Ignore Current Events From Your Nutritionist Too

Forget whatever you read in Time magazine. Studies, experts and people who have lost weight all attest to the fact that working out works.

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Put a Spring Back in Your Step

Walking is great exercise, but it can get boring if you never vary the routine. Here are ten boredom busters for walkers to mix things up so you stay motivated - and fit!

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Won’t Take Much to Live Long(er) and Prosper

Walk an hour every day and you’ll ward off most health problems and you’ll live longer, a new study has confirmed.

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Seafood to See Better

Research suggests that a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids may help prevent age-related macular degeneration, loss of vision in the center of the visual field (macula) due to retinal damage.

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Soup Is Good Food

Homemade soups -- a handful of leftovers quickly combined into a broth -- is both nutritious and delicious. Here are the benefits of the 10 usual vegetable candidates rounded up for a home-cooked stew.

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Say Goodbye to Liquid Calories

You can take control of your liquid calories if you keep in mind a few basics, like a drink won’t make you feel as full as a food will.

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Stretch at Your Desk

Human beings were not designed to sit in the same position for hours on end working at their computers. Try getting up from time to time as well as incorporating these exercises.

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A Wakeup Call on Energy Drinks

While energy drinks may temporarily improve cognitive performance and alertness, high sugar and caffeine content can cause sleep disturbance, dehydration, headache, increase in blood pressure and heart rate, and anxiety.

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More Good Press for Omega-3

Supplemental omega-3 fatty acids may ease psychological distress and mild depression of menopausal and peri-menopausal women.

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Drop and Give Me 20-Zzzs

Athletic teens sleep better than their couch-potato peers and have fewer problems concentrating at school, a new study finds

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Fish Oils Help Give Heart Disease the Slip

Eating oily fish such as salmon, sardine, trout and herring, and supplementing with omega-3 oils, can dramatically reduce your risk of developing a range of heart problems, such as atherosclerosis, arrhythmia, heart attack, and cardiac failure.

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Jock Itch: Equal-Opportunity Irritator

This itchy infection is rarely serious but can be quite uncomfortable. Fortunately, there are steps to reduce your risk.

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If in Doubt, Sit It Out

If young athletes want to preserve their brains after a head injury, however minor, the typical jock reaction to suck it up and get back in the game is not only bad, it’s potentially life-threatening.

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The Danger That Lurks Within

With the growing number of computers in households, it’s important that neither you nor your children are put at risk. New research reveals that more people than ever are winding up in emergency rooms for computer-related accidents.

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A Splash of Oil, a Little Chop-Chop

Two ways to get more carotenoid nutrients out of your brightly colored veggies might surprise you. One, use the olive oil. Two, chop or grate to break down plant material for better abosroption of beta-carotene.

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Up, Up and Away - With Supergerms

Some germs may be outpacing our ability to kill them, but there are still plenty of things we can do to slow their spread.

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Where There’s Not ‘Smoke,’ There Might Still Be ‘Fire’

Smokeless tobacco increases the risk of fatal heart attack and stroke, say researchers.

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Play Helps Keep Dementia at Bay

Social activities that engage the brain–reading, writing, doing crossword puzzles, playing card and board games, and having group discussions – help to keep us sharp.

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Get steamed. Stew a little. Grill away.

The way you prepare your food matters as much as the ingredients to get the most out of your meals, maximize the nutritional benefits of foods and minimize potential harm from improper cooking methods.

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Don’t Light Up - Drink Up

Juicing large amounts of fresh, organic fruits and vegetables can be a powerful way to flush from your system the chemicals and poisons that make it so physically difficult to quit smoking.

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Maybe It’s Not the Caffeine That’ll Get Ya

Iced versions of normal coffee such as frappuccinos contain so many calories that they increase people's chances of becoming overweight, which is the second biggest cause of cancer after smoking.

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Is Stress Keeping You Fat?

With years of chronic stress the adrenal glands — which govern stress response, help balance a woman’s blood sugar, and regulate many other body processes — can become imbalanced, leading to unwanted weight gain. When this happens, the body clings to every calorie.

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