Health & Diet News & Features
- 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!
- Getting Off the Food Roller Coaster
Yes, weight management is healthy -- but not if you take it to the extreme. Just be mindful of what you eat, substitute some healthier foods, and don't let the scale determine your mood.
- Doomed to Get Old and Fat?
Sad to say, we all put on weight more easily as we get older. Women are especially prone to get a bigger waist. But it's not inevitable. Exercise and estrogen seem especially key in winning the war against late-life obesity.
- How Safe Is the Atkins Diet?
Dieters swear by the low-carb, high-protein plan like the Atkins diet. You get to eat all the burgers, steak, bacon, and eggs you want -- and lose weight doing it. It's even been shown to lower cholesterol. But at what cost?
- Nutrition Bars: Healthy or Hype?.
Nutrition bars have exploded onto the scene as meal replacements and 'healthy' snacks. But are they as healthy as they claim to be?
- Ways to Keep Your 'Eat Better' New Year's Resolution (for Real)
Do you resolve each year to do your body some good? Making small changes in diet and exercise will reap big rewards.
- Staying Buff After the Buffet
Here are some tips to help you navigate all the buffet lines if you need to eat a special diet or just want to maintain one.
- Festive, Not Fattening
Dietitians share their healthy holiday recipes, and the good news is that healthy eating doesn't have to taste like cardboard.
- Does Your Diet Match Your Gender?
Nowadays, companies are marketing food products specifically to women, to men, to seniors, to kids. But can certain foods really benefit one group more than another, or is it all just a Madison Avenue money-making scheme?
- The High Priest of High-Protein, Low-Carb Diets
An interview with low-carb diet advocate Dr. Robert Atkins.
- Bottoms Up
Studies suggest that moderate wine consumption can have some benefits. Here are a few tips.
- The Chinese Secret
What's healthy and wise? Chinese cooking -- if it's prepared in the traditional way.
- Keeping Costs Low.
Most HMOs use financial rewards and penalties for health care professionals to achieve cost-effective treatment.
- Health in a Bottle?
A glass or two of alcohol could make a difference to your heart.
- Getting a Food Guru
When Susan Bilyeu was diagnosed with diabetes three years ago, her doctor's advice seemed more like an ultimatum: Lose weight and change your eating habits or take blood sugar-lowering medication for life.
- Good Fat, Bad Fat
Americans have become downright fat-phobic. And with good reason: Scientists have pointed to fat as a possible cause for diseases ranging from heart disease to obesity to some cancers. In response, store shelves are now lined with fat-free potato chips, luncheon meats, and cookies, all concocted so people can literally have their cake and eat it too.
- Does Dairy Do a Colon Good?
Got milk? If the results of a recent study hold true, you might consider reaching for a tall glass of the one percent. A grain of salt might go well with your beverage, too.