Like the ancient Romans (and the Vikings), we should save feasting for special occasions, not make it a weekly event. When we do feast,...

The National Weight Control Registry was established as a research project in 1994 and is the most extensive prospective investigation of...

Very few of us want to overeat. Gorging oneself until the point of feeling uncomfortable or sick is quite unpleasant. Yet, most of us...

The battle for better health and weight management seems increasingly challenging in today's fast-paced world. We find ourselves...

How to breakthrough an exercise plateau

When I was a child, the local supermarket chain, Stop & Shop, did not sell any 'organic' labeled food. There was no such thing. On a...

The five must-haves of weight loss exist in a hierarchy: Genetics Diet and hydration All non-exercise movement and activities (NEAT)...

Don’t fool yourself into believing your daily detoxing juice or pre-workout smoothie is anything more than liquid candy with a few extra...

Remember: Set Point weight is still a theory.  It is not a proven scientific law.  Most scientists believe 75% of our set point weight is...

FACT: Every time you eat anything (not just carbs) your pancreas releases more insulin into the bloodstream. Insulin’s two jobs are to...

Offal is a vague term used to describe parts of the animal we Americans don’t eat. It includes the liver, brain, lungs, heart, tail,...

The ecological community of bacteria, fungi, viruses and single-cell organisms living in your body are known as the microbiome, aka...

‘Hot town, summer in the city. Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty…..’ That means beach weather, bikinis, bare feet and lots of...

Memory & reward centers in our brains associate certain foods with pleasure Emotional needs trigger cravings in order to placate stress,...

The thing about hunger is most of us aren’t hungry because we need food.  We have trained our bodies, with the help of Monsanto to...

“Let food be thy medicine”– Hippocrates More than half of U.S. adults blindly take vitamins daily. Do you know what you are actually...

Intermittent fasting

Many people have a weird relationship with their bathroom scale.  Some people hide it, others cross-check the weight with a 2nd scale...