When most of us think of food addiction, we tend to picture extreme cases like My 600 lb Life on TLC, which is partly because we associate the term ‘addiction’ with heavy substance abuse like drugs and alcohol. This makes ...
When most of us think of food addiction, we tend to picture extreme cases like My 600 lb Life on TLC, which is partly because we associate the term ‘addiction’ with heavy substance abuse like drugs and alcohol. This makes ...
Let’s face it, losing weight is never easy. And once you factor in your age, the amount of weight you’d like to lose, the time it takes to cook healthy meals, and finding the energy to work out, you may ...
My vegan friends are some of the most dedicated and loyal people I know. I mean, it takes a lot to avoid all the delicious animal products abundant in our diets nowadays. Whether someone is a vegan for the health ...
We’ve all been there…you spend a weekend eating junk food and stuffing yourself will all kinds of nonsense, and then you have something like a junk food hangover and feel like total crap. Then you tell yourself, I’m going to ...
I love tomatoes. They’re great any way you prepare them, stewed, roasted, fresh cut with a slice of mozzarella cheese. I’m a huge fan. But every time I eat tomatoes I get pretty nasty acid reflux, and it stays with ...
After I learned about the Cookie Diet, I thought I had heard it all. However, my shock and disbelief was short lived because I soon learned about the concept of oil pulling. Although it may sound as strange as eating ...
Found in over 6,000 food and drink products, you might know it as Equal, NutraSweet and Canderel. It’s found in everything from diet sodas, breath mints and gum, to desserts, vitamin supplements, instant coffee, yogurt and cereals. One of the ...
Kale is having a moment right now. And while many other health food fads come and go, kale has been a steady player on the superfoods list. Honestly, I wasn’t a big supporter of kale when all my health conscious ...
“I’m going to quit drinking coffee and only drink green tea”. That’s what I frequently tell myself, at least. But why all the buzz around green tea? Is it because green tea comes from Asia, and therefore has to be ...
Although the Atkins diet was actually introduced in the early 70s by Dr. Robert Atkins, a physician and cardiologist, with the launch of his book Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution, it did not begin to take off until 2003-2004. Now there’s ...
Hi, I’m Mike. One of my biggest passions in life is nutrition, and after getting my Personal Trainer Certification and Fitness Nutrition Certification from ISSA, I wanted to create a site where I could help readers live a healthy and nutritious life. I believe we control our destiny, and we can choose to live a long and healthy life by eating right and treating our bodies with respect.