Easy On The Salt!

There can be far more salt in many holiday meals than people realize, and the proof can be found at hospital emergency rooms…

The Eating Season, 10 Tips To Help You Stick With It During The Holidays

Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s for those who are trying to maintain a healthy weight or lose weight, this can be the season to dread. The abundance of food and snacks, many of them sugary and high-fat, can make it more than tempting to stray from those healthy habits we try to keep in mind all year long…

Combined Consumption Of Caffeine And Glucose Improves The Efficiency Of Brain Activity

The combination of caffeine and glucose can improve the efficiency of brain activity, according to a recent study in which functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to identify the neural substrate for the combined effects of these two substances…

More protein, less refined starch important for dieting, large study shows

If you want to lose weight or avoid gaining weight, you should cut down on finely refined starch calories such as white bread and white rice and instead eat a diet that is high in proteins with more lean meat, low-fat dairy products and beans, large scale study suggests.