As we gather with friends and family, we snack all day on tasty appetizers, enjoy festive cocktails, include wine with dinner, and cook multicourse meals that include grandma's favorite sugar-laden pies. Then there's the company party, the holiday girls' night out, a New Year's Day football...
Despite what you’ve heard, eating fat doesn’t make you fat! You read it right. Being American, the bad thing is, we’ve been taught misinformation. The good thing is, we’re smart and we can READ!! Modern science is indeed saying this: eating fat - even saturated fat, does...
Did you know that simply by standing, you burn three times as many calories as you do sitting? Muscle contractions, including the ones required for standing, seem to trigger important processes related to the breakdown of fats and sugars. When you sit down, muscle contractions...
Obesity is Epidemic. Obesity is common1, serious and costly. Did you know: more than one-third (34.9% or 78.6 million) of U.S. adults are obese, and this figure is rising each year. To blame are sedentary lifestyles, advertising, convenience and fast food eating, oversized portions, and overly sweetened,...