Eating during a workout always seemed counterintuitive to me -- until I started marathon training. At the start of the season, I could easily get through an hour-long workout before breakfast, but... Read »
For me, pasta salad is the worst kind of culinary offender. Not because it’s fattening and carb-heavy. No, those are nutritional woes. Pasta salad disappoints the food lover in me because it is reliably... Read »
Now that the food pyramid has been replaced with the food plate, government officials have their designs on making over the food label. Read »
An apple a day may keep the doctor away. But when you put it in a Happy Meal, it might help keep regulators at bay too. McDonald's on Tuesday said that it would add apple slices and reduce the... Read »
Yogurt and nuts were big factors in helping stave off or lose weight over a period of years, according to an extensive study from Harvard University. Read »
The nation's largest food companies say they will cut back on marketing unhealthier foods to children, proposing their own set of advertising standards after rejecting similar guidelines proposed by... Read »
Parents seeking healthier restaurant meals for their kids can start to look beyond chicken nuggets and macaroni-and-cheese. Read »
The debate about the dangers of eating too much salt has gained a new wrinkle: A federal study suggests that the people most at risk are those who also get too little potassium. Read »
Take cash with you next time you head to the supermarket -- paying in greenback may help you avoid impulse purchases (read: junk food). Read »
New research shows that it may take a different kind of strategy to successfully maintain weight loss than the kind that helped you lose the weight in the first place. Read »
