
Those are words not often juxtaposed: food and menopause. Women in perimenopause or menopause become familiar with recommendations for herbs and hormones to help battle some of the unpleasant experiences that may arise during this transition, such as hot flashes, mood swings, joint pain, weight gain, and night sweats...
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Heart Health: Cooking to Lower Cholesterol
Cholesterol-laden plaque can gradually clog blood vessels, preventing blood flow to the heart, brain, and muscles and causing heart attacks and strokes.
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The Denim Diet
What does a single mom who works as a costume and set designer know about...
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On an Emotional Roller Coaster
If we eat when we’re sad, under stress, angry, or lonely, then emotions most likely are driving our behavior, rather than hunger...
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Insulin’s Effects on Health
You’re feeling more tired and fatigued than usual, and find yourself craving sugar and anything sweet. The cause?
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Oats: Long-Lasting Goodness
It’s been a decade since oatmeal became America’s hottest whole grain, and new studies show...
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Is a Restaurant a Diet Trap?
The pitfalls of eating out. It’s hard to follow your healthful eating plan when you eat away from home...
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