12 Health Tips for the 12+ Days of Holidays!>
This piece was co-authored by Jaime Coffey Martinez, MS, RD as part of "Eat REAL for the HOLIDAYS" The 12 days of Christmas are realistically more like 60+ days of diet sabotage. Sure, the traditional...
View ArticleExperts reject concept of food addiction
We all talk about being addicted to foods such as chocolate or crisps but does food addiction actually exist? No, according to some scientists and nutritionists who gathered in Dublin recently to...
View ArticleFour Fitness Foods You Should Avoid
The Journal Of Marketing Research recently released the article "The Effect of Fitness Branding on Restrained Eaters' Food Consumption and Post-Consumption Physical Activity". In the article, the...
View ArticleStudies link one sugar to pain, obesity, cancer, diabetes and beehive collapse
Eliminating this one sugar from your diet will reduce pain, obesity, cancer, and diabetes. It's that simple. Sweet. Sugar is a viable source of energy for the body, but not all sugars are created equal...
View ArticleIs sugar the world’s most popular drug?
It eases pain, seems to be addictive and shows every sign of causing long-term health problems. Is it time to quit sugar for good?...
View ArticleSugar, explained
Sugar is the dietary villain of our day. But the science is complicated. First it was too many calories. Then it was too much fat. Now there’s a full-on war on sugar, our latest dietary enemy No. 1. In...
View ArticleBig Sugar and Coke Conspiracy
The rise of chronic metabolic disease in the U.S. follows the growth of the U.S. sugar industry and increases in per capita sugar consumption. Today, we consume about 20 times more sugar than our...
View ArticleHow to stop sugar sneaking into your child's diet
(CNN)A lollipop after a morning doctor visit. A cupcake for a classmate's birthday with lunch. A bag of cookies, gummies or a few little doughuts before after-school activities begin. And dessert is...
View ArticleHere's why sugar could be the world's most popular drug
BI Imagine a drug that can intoxicate us, can infuse us with energy and can be taken by mouth. It doesn’t have to be injected, smoked, or snorted for us to experience its sublime and soothing effects....
View ArticleWhat Does Sugar Do to Your Brain?
While all cells in your body can use glucose for energy, when you burn fat as your primary fuel your liver produces ketones that burn far "cleaner" in that they generate fewer reactive oxygen species...
View ArticleHow psychoactive drugs are studied, part 2
This will be a continuation of our look at Iversen and Iversen's book on neuropharmacology. Animal models have been very important in the study of addictive drug use. Some of the most important aspects...
View ArticleIt’s easy to become obese in America. These 7 charts explain why.
It’s no secret that Americans have gotten much, much bigger over the past few decades. The signs are all around us, from XXXL clothing sizes to supersize movie seats and even coffins. According to the...
View ArticleSpecial report: Tackling childhood obesity in the UAE
Doctors and nutrition experts in the UAE have noted a significant rise in obese children in Abu Dhabi. Inactivity, poor diets and a lack of nutritional knowledge are cited as a few of the root causes....
View ArticleSpecial report: Childhood obesity on the rise in Abu Dhabi
Doctors and nutrition experts in the UAE have noted a significant rise in obese children in Abu Dhabi. Inactivity, poor diets and a lack of nutritional knowledge are cited as a few of the root causes....
View ArticleHow Rosanna Davison lost an excess stone and you can do it too
I'm sure it is pathetic to take comfort in the fact that even the naturally slim and beautiful need to work at their appearance and can have off days and bad weeks, but it is also only human. And so,...
View ArticleElevated Blood Sugar Sets the Stage for Cancer Growth
The fact that sugar and obesity are linked to an increased risk of cancer is now becoming well-recognized. Obesity has also been linked to an increased risk of death from all causes. According to...
View Article30 Foods You Should Never Eat After Age 30
View gallery. By Dana Leigh Smith The best part about being a grown-up is having the freedom to do—and eat—whatever you want. Pizza for breakfast? Yolo. But when the muffin tops and man boobs start to...
View ArticleThis food bank doesn’t want your junk food. Good.
Nancy Roman, president and CEO of the Capital Area Food Bank, has been overwhelmed by cake. Week after week, dozens of frosted, layered confections arrive at her warehouse. A 5-year-old might think...
View Article19 Ways to Give Up Sugar
It's time to call sugar out for what it is: A heartbreaker, a big-tummy maker, and a health-food faker. We're not talking about the sugar that comes in fruit (because a lot of Americans aren't getting...
View ArticleA healthier UAE, one vending machine at a time
It all began with hunger pangs after the college cafeteria had closed. Searching for something to eat during her evening classes, Samira Al Romaithi’s only option was vending machines. And what they...
