If extreme low carbers rank #1 in dietary fervency, then call extreme Vegans a “1(a)”. As part of my preamble (stop me if you’ve heard this before) I am NOT painting any single group with the same broad stroke and this is no different...
We have heard of the Air Diet before, where you just pretend to eat food, but are really eating air. However, this is a different idea: you actually eat foods that have a higher air content. By eating foods that are puffed or whipped can you actually...
Recently I spent some time traveling round the United Kingdom. It didn’t take long for me to realize how incongruous the message of healthy eating has become. If you are already eating a predominantly healthy diet, you have already made lifestyle...
Jenny Craig, that’s who. Well at least according to Consumer Reports. I think I’ve just lost all respect for Consumer Reports for ranking a diet plan that relies on expensive, prepackaged, and highly processed meals to produce weight loss...
I think Dr. Barry Sears was feeling a little bit left out of the diet wars lately. With all the press, Dr. Oz, Gary Taubes, and now Pierre Dukan are getting, it’s only fair that Sears, founder of The Zone Diet, would want a piece of the action....
The Dukan Diet continues to be in the media spotlight with help from Kate Middleton, Jennifer Lopez and Giselle Bundchen who have recently endorsed the French plan. This modified Atkins diet continues to take the world by storm especially after it’s...
Just Stop Eating So Much! is a weight loss plan written by former “Fat Funny Kid”, Gregg McBride. Gregg created his plan after he successfully lost 275lbs and kept the weight off for 10 years. He tried many “fad” diets, support...
An interesting court case in France is underway where parents, Sergine and Joel Le Moaligou, are being charged with the death of their 11 month old baby due to neglect and food deprivation. The baby was fed a vegan diet and the doctor involved said the...
There are lots of reasons to change your diet if you are overweight, but for Neil and Caroline Bowers, it was their two little sons who finally motivated them to change. Their story really highlights how crippling being overweight can be in all areas...
The idea of reaching for a stick of celery when all you really want is a big slice of chocolate cake, would probably make most people a little grumpy. And, according to results published in the Journal of Consumer Research , exerting self-control while...
