Health & Diet Features
- Will Low-Carb Diets Ultimately Make Us Fat?
Get the skinny on low-carb diets.
- Evaluating Your Weight
For some -- particularly people who are coping with medical conditions like cancer or arthritis -- the danger is losing weight, not gaining it.
- Weight-Loss Wars: Men vs. Women
Why do men lose weight faster than women? Or is that just a myth? Just for fun, we decided to take a look at sex differences -- real and perceived -- in the weight loss wars.
- Meet the Maker's Diet
A new diet program takes its roots from the Bible and focuses on organic food.
- Cool Summer Treats That Won't Wreck Your Diet
WebMD gives the lowdown on low-carb, low-fat ice creams and frozen desserts.
- Cool Summer Treats That Won't Wreck Your Diet: Taste Test Results
Taste test results for a variety of cool summer treats that won't ruin your diet.
- Summertime Nutrition Tips
All that abundant sunshine in the summer can cause dry skin and hair, eye damage, and other ailments. Find out which vitamins and minerals can counteract sun damage.
- The Down Low on Low-Carb Diets
But while the road to a slimmer new you may be paved with high-protein foods, if you're like most low-carbers it's likely you've also encountered a few potholes along the way.
- The Down Low on Low-Carb Diets
How to avoid the pitfalls and side effects of a low-carb weight loss plan.
- Overcoming Dieting Slumps
Food is your best tool to gain and maintain energy, resolve, and clearness of thinking. You just have to do it right.
- Diet Dilemmas: Portion Distortion
Are you eating more than you think you're eating?
- Fighting 40s Flab
Is a sluggish metabolism the heavy in over-40 weight loss troubles?
- Fighting 40s Flab
Is a sluggish metabolism the heavy in over-40 weight loss troubles?
- Can You Be a Vegetarian and Still Eat Meat?
Experts discuss the world of 'flexitarians' - people who call themselves vegetarians but occasionally eat meat.
- Feed Your Head: Cravings Quenchers
Fruit smoothies, nachos, frozen yogurt, and other snacks make great healthy -- and tasty -- treats.
- Make Over Your Kitchen
Make Over Your Kitchen
- Portion Sizes Eventually Add Up
Cleaning your plate can pack on the pounds.
- Have We Gone Carb Crazy?
Many dieters shun carbs. But are carbs something the average person should be concerned about?
- Quick Weight Loss or Quackery?
Even smart people fall prey to quick weight-loss gimmicks, WebMD explains why.
- Restrict Calories, Revive Your Life
Research on animals shows a restricted-calorie diet may have health benefits and slow the hands of time.
- Losing Weight With Cupid
Kissing and cuddling up can put the fun factor into losing weight.
- What Does Low-Carb Really Mean?
Unlike 'low-calorie' or 'reduced-fat' claims, the FDA has not legally defined what 'low carbohydrate' means which has many people guessing.
- Calories Through the Ages
How to avoid gaining weight in your 40s and up.
- Top 10 Protein Foods
No doubt about it, protein is good for you -- and can even help you shed those unwanted pounds. But (and you knew there was a "but," right?), it's important to eat the right amount and the right kind of protein to get the lifelong weight-loss results you want.
- Why Do We Keep Falling for Fad Diets?
Here's how to break the fad-diet habit and lose weight for good
- The Hidden Ingredient That Can Sabotage Your Diet
Do you know how much sugar you're eating?
- From Naughty to Nice
The countdown has begun. The clock is ticking, and before you know it, New Year's Day will be here and so will all those annual lose-weight resolutions.
- 5 Tips to Avoid Winter Weight Gain
Do you dread the holidays with all those tempting, fattening foods? This year, be prepared for the season with our five-point plan to beat winter weight gain.
- Calorie-Saving Tips Worth The Effort
Whether you're trying to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight, there are some simple ways to cut the fat and calories without giving up the foods you love.
- Top 10 Low-Fat Desserts
Here's what to eat when you need something sweet
- Top 10 Sources of Fiber
Beyond bran cereal: Many foods are fiber-rich
- Trying to Lose Weight? Watch What You Drink
Liquid Calories Add Up Quickly
- Gaining Weight on the Job?
Companies are weighing in to help busy professionals fight the battle of the bulge.
- The French Way to Lose Weight
Mesotherapy is widely practiced in France as a weight-loss technique, but it hasn't caught on in the U.S. And some doctors are glad about that.
- Diet Wars: Which Plan Is Best?
Whether you count calories, fat grams, carbs, or points, your choice of weight-loss programs is bound to spark debate at the dinner table and the water cooler. Is it possible for people with opposing diet strategies to coexist peacefully in the same household?
- When It Comes to Sweets, Never Say Never
Even Candy Can Be Healthy -- in Moderation
- Trans Fats: The Science and the Risks
What exactly are trans fats? How are they made? How bad are they, really? And just how solid is the science that the FDA consulted when they voted to list trans fats on nutrition labels? To get to the bottom of these and other questions about trans fats, WebMD spoke to leading nutritionists.
- Where Are Trans Fats Hiding?
How do you limit these harmful fats? Print out this list of 10 foods to beware and take it to the supermarket!
- Is PMS Sabotaging Your Diet?
How to cope with food cravings and keep losing weight
- Hungry? Chew on These Snacks
Junk food has given snacking a bad name. "Snacking in itself isn't a bad thing," says Elaine Magee, PhD, RD, author of numerous nutrition books, including The Recipe Doctor Cookbook: Light and Healthy Versions of America's Favorite Dishes.
- Diet Woes? Hire a Food Trainer
A new breed of nutritionists called food trainers approaches weight loss and nutrition from the inside out
- Get Spiritual to Lose Weight?
Ready to wave the white flag in your battle of the bulge? Perhaps it's time to surrender to a higher power -- it just might help you lose weight.
- 'Thin' Foods to Aid Weight Loss
Do you get plenty of calcium, soy, and fiber in your diet? If not, you're not eating the right 'thin' foods.
- Stop Unconscious Overeating
How to be more aware of maintaining healthy eating habits.
- Skinny Sipping: Drink Pounds Away
You can trick your metabolism with calcium and fill up with low-calorie beverages to help weight loss.
- Carbs for Weight Loss?
Can carbs really aid weight loss?
- Is There a Magic Weight Loss Carb?
Is there really such things as good carbohydrates and bad carbohydrates? How do you tell them apart?
- Surviving the Super Bowl Spread
Super Bowl party food can be fun and healthy and help you avoid the Super Bowl spread of your waistline.
- Is Fat in Your Future?
Skipping meals as a means of dieting can lead to weight gain in the long run.
- Nutritional Training to Beat Holiday Stress
Yes, you can fight stress with food. Just follow this food plan to celebrate in good cheer!