How Did This Diet Start? Grapefruits are known to come from Barbados where the climate is always warm and inviting. This sub-tropical citrus fruit has always been part of the Barbados pride and it is... Read more >>

What are the short-term effects of fad dieting? The short-term effects of fad dieting are simply that you will lose weight temporarily. You have to remember that it is only temporarily. No matter... Read more >>

Cabbage Soup Diet Is Harmful To Your Health The infamous Cabbage Soup Diet can become detrimental to your health. This popular dieting plan can cause a great deal of physical discomfort as well as... Read more >>

As someone who considers herself fairly nutrition- and health-savvy, I’ve read up on countless diet trends (and tried way too many of them). Naturally, my interest was piqued when I read about... Read more >>

Doesn’t it seem like today’s technology is built to fail? In the old days, things would last forever. In fact, I’ll bet you have some of your parents’ appliances kicking... Read more >>

Is Fad Dieting Bad? I believe that we all know what fad dieting is, but not everyone knows the dangers of fad dieting. First, if you do not know what fad dieting is, it’s simply a dieting plan... Read more >>

People will do almost anything to lose weight. While the most logical, sustainable means of doing so hasn’t really changed—eat less and exercise—every day it seems there are a host of new and… Read more >>

There are good fat and bad fats. We require a healthy balance of fats. Along with maintaining brain, heart and immune function, fat is essential for the maintenance of healthy cell membranes of... Read more >>

I’ve been on a diet ever since I can remember. When I was a child, my mother was perpetually trying to lose weight, and I fell in lockstep behind her, eating only cottage cheese or drinking only... Read more >>

Who among us hasn’t been tempted to try a weight-loss supplement to ward off tight-waistband syndrome? But these supplements aren’t all they claim to be—in fact, they’re often... Read more >>