Discover the Secrets of Good health

A landmark study comparing Low fat, Low carb and Mediterranean diets over a 2 year period has shown low carb and Mediterranean diets to be favorable alternatives to low fat. The study looked at weight loss, blood lipids, glycemic control and inflammation.
Let’s explore the study details and see what applications may arise [...]

You’d think if you were really hungry and salivating over the last delicious meal you had, you’d be MORE inclined to chow down next time you eat–right? Nope. Not necessarily, if you’re a woman.

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Us guys can be pretty daft…at least when it comes to our health. June 9th to June 15th was men’s health week and it is as good a time as any for us men to take an honest look at ourselves and ask: Am I healthy? If the answer is “no”, “not as [...]

You know the weight-loss industry has gone berserk when a guy like Randy Jackson, of American Idol fame, can publish a DIET book! No, I’m not kidding.
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For California girls, the idea of “digging for clams” isn’t really part of our cultural makeup. But out in Rhode Island, and the beaches south of Cape Cod, digging in the sand for your dinner is apparently a regular summertime activity. My friend Alden (age and her sister Piper (my goddaughter, age [...]

For California girls, the idea of “digging for clams” isn’t really part of our cultural makeup. But out in Rhode Island, and the beaches south of Cape Cod, digging in the sand for your dinner is apparently a regular summertime activity. My friend Alden (age and her sister Piper (my goddaughter, age [...]

Vacation. I don’t take those very often, do you? Here is the view from the beach in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, where I am encamped for the next two weeks. 3000 miles away from hot, dry, and smokey California (if anyone is wondering, Sacramento is not the place to visit during July), [...]

I’m sure many readers will have experienced a diet that “failed” in the past. These are often ones which you manage to stick with for a few days, even a week or two, then give up on. Usually, the diet was impractical or you just weren’t feeling committed to it.
Sometimes, though, a diet seems successful: [...]

Please welcome Garrett McCord of Vanilla Garlic who shares this delicious cancer-fighting fruit salad with us. ~Elise
Recently my mom, Suzanne McCord, was diagnosed with breast cancer. I was surprised when I heard the news, my mother is in her early sixties, but is insanely active and healthy. The woman recently participated the AIDS lifecycle event; [...]

With the Beijing Olympics right around the corner, there is the usual hype, controversy and politics that have become synonymous with the games. And while there will be some compelling stories, showdowns and drama - there will be a select few athletes for whom the road to Beijing was that much more challenging. [...]