Eating is a primitive urge, like sleeping or going to the bathroom. When food sources are abundant, we are hard-wired to eat as much as our body needs to function, survive, and reproduce, but also — more critically — to store against [...]

Virtually everyone has a family history that includes a chronic illness such as heart disease, diabetes or cancer. You may be concerned that you carry a genetic predisposition to one or more of these diseases. But even if that’s true, recent science [...]

Over the past decade or so, carbohydrates in the American diet have both gained and fallen out of favor, sometimes so quickly that women can be left in a state of confusion. Should their diets be low carb?  High carb? Some carbohydrates [...]

There’s no escaping it now. Almost everyone associated with food, from national restaurant chains to local grocery stores, are all addressing gluten, from offering gluten-free menus to carrying ever expanding sections of gluten-free foods. Magazines, from our favorite monthly women’s magazines to [...]

Spending time in the sun can supply the body with vitamin D, which is essential in helping to defend against depression, heart disease, stroke, cancer and osteoporosis. Sometimes though, especially during the winter, some of us have difficulty squeezing even a few [...]

Without a doubt, eating well and having optimal nutrition is the number-one strategy for creating lifelong health, regardless of your starting point. You may be highly conscientious and diligent about your diet, or you may be in despair about your nutrition and [...]

High fructose corn syrup was originally developed in the 1970’s in Japan. Over the years we have seen an increasing consumption – In 2004, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition cites the increase to be 1000% in just 20 years – between [...]