Discover the Secrets of Good health

People have always picked on one another. But with the advent of blogs, social networks, video and picture-sharing - it got a whole lot worse.
Maybe the magazines started it. Unflattering photos of celebrities make great covers and - according to the Wall Street Journal “stories about celebrity weight-loss with before-and-after photos now fly off the [...]

Strawberry and rhubarb has to be one of the world’s best pairings. We love the way tart rhubarb (ever try to eat raw rhubarb?) dances with sweet strawberries in cobblers and pies. In this terrine, orange zest makes an appearance as well. I made this on a whim a week ago to [...]

Please welcome guest author Garrett McCord and pour yourself a glass of milk; you’ll need one with these brownies! ~Elise
So I had a bottle of Kahlúa sitting about collecting dust and figured that it needed to be put to decent use. Now, I’m all for a decent cocktail, but really, I try not to make [...]

Now that grilling season is officially upon us, I’ve been experimenting with teriyaki salmon skewers. Last night’s version (frozen salmon, canned pineapple) got two thumbs up from the rents, but there were too many leftovers for me to be convinced. Conditioned for politeness, sometimes they are just not willing to be as critical [...]

We’re all becoming more conscious not only of the nutrients in our food, but of the wider environmental factors involved in what we eat. Concepts like “food miles”, “organic”, “sustainable” and “locally produced” are often on our minds. But just how far would you go?
In Britain, we’ve come up with a novel way to deal [...]

For years, hopeful dieters have been counting shopping as a form of exercise. And now, a new fitness trend sweeping the US and UK seems to be offering some justification: it’s been dubbed “mallercise”.
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Welcome to our first Focus on the Olympics article that introduces you to our Olympic athletes and hopefuls that will be competing in Beijing this summer. Up first, we’re going to look at cycling. This is a sport many of us are familiar with or as parents have taught to our kids.

As a nutritionist who was once fat, I have examined the weight issue from every angle. I have worked with thousands of clients in successfully fighting fat and I am now, myself, tiny and fit, a mere fraction of my once fat self.
A big part of the problem is that dieters do [...]

With the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing just around the corner, we’re going to be spending some time over the next few days talking about the Olympic hopefuls.

Some unsuccessful dieters spend years - and hundreds of pounds - seeking the secret of weight-loss success. Surely this pill (with so many glowing testimonies) must work? And even though the last diet plan was impossible to stick to for more than two days, this celebrity-endorsed regime has got to be worth a try. Then [...]