Can't Button Your Pants? Eat This!

My flat-stomach secret: a banana a day. I eat it in the morning with cereal, as a postworkout snack, or in a smoothie, and I'm convinced it's cured me of those puffy, fat-feeling days. You know, the ones when your pants are a bit tight, your belly