Healthy Eating But Not Dieting Recommended for Pregnant Women
Healthy eating and weight control during pregnancy can prevent complications.
View ArticleWhy Are We So Confused About Our Health Needs?
Contradictory messages and our own biases can keep us from making better choices for our health.
View ArticleHealthy Eating – A Never-Ending Learning Curve
Despite or perhaps because of the ongoing obesity crisis, more Americans are taking an interest in improving their eating habits, from cutting back on meat consumption to buying more organic produce.
View ArticleWhat Do You Really Know About Healthy Eating?
Most Americans think they’re healthier than they actually are. Considering that well over 60 percent of the U.S. population is struggling with weight problems, that is quite surprising.
View ArticleEating Together as a Family Has Multiple Benefits
Family dinners have multiple benefits for everyone involved, especially for children.
View ArticleFor Maximum Diet and Exercise Benefits, Timing Is Everything
Our busy lives make it oftentimes hard to maintain a health-promoting regimen. Exercise and healthy eating require time and coordination.
View ArticleDon’t Let Holiday Stress Wear You Out
The holiday season often produces high levels of stress from shopping, preparing and celebrating. It doesn't have to be this way. You can take steps to relax and enjoy more.
View ArticleFood Trends to Keep: Small, Simple, Fresh and Healthy
Food and nutrition trends towards healthier choices, preferences for local fare and smaller serving sizes that started not long ago will continue in 2013, experts predict.
View ArticleInstead of Dieting, Build a Healthy Lifestyle
Successful weight management does not come in form of quick and temporary fixes but with a firm commitment to your overall health and well-being that lasts a lifetime.
View ArticleTo Prevent Heart Disease, Follow a Mediterranean Lifestyle
Southern Europeans are among the healthiest and longest living humans on the planet, according to studies on quality of life and longevity around the world.
View ArticlePillars of Wellbeing
Wellness has many components and all must get their share of attention.
View ArticleLifestyle-Related Ills Tend to Multiply with Age, Study Finds
Seniors who suffer from chronic health conditions like high blood pressure or heart disease often develop a host of other, seemingly unrelated health problems, including cognitive impairment like...
View ArticleUse of Pesticides Continues to Make Some Foods Unsafe for Consumption
An apple a day used to keep the doctor away, at least according to folk wisdom. But not any more – unless it’s organically grown. Apples top the list of foods contaminated with pesticides, says the...
View ArticleEven Health-Conscious Consumers Find It Hard to Maintain a Healthy Diet
It’s a proven fact that most people change their eating habits and lifestyle choices only after a serious health scare such as a heart attack or a diabetes diagnosis. Still, in many cases that may not...
View ArticleReintroducing Cooking in American Households an Unlikely Prospect, Study Finds
Americans don’t like to cook. They don’t want to spend the time it takes for food shopping, food preparation and clean up, especially when it’s so much easier to stop for a quick bite at a restaurant...
View ArticleWhat Forms Our Eating Habits?
Starting next year as part of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. “Obamacare,” chain restaurants across America must post calorie counts on their menus to help patrons make better-informed decisions about...
View ArticleInclude Mindfulness in Your Meals
If you have any interest at all in healthy eating, you probably have come across Brian Wansink’s book, “Mindless Eating – Why We Eat More Than We Think.” In a nutshell, the author, a professor of...
View ArticleAnd You Thought You Were Eating Right Already
Most of us already knew about the importance of eating more fruit and vegetables to stay healthy and control our weight. But now a new study from England suggests that no less than seven servings of...
View ArticleKeeping Consumers Guessing About Healthy Eating
Although there is certainly no shortage of nutritional advice today, most consumers remain painfully confused about the quality of their food choices. The reason is not only lack of interest or...
View ArticleThe Right Diet
When people hear the word “diet,” most think of calorie restriction, deprivation, making up for past indulgences, and as so forth. There is something unpleasant, almost punitive about the whole concept...
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