When we say fat is your friend, we mean dietary fat (not body fat) of course! Since the low-fat diet fad stated around the 1980s, fat has got a bad rap. However, in recent years, research has proven that the science behind the “low-fat” craze is not only incorrect...
The popular story of how low-carb diets work goes something like this: Reducing your carbohydrate intake lowers your insulin levels. Since insulin keeps fat locked into adipose tissue, lowering insulin can increase the amount of fat released to be burned for energy....
Salt has become a major nutritional villain. Salt is everywhere: dumped into cans of soup, packed into meats, and swimming in salad dressing and salsa. From our packaged snacks to the food we order in restaurants, the modern American diet is saltier than Amy Schumer’s...
You’ve probably heard it more than once: “drink more water to help you lose more weight”. But does water really help weight loss? The short answer is yes. Drinking water helps boost your metabolism, cleanse your body of waste and acts as an appetite suppressant....
Want to know the leading source of weight gain in this country right now? Portion Control If “we are what we eat,” and we’re eating way more than we’re supposed to; it makes sense that we’re also weighing much more than we’re supposed to. So what’s the problem? Our...
When you hear the word “snacking,” do visions of double-stuffed cookies, caramel fudge ice cream, and you-can’t-eat-just-one chips come to mind? While Americans tend to munch on too much of these unhealthful options, when snacking is done right, it can contribute to...
