Your brain is a calorie hog (and other reasons not to fast/juice...
Did you know that your brain and nerves take about half of your glucose (simple sugar we use for energy) a day? (About 500 calories!) This fact is key in why yo-yo diets don’t work and why people tend...
View ArticleNo science behind blood-type diets | Reuters
No science behind blood-type diets By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK | Thu May 30, 2013 2:39pm EDT (Reuters Health) – They are a fad that refuses to fade, but no solid evidence exists to show whether or not...
View ArticleFad Diets Will Seem Even Crazier After You See This : The Salt : NPR
Fad Diets Will Seem Even Crazier After You See This by MARIA GODOY On one level, it’s easy to understand the allure of a fad diet: Eat this, not that and you’ll lose weight, guaranteed. Who doesn’t...
View ArticleA Call for a Low-Carb Diet – NYTimes.com
People who avoid carbohydrates and eat more fat, even saturated fat, lose more body fat and have fewer cardiovascular risks than people who follow the low-fat diet that health authorities have favored...
View ArticleDASH named best overall diet for fifth year: report | Reuters
(Reuters) – The DASH diet, rich in vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy, has been named the best overall diet for the fifth consecutive year, outpacing Weight Watchers and the Mediterranean diet,...
View ArticleA brief timeline shows how we’re gluttons for diet fads – LA Times
We ‘ve barely dug ourselves out from beneath the pile of new diet books that arrived to kick off the year, and already the “get in shape for summer” diet books are filling our mailboxes. That raises...
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