The holiday eating season has arrived. It arrived with the first bag of Halloween candy and will stick around until that last chili dog on Super Bowl afternoon.
The myth is people gain five and even 10 pounds during this season. But…

Fitness Magazine has released its 2009 Healthy Food Awards. The list is comprised of packaged foods for people on the go who want to eat healthy.

Alas, my favorites, Peanut M&Ms and Dolly Madison Donut Gems (the crunch kind — see…

Ever wish you could know the calorie, fat and carb content of menu items at your local diner or fast food establishment so you could make intelligent choices? Or, would you rather not know that those Mucho Grande Nachos at Taco Bell contain…

Women’s Health has compiled a rather extensive list of The Best and Worst Breakfast Foods. The list contains some surprises such as recommending Apple Jacks over Apple Cinnamon Cheerio’s. It also notes that Kashi Vive Toasted Graham & Vanilla cereal is a unique…

Here’s some good news: You’re burning calories as you read this. And tonight, when you sleep, you will be too. In fact, your Basal Metabolic Rate is the number of calories you’d burn if you stayed in bed all day.…

Did you know that a slice of apple pie at Denny’s Restaurant has 470 calories and 21 grams of fat? Or that a 150-pound person who cycles at a medium pace for 1 hour burns about 545 calories? I just…

There’s a growing segment of our population that is extremely fit. They spend hours each day training for marathons, ultra-marathons, Ironman triathlons and hundred-mile bicycle rides. Their bodies take a beating and rely on electrolyte drinks, energy gels and nutrition bars…

PeopleJam.com, a website that helps people cope with health and other life issues, has eight tips to prevent your job from wrecking your health.  That’s important considering that one piece of chocolate a day, or that half donut or that…

I’m a woman, so I don’t read Men’s Health a lot. I do find their lists of the “worst this” and “worst that” annoying though because those lists often include St. Louis (among fattest cities, for instance) and a lot of…