Health & Diet Features
- 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.