Healthy Diet Plans: Weight Loss & Nutritional Balance

Healthy diets range from structured plans like the Zone or Daniel Fast to high-protein regimens for bodybuilders. Learn how to lose weight sustainably using lean proteins, or gain weight quickly through balanced nutrition and meal timing.

Multi-ethnic girl preparing food in the kitchen

16 Foods Dietitians Won't Touch

If a dietitian won't eat a particular food, it's probably a good sign that you shouldn't be eating it either. Dietitians and nutritionists make their careers by examining the healthful and unhealthful ingredients in foods and determining what's good for our bodies and what's not.

Read more →
Overview

11 Popular Nutrition Myths Busted By Science

Its seems there are hundreds of food rules these days. Do this, don't eat that, drink this but only on Wednesdays when a full moon. Some myths are believable but most are down right ridiculous and despite the abundance of emerging nutrition research, some food and nutrition myths just seem to endure.

Read more →
Fresh healthy salad in bowl and ingredients

1,200-Calorie Diabetic Food Exchange

Losing excess weight helps your body regulate blood sugar better. Follow a 1,200-calorie plan under your doctor's supervision, because this is a very low-calorie diet.

Read more →
Cornflakes on a worn wooden background

Two-Week Kellogg's Weight Loss Plan

The two-week Kellogg's weight loss plan, also called the Special K diet, is a version of a meal-replacement diet, meaning you replace two regular meals with this Kellogg's cereal.

Read more →
Glasses of fresh juice on wooden table

How to Detox in 3 Days Without Juicing

Let’s face it: We all indulge. It’s hard to say no to the free snacks at the office or the baked goods beckoning from a shop’s display case. And every once in a while we all need a diet reset to kick-start our metabolisms and help us resume our normal eating habits.

Read more →
Pleasure / Pain

9 Sneaky Ways to Trick Yourself Out of Snacking

From stress and boredom to thirst and low blood sugar, there are many reasons that lead to those between-meal nibbles. Whether you’re a mid-afternoon cruncher or a midnight muncher, read on to learn about some effective ways to prevent unhealthy snacking.

Read more →