You’ve probably heard that orange juice and chicken soup can help kick a cold or combat the flu, but there are less obvious (and more appetizing) mealtime choices that help an ailing immune...
As I was driving into work this morning, I was listening to an interview with Dr. Mehmet Oz on the local radio. I arrived in my parking deck just in time to hear him mention arsenic and apple jui...
Scrambled eggs on toast has been my go-to comfort meal for as long as I can remember. It’s filling, nutritious, and its consistent presence in my life has made it like an old friend I can r...
Stress is closely related to anger, and where there is one, the other will follow immediately behind.It is imperative to one’s health and well being that one learns to control one’s s...
Scientists engineer a new, extra-nutrient-rich version of the green flowerettes. And cheer up, kids: It might actually taste better, tooIt's no secret that most kids disdain broccoli. But how wil...
Chew up a raw clove of garlic and you might exhale noxious, eye-watering clouds of stink all day, but you’ll also repel mosquitoes (and vampires), increase your immunity, heal cold sores, e...
Is the economy beating you up? It’s time to get creative. Next time you have an ache or pain, forget about a costly trip to the drugstore and test drive some of your grandmother’s rem...
Vitaminwater, produced by Coca-Cola, is the drink of choice for many people because they view it as a healthy alternative to soda. In reality, vitaminwater is e...
Diets do not work. Period.They often eliminate whole food groups (which is unhealthy and dangerous) or they eliminate your favorite foods (which makes them hard to stick to!)You can’t live...
You try to eat right, but the number on the scale keeps creeping up. Sound familiar? According to a survey by the International Food Information Council Foundation, we eat a lot more than we shou...
There’s a nice little rule of thumb that I like to follow with my alcohol. It goes like this: when it’s time to change your coat, it’s time to change your palette. Since I just s...
15 good reasons to approach the season of cocktails and cookies with healthy aplomb.Caring about our weight is part of the American experience, like finding a Victoria’s Secret next to a Ci...
When it comes to choosing what to eat, I like to get a lot of nutritional bang for my buck, so to speak. The best deals? “Superfoods” that are far more plentiful in nutrients than they...
You've made it another year and, chances are, you've made a few resolutions as well. If you're like most Americans, your goals are geared towards healthier eating, more exercise and perhaps, quitti...
The positive benefits of being a vegetarian are well known. These include:more energy
less chance of being overweight
healthier glow/clearer complexion
higher fiber diet
less chances of getting ce...
Chances are there are foods you love now that you hated as a kid. But how many foods do you still avoid just because you think you don’t like them?Young palates struggle with things like mus...
Good news for da ladeeeeeez. Turns out that topping off your breakfast with a chocolatey dessert could be the key to losing (and keeping off) weight. Those are your priorities, right? Staying skin...
We all know the basics of good oral care: brush in the morning and evening, floss each day and visit the dentist twice per year. But there are smaller, incremental steps we can take to guarantee go...
Remember back in the good old days when breakfast was a proper meal eaten around a kitchen table adorned with a pitcher brimming with OJ and a vase full of fresh flowers? Sausage links glistened u...
If you're a big fan of chocolate (believe it or not, some people aren't), the first reports that your beloved candy might actually be good for you were probably music to your ears. You probably d...
Cooking up delicious spicy food can come at a price... a price many of us have paid! If you've ever cut up some jalapeños and scraped out the seeds with your bare hands, you know the sympt...
I’m a green tea drinker.Not for the love of the taste — no way! I drink it because I’m told it’s good for me…or, to be honest, the real reason I drink it is because...
If you're trying to watch what you eat, or your doctor's put you on a diet, you know what it's like to struggle with gnawing hunger even though you're all out of calories for the day. Sure, chugg...
America is the king of King Size, the cream of the crops, the place where portions are out of all proportion. When it comes to food, the United States is one of the most influential countries in...
Two dollars for an avocado, eight bucks for butter, four greenbacks for orange juice—food prices in the United States don’t always seem cheap. But compared to the rest of the world, w...
