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Even Moderate, Brief Stress Can Sabotage Healthy Eating
In a provocative new study designed to investigate how short periods of moderate stress affect dietary choices, the consensus was clear–even a little stress can trip us up. For this laboratory-based...
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Why You Should Eat More Beans
I consider beans the most underutilized and underappreciated superfood. Here are 8 compelling reasons to include them in your diet every day. Beans have megawatt nutritional power. They provide a...
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Live Longer and Healthier on Purpose
Living a life with a strong sense of purpose can add years to your life and life to your years. That was the uplifting conclusion from a new review study that included 10 formerly published studies...
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Hot for Appetite Control
Hot foods like chili peppers have been shown to help us eat less, and scientist have just uncovered a big clue as to how. Apparently capsaicin, the compound in hot peppers that gives them their spicy...
View ArticleThe Essential Ingredient for Weight Loss
Lowering blood insulin levels is essential for weight loss and lasting weight control. Here are the four things that you can do to lower it: Reduce Your Intake of the Great White Hazards. This includes...
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Water for Weight Loss
Want a simple, quick, dirt cheap, and totally healthy way to improve your weight control? Drink a big glass of water 30 minutes before your meals. This was the encouraging conclusion from a new...
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The Best Fruits and Veggies for Weight Control
Thanks to a new study from Harvard-based scientists, we have some promising new evidence that certain fruits and veggies are better than others for our waistlines. For this study, researchers monitored...
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Did You Know?
Apples are a true wonder food. Research has shown that this delicious fruit can lower cholesterol, improve blood sugar regulation, reduce cancer risk, reduce asthma risk, aid in weight control,...
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Is Butter Really Back?!?
If you have been sucked in by the recent headlines that butter is back-hold your horses. First off, there is no credible evidence that saturated fats have health benefits, and secondly, there is plenty...
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8 Reasons to Exercise if You Want to Lose Weight
Exercise burns calories. Exercise enhances insulin sensitivity (insulin action), which boosts calorie burning potential. Exercise builds lean body mass (muscle). The more muscle mass you have, the...
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No Safe Limit for Sugary Drinks
Sugary beverages can wreck your health. According to the most comprehensive and authoritative review of published science to date, Harvard scientists determined that drinking as little as one to two...
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What’s on Your Kitchen Counter?
The foods present on your kitchen counter may have a decisive impact on what you weigh! That was the eye-opening upshot from an intriguing new study lead by the Cornell’s famed eating behavior...
View Article5 Proven Ways to Overeat
1. Dining out, especially for lunch 2. Eating while distracted, especially while watching TV 3. Eating directly out of the bag, box, or food container, especially large sizes 4. Eating quickly 5....
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Brain Power in Kids
In a ground-breaking new study that I hope grabs everyone’s attention, particularly parents and the education establishment, researchers confirmed that both physical activity and body weight have a...
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My “Personal Secrets” for Avoiding Holiday Weight Gain
With the holiday season upon us and the unhealthy weight gain that often accompanies it, I am happy to share “my personal secrets” for avoiding this common malady. I consider weight control a...
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Sleep Vital for Healthy Metabolism
In a jolting new study that really grabbed my attention, scientist found that a single night of sleep loss impaired metabolism on par with eating a high-fat diet for six months! We know from past...
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Walnuts Score Again
Enjoying a generous handful of walnuts daily can improve the quality of your diet and boost your cardiometabolic health-without sabotaging your waistline. That was the encouraging conclusion from a new...
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Exercise Can Turn Off Obesity Genes
Rejoice! Obesity genes do not have the final word-you do! In a highly encouraging new report, scientists concluded that regular physical activity can dramatically diminish the activity of the FTO gene,...
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Messy Kitchen = More Calories
Yikes! A messy kitchen may make us eat more. Eating behavior scientists recently conducted a study looking at snacking in a tidy kitchen vs. a messy kitchen. For this study, researchers placed 98 women...
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