Diets
The Checkup: The Most Addictive Foods, According to Science
• Researchers at the University of Michigan just released the results of a new study, pegging what they say are the most addictive foods we […]
The Checkup: The Non-Cook’s Guide to Eating Well and Losing Weight
• Look, we can’t all be Julia Child (minus all the butter) in the kitchen. But even if cooking isn’t your forte, you can still […]
Everything You Need to Know About 2015’s Top-Ranked Diet
U.S. News and World Report just the announced best diet of 2015, and it’s not the Paleo Diet or the Raw Food Diet, or any […]
The Checkup: Here’s What Actually Happens to Fat When You Lose Weight
• I’m sure you’ve heard any number of theories as to what happens to fat when you lose weight: Cells shrink but never actually disappear. […]
How 8 Philly Fitness Pros Stay On Track During the Holiday Season
It’s only December 8th, and I can already feel my lofty fitness goals succumbing to the demands of a busy holiday season. One peek at […]
Question: Do You Diet on Thanksgiving? (Tell the Truth)
Yesterday evening, I got a crystal clear view of just how much butter (and cream, and cheese) would be going into our Thanksgiving meal as […]
Consumer Reports: Gluten-Free Diets Are Not Weight-Loss Diets, Stupid
It is my great pleasure to report that Consumer Reports has just confirmed everything we’ve ever said, written or otherwise thought about gluten-free diets: Namely, that they […]
The Checkup: 8 Reasons You’re Not Losing Weight Despite Your Best Intentions
• Look, y’all: Losing weight is hard work. But if you’re trying your darndest and still can’t get the scale to budge, it’s time to reevaluate your […]
The Checkup: Insects May Be the Next Superfood (WHAT?!)
• Insects: the next big thing in trendy superfoods. Question is: Would you eat one? [Entrepreneur]
The Checkup: 11 Ways You Unwittingly Sabotage Your Weight Loss
• Whether you’re trying to shed five pounds or 50, this should be required reading: the many ways dieters undermine their weight-loss efforts without even realizing […]
How Your Fitness Tracker Can Cause You to Gain Weight
The TODAY show had an interesting segment this morning about how fitness trackers like Fitbits can cause some users to gain weight. It’s a bit […]
Dietician: Jezebel’s Banana-Diet Girl Eats 250 Teaspoons of Sugar a Day
I wasn’t planning to talk about the crazy post on Jezebel last Friday about the Australian girl who says she eats 51 bananas a day […]
Real Food Rules, Diets Suck, Yale Researchers Say
If you’ve tried every diet in existence, from Atkins to the Master Cleanse to the Cookie Diet (yep, that’s a real thing), I’ve got some […]
What the Heck Is “Carb Cycling”?
The question in the headline of this post was the exact question that ran through my head when I heard tell of a segment on […]
Is TIME’s New Diet Quiz Total Crap?
Taking TIME Magazine’s “Find The Best Diet For Your Personality” quiz is kind of like taking Cosmo‘s “What Kind Of Female Are You?” quiz: You suspect […]