Tag: calories

Being Your Own Zookeeper

Being Your Own Zookeeper

What can an ocelot teach you about making the right food decisions? Here’s how your environment influences your food choices and what to do about it.

FDA Changes Nutrition Labels: Good Or Bad?

FDA Changes Nutrition Labels: Good Or Bad?

For the first time in two decades the FDA wants to overhaul nutrition labels and place emphasis on calories and sugar. Will it help?

Sugar Cravings Vs. Willpower: Why Your Brain Works Against You

Sugar Cravings Vs. Willpower: Why Your Brain Works Against You

Your brain wants the very stuff you are trying to avoid when you are on a diet: sugar. Here is the why and how to handle it.

The Biggest Loser: Taking It Too Far?

The Biggest Loser: Taking It Too Far?

Rachel Frederickson, this year’s winner of reality soap The Biggest Loser, went from 260 to 105 lbs. What a bad example.

Were Mom’s Nutrition Tips Right?

Were Mom’s Nutrition Tips Right?

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, carrots are good for your eyesight. How much truth is in those pieces of advice? Let’s examine the 10 most popular.