Diets in Review
The culinary preferences of Americans are as diverse as our population. Unfortunately, the way most of us enjoy our Mexican, Chinese and even Italian food is very Americanized – fried, greasy and cheesy. When we start thinking about all the … Continue reading
Fast food restaurants try really hard to fool us into thinking their foods are good for us, as counter-intuitive as that may be. It starts with the images in their commercials where the foods are glistening with each slice of … Continue reading
Packaged foods often get a bad rap for contributing to problems in America like obesity and heart disease. While this is sometimes true, other brands are working to improve nutrition in the country. Sargento Foods, Inc., in partnership with culinary … Continue reading
There have been a number of unusual developments in season 11 of The Biggest Loser. Aside from the early announcement that this season will be Jillian Michaels’ last and the introduction of new trainers, there have been a number of … Continue reading
Episode two starts at Georgia’s house. Her son, Ben, is moving to Los Angeles for school and Ruby is beside herself with grief. Ruby and Georgia decided to spend four weeks in Los Angeles to help Ben get settled. It … Continue reading
Now that Lent is in full swing, you may be wondering what the best place is to get a healthy fish meal on the go, right? Well, we recently scoured the seafood chain Long John Silver’s menu for the healthiest … Continue reading
Tune in Tuesday, March 15 to learn why it’s actually important for your health, and not just your looks, to workout regularly. The Doctors will show you have to improve your health from the inside out with exercises that can … Continue reading
Tune in to the Dr. Oz show this Thursday, March 17 to learn about the new trend of combining diet pills. Some claim they have had great success with few negative consequences by taking several different diet drugs at the … Continue reading
Can you afford to be fat? Tune in to Dr. Oz today, March 14 to find out. Financial expert Suze Orman and Dr. Oz explore the link between high levels of debt and unhealthy weight gain. According to Dr. Oz, … Continue reading
Tune in to Tyra this Thursday, March 17 for a debate about childhood obesity. How responsible are parents for their children’s weight problems? Or do kids and teens participate in creating these problems for themselves? In the past three decades, … Continue reading
Elisa Zied, MS, RD, CDN is a registered dietitian, and the founder/president of Zied Health Communications, LLC in New York City. She’s the author of the award-winning Nutrition At Your Fingertips (Alpha, 2024), a regular contributor to MSNBC.com and Galtime.com, … Continue reading