View ArticleThe 30 Best Breakfast Habits to Drop 5 Pounds
View gallery. by Grant Stoddard People claim it’s the most important meal of the day. We say there’s a lot more to it. "I just can't seem to lose weight," my friend Shawna told me one morning over...
View ArticleWhy is internet porn so addictive? Part 2
As Gary Wilson notes, researchers have noted that chronic dopamine elevation results in brain changes linked with addiction. These changes manifest themselves in addiction's "three Cs": Craving, which...
View ArticleReducing Hunger and Very Low Food Security (The Heritage Foundation)
(Source: The Heritage Foundation) February 11, 2016 | Testimony on Poverty and Inequality By Robert Rector Executive Summary There are frequent claims of widespread hunger in the United States. The...
View ArticleWhy the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Are Inappropriate For Most Americans
The 2015-2020 U.S. Dietary Guidelines were recently published,1 and while they include some positive changes, they still contain serious flaws as well. In this interview, Nina Teicholz reviews a number...
View ArticleMyths about 10 ‘healthy foods' busted
Most of us, in a bid to eat healthy and stay fit head straight to the "Health" or the "Diet food" section of supermarkets. These products, which are heavy on the pocket promise to be really light in...
View ArticleEvery 25 Seconds
Summary Neal Scott may die in prison. A 49-year-old Black man from New Orleans, Neal had cycled in and out of prison for drug possession over a number of years. He said he was never offered treatment...
View ArticleGrowing portion sizes a major factor in rising UK obesity, study finds
Retailers could be forced to charge more for bigger servings to counter damage being done, say Cambridge University experts...
View ArticleWeight-Loss Experts Share the Most Common Mistakes Clients Make
Everyone makes mistakes, right? Yep, and, when it comes to weight loss, most of us make the same ones. Here, nutritionists, trainers and weight-loss physicians reveal the biggest flubs in their...
View Article19 "Healthy" Foods You Should Reconsider
We're all guilty of picking up a dangerfood every once in a while. They seem innocent enough on the outside, masquerading behind their whole wheat-touting labels or a crunchy bed of lettuce. But a...
View ArticleProvocative Study Points to Humans Being Best Adapted to a High-Fat, Low-Carb...
Chronic metabolic disorders worldwide are linked to a high-carb diet. Our bodies' endocannabinoid systems are not designed for that. Cannabis has been a friend to humankind since before the written...
View ArticleBreakfast: Essential or Overrated?
Click here for reuse options! Some of us never have it. Some of us never skip it. Figuring out who's better off is a tricky business. The idea that breakfast is the most important meal of the day has...
View Article40 Habits That Make You Gain Weight and Feel Sick
View gallery. By Dana Leigh Smith You exercise regularly, eat your fruits and veggies and never miss an annual exam—and it’s paying off. You look and feel great! But even though you’re fit and healthy...
View ArticleNo diet, no detox: how to relearn the art of eating
Our relationship with food has become disordered and obsessive. As the new year brings diet madness, it needn’t be such a struggle to learn good eating habits...
View ArticleProfNet Experts Available on Childhood Obesity, Relationships, Fall Fashion...
NEW YORK, Sept. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Below are experts from the ProfNet network that are available to discuss timely issues in your coverage area. You can also submit a query to the hundreds of...
View ArticleThe 100 Most Influential People in Health and Fitness
There are thousands of people working every day to revolutionize the way people think about health, fitness, and happiness, and every year we recognize those making the biggest impacts (for both good...
View ArticleBinge-beating Banting: Why Tim's take is hard to stomach
Laetitia Vermeulen* slowly closed her white muslin curtains. Tightly, until she was sure no one could see inside. It was around 9pm. She lit the fireplace in her living room, and poured herself a...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Guide to Totally Nailing Every One of Your Resolutions
No matter how you feel about resolutions, chances are most of us are looking to kick off 2016 on a good note. To help you get started, we've compiled 100 (one hundred!) easy-to-implement tips to help...
View Article50 Little Things Making You Fatter and Fatter
View gallery. By Dana Leigh Smith&The Editors of Eat This, Not That! Discover the less-than-stellar habits that may be sending the scale upwards—plus, easy fixes for each! We all know the saying...
View ArticleAre carb cravings a red herring or is sugar addiction a thing?
When Kerry Hammerton was offered a chocolate chip muffin at a yoga function, her peers were astonished by her response. “I don’t eat sugar,” she told the waiter. “I’m a sugar addict.” One of her yoga...
View ArticleThe sugar conspiracy
In 1972, a British scientist sounded the alarm that sugar – and not fat – was the greatest danger to our health. But his findings were ridiculed and his reputation ruined. How did the world’s top...
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