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Understanding Diet & Nutrition
How Your Brain Signals Your Body's Need for Food
You may think that hunger is all in your stomach and that dieting is all in your head. But nutrition experts know that hunger is regulated by a complex system of chemicals that send signals between your [more…]
Diet & Nutrition
The Essentials of Healthy Weight Loss
The essentials of healthy weight loss can help you take a balanced approach to losing weight and staying in shape. Getting fit and trim requires balancing diet, nutrition, and exercise, as well as considering [more…]
Weight Loss
Tracking How Many Calories You Eat
Before you start dieting, it helps to determine how much you do eat. Unfortunately, a magic formula for figuring out how many calories you eat is unavailable as yet — you simply have to track it. If you’re [more…]
Weight Loss
Using the Food Pyramid for Weight Loss
After you have a general idea of which foods belong in which food groups and what their nutritional benefits are, you can start to plan your weight-loss diet. First, determine your calorie needs. Then, [more…]
Diet & Nutrition
Toxic Minerals to Avoid in Food and Environment
Many minerals are an essential part of a healthy diet. Other minerals are toxic even in tiny amounts, leading to nerve dysfunction and memory loss, a weakened immune system, and even kidney damage. [more…]
