Ginger, or Zingiber officinale as it's scientifically known, has been used as both food and medicine for thousands of years and is still the go-to treatment for motion and morning sickness.

Shopping for cereal can be confusing because of the many different options available. A healthy cereal should provide you with a bowl full of good nutrition.

While green tea and coffee both have caffeine, coffee has a significantly greater amount per cup. Coffee and green tea have other nutrients in them that have been linked with significant health benefits.

There's no black-and-white answer to this question, but by examining the ingredients, you can have a better understanding of what you’re getting and thus choose the options to make your next Chipotle outing a healthier one.

New Mexico State University is home to the Chile Pepper Institute (which holds the rare and laudable distinction of being the only interesting institute in the world.

“Top Chef” judge and restaurateur Tom Colicchio on why he's done putting up with “kitchen culture” and what he thinks should be done about it.

It’s always good to question commonly held ideas or beliefs that are touted as facts. Sometimes “facts” are not facts at all, but just ideas that are repeated again and again by influential groups so that over time they’re believed to be facts. This is true when it comes to diet and weight loss.

They say you are what you eat — and it turns out the food we eat has some pretty dire consequences. Here are 10 poor eating habits that could make you die young.

If you’re serious about losing weight or maintaining a healthy lifestyle, you may think you have to go into “strict diet mode” and cut out alcohol completely. So, you reluctantly trade happy hours for nights in front of the TV. After all, it’s the only surefire way to drop pounds, right? Wrong.

Eating orange peels may not be as weird as you think, but there are some things you need to look out for.

A new study maintains that replacing refined grains with whole grains increases metabolism and burns more calories.

Learn more about the calories in half an avocado - which depends greatly on the type of avocado and its size.