Diet & Nutrition

New Year's health and fitness related resolutions - the more involved the worse they are - are bad ideas, so don't make any. Especially bad are weight-loss based pledges and any kind of...

Over the past few months, I have been hearing almost constant radio commercials for raspberry ketone weight-loss/fat-burning supplements, with the tag line that they are the miracle fat-burning supplement recommended by Dr. Oz. Can...

Dr. Andrew Weil, the Complimentary and Alternative Medicine guru (CAM), published a blog post saying that yo-yo dieting is better than "staying fat." I guess attaining superstar status in the world of CAM gives...

It kind of amazes me that some people get so freaked out by a tiny teaspoon of sugar. Fifteen calories have never gotten such a bad rap. In the rush to place blame for...

You would think making hard-boiled eggs is easy, but it can be tricky. And if you follow the slow-carb diet featured in the book "The Four-Hour Body," you will eat a lot of hard-boiled...

I am being polite when I say that there is confusion about hydration. The less delicate among us might say that there has been a purposeful effort on behalf of the sport drink industry...

The organic food industry has become a multi-billion dollar industry and organic foods are the fastest growing segment of the food industry.  The organic food movement is based - in part - on the...

Unless you are one of the unfortunates who suffer from a peanut allergy, everyone should include nuts into their regular eating routine.  Nuts are not only a great source of protein and good fat,...

I enjoy the simple things in my routine, and I look forward to Thanksgiving and the rest of the holiday season. With this in mind, I am struck by how petty and insignificant most day-to-day...

Quercetin is an antioxidant and one of the hot new nutritional supplements on the market today.  Touted as having a wide-range of benefits, it is the key ingredient in the new Lance Armstrong endorsed...