Researchers are currently advocating that a combination of diet and exercise is the best strategy for losing weight and gaining anything back over time. It is true that either exercise or diet alone should result in weight loss the two in concert increases both overall weight loss and time the weight is lost.
This [...]

Trans fats seem to be getting alot of attention in the media lately.  Magazines and newspapers seem full of information concerning trans fats. Much of the information seems to be negative with warnings to avoid trans fats. What are trans fats and what are their impact on nutrition?
Trans fats are unsaturated fats with trans-isomer fatty [...]

When you think of being on a diet often you think of denying yourself food constantly and a nagging hunger.  While diets do by definition dictate what and how much we consume there is no rule saying diets must leave you feeling hungry.  For a diet to be successful we must be able to maintain [...]

With many diet plans focusing strictly on cutting pounds there seems to be a willingness of many strategies to ignore the idea of healthy weight loss. Healthy weight loss is the idea that the ultimate success of a diet plan is not a matter only of what a scale says but how we feel. Eating [...]

Do you find diets hard to maintain because of the constant feeling of being hungry? It is not uncommon for dieters to have trouble staying on a diet if it provides a significantly less food than they are accustomed to.  While this effect is often temporary and will diminish as the diet progresses and the [...]

We are constantly hearing about the importance of eating a balanced diet.  A balanced and nutritious diet is always important, but never more than when you are dieting or trying to lose weight.   A balanced diet is one that ensures your body gets all the nutrients it needs.
While many of us would agree that a [...]