What are the best foods for vitamin C?

The body does not store excess vitamin C, so a person needs to absorb enough from food each day to meet the recommended intake. This article looks at the top 20 foods rich in vitamin C and ideas for incorporating them into the diet.

Can you lose weight with the 7-day GM diet?

The GM, or General Motors, weight-loss diet plan involves eating only specific food groups each day for a total of 7 days. In this article, we look at how the diet works, its benefits and risks, and possible meal plans.

What are the benefits of drinking hot water?

Drinking water can support skin, muscle, and joint health. Drinking warm or hot water each day might offer even more benefits

Coffee intake depends on gene variation, study suggests

The amount of coffee a person drinks each day could be down to a particular genetic variant that affects caffeine metabolism, new research finds.

Eating beans, peas, chickpeas or lentils may help lose weight and keep it off

Eating one serving a day of beans, peas, chickpeas or lentils could contribute to modest weight loss, a new study suggests. Eating about 3/4 cup (130 grams) each day of these foods known as pulses led to a weight loss of 0.34 kilograms (just over half a pound), in a systematic review and meta-analysis of all available clinical trials on the effects of eating pulses.

Could eating an avocado each day help lower ‘bad’ cholesterol?

Consuming one avocado each day alongside a moderate-fat diet may help lower ‘bad’ cholesterol in people who are overweight or obese, a new study finds.

How Many Calories Should I Eat?

The number of calories people should eat each day depends on several factors, including their age, size, height, sex, lifestyle, and overall general health. A physically active 6ft 2in male, aged 22 years, requires considerably more calories than a 5ft 2ins sedentary woman in her 70s. Recommended daily calorie intakes also vary across the world…

Overall Fatness, Not Just BMI, Weight, for Measuring Obesity?

A new JAMA study published online on Wednesday suggests that when people consistently eat more calories than their bodies can burn each day, it appears they gain body fat and lose lean muscle if their diet is low in protein…

Snacking Constitutes 25 Percent Of Calories Consumed In U.S.

Snacking, especially beverage consumption outside of a regular meal, continues to increase among Americans, accounting for more than 25 percent of calorie intake each day, according to research presented at the 2011 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting & Food Expo®…

How Much Should I Eat?

How much an individual should eat depends on many factors, including their height, age, sex, general state of health, job, leisure time activities, genetics, body size, body composition, and what medications they may be on. How much relates to your daily calorie intake requirement – consume more each day than you use up and you will usually put on weight, consume less and the opposite will happen…