Health & Diet Features
- Choose Your Holiday Candy Wisely
You don't have to shut down your sweet tooth. Just be selective.
- Will Eating Certain Foods Help Me Burn Calories?
Not all calories are created equal. Some foods can speed up your weight loss.
- Your Diet Foods Just Got Better
Simple things you can do to make sure you get the most nutrition out of your food.
- Healthy Ways to Gain Weight
Get tips on adding pounds without loading up on junk food. Learn how to pick high-calorie foods that have plenty of nutrients, too.
- How to Get More Veggies Into Your Family
Do you hate vegetables? Here are some tips and recipes to help you learn to love those healthy veggies.
- How to Eat Healthy When You Dine Out
How to dine out without overdoing it
- Super Foods for Lower Cholesterol and Heart Health
Adding certain foods to your diet can help lower cholesterol – if you do it correctly. Here’s how to use foods effectively to bring down high cholesterol.
- Best Fast-Food Salads: How to Choose Them
Heading for the drive-thru? Before you order your next fast-food salad, read these six tips to make the best choices.
- How to Reverse Middle-Age Weight Gain
Gaining weight as you head into middle age? It happens to a lot of people. But you can outsmart middle-age weight gain. Find out how.
- 6 Reasons You’re Gaining Weight
Experts offer explanations for why you’re gaining weight.
- Hidden Sources of Gluten
Learn how to find gluten when it's not obvious on food labels, if you're trying to go gluten-free.
- What Your BMI Doesn’t Tell You
Read about BMI, waist size, and other measurements -- and why some fall short in gauging obesity.
- 8 Fun Facts About Grapes
A guide to the origins, health benefits, and varieties of grapes -- plus a delicious recipe for Grilled Shrimp and Grape Salad.
- Q&A With Marcus Samuelsson
The famed chef and cookbook author tells us about his history as a cook, his worst and best health habits, and his latest book, 'Yes, Chef.'
- Healthy Oils, Healthy Fats: The ‘New’ Truth
Research has overturned some long-held ideas about good fats and bad fats.
- Walnut Pesto Recipe and Nutrition Perks
A mother shares her secret for getting her daughter to eat walnuts. Plus a yummy walnut pesto recipe.
- How to Eat 5 Small Meals a Day
Domenica Catelli explores why eating smaller meals (more often) is healthier -- and shares her delicious recipe for Tuscan chicken soup.
- 7 Fun Facts About Radishes
Though it's small in size, the earthy radish brings big flavor to the table. Try it in our Red Radish and Greens Salad recipe.
- How Functional Foods May Help Your Heart
In the quest for a healthy heart, can foods fortified with calcium, omega-3s, plant sterols, and other nutrients help?
- What Are Functional Foods?
These 3 nutrients in functional foods may be worth your money.
- 5 Things Your Parents Got Wrong About Food
Update your parental advice on food, such as using dessert as a reward.
- Diet Resolutions for the Whole Family
Chef Domenica Catelli offers healthy diet resolutions for the whole family -- plus a healthy, delicious recipe for turkey chili.
- 7 Fun Facts About Kale
This colorful green brings flavor and nutrition to recipes ranging from kale chips to our hearty kale soup.
- The Truth About Bread
Can bread fit into a healthy diet? Is it a stumbling block for weight loss? Find out at WebMD.
- Arsenic in Food: FAQ
Should you be worried about being exposed to arsenic in food? WebMD consulted experts who study arsenic to answer your questions.
- Top Doctor Topics of 2011
Find out the top health stories in among readers of Medscape, WebMD’s site for health professionals.
- WebMD's Top Health Stories of 2011
This year, WebMD chose stories that challenged our ideas about diet and nutrition, about public health, and about our understanding of disease.
- The Truth About Sensa
Sensa ads are called misleading -- refunds are available for the weight loss product.
- Mushrooms: Nutrition and Enchilada Recipe
Try our mushroom enchilada recipe for a satisfying vegetarian meal that even a meat-lover will like.
- Microwave Covers: Are They Safe?
Yes, they are, our nutrition expert says. But they may not be necessary.
- The Truth About Belly Fat
Do you have too much belly fat? Changing that may be as simple as diet, exercise, sleep, and stress management. Learn what works.
- Is Your Diet Aging You?
WebMD discusses the diet habits that may help you stay as young as possible inside and out.
- Chefs' Diet Secrets
Learn the chefs’ diet secrets -- including how they manage their weight, avoid eating all day, and much more.
- Sodas and Your Health: Risks Debated
WebMD examines the facts about sodas. There are so many studies that the information can be confusing. Learn the real health effects of soda and diet soda.
- Fast, Nutritious Meals to Feed Surprise Guests
Here's how to throw together a nutritious meal for surprise guests.
- Easy High-Fiber Breakfasts
How to make quick, healthy, high-fiber breakfasts that will satisfy your hunger.
- Eggs: 8 Healthy Facts
From nutritional benefits to ancient symbolism, we've eight ten things we bet you didn't know about eggs.
- Diet Sodas Cause Weight Gain? Not so Fast
WebMD discusses the facts about diet soda and whether it truly causes weight gain.
- High-Fiber Diets and Weight Loss
The secret to weight loss may be as simple as more fiber.
- How Fiber Protects Your Heart
How dietary fiber protects heart health and helps lower cholesterol.
- How Fiber Helps Your Digestive Health
Find out how fiber can help your digestion: It’s much more than keeping you regular.
- Swiss Chard: 9 Healthy Facts
The history and nutritional benefits of Swiss chard -- plus a fabulous recipe for a swiss chard frittata
- Healthy Eats: Getting Parents to Share the Cooking
Taking turns making meals with your hubby or partner could be crucial to your children's long-term health.
- When Your Healthy Diet Isn't So Healthy
WebMD discusses the common diet mistakes we make, from cutting too many carbs to succumbing to fad diets. Learn how to fix these nutrition blunders.
- Healthy Eats: How to Satisfy the Picky Eaters in Your Family
How do you satisfy the picky eaters in your family? The secret lies in offering variety while avoiding cooking everyone separate meals. Plus, check out our fail-proof chicken breast recipe.
- Guy's Guide to Grilling
Tips, tricks, and recipes for delicious, heart-healthy meals cooked outside.
- Late-Night Snacks
Can eating at night make you gain weight?
- Pre-Workout Snacks
In general, you don’t need to eat before exercise. So when should you?
- Weight Gain
How can I stop myself from eating too much?
- Cloned Animal Meat
The FDA says cloned animals are safe to eat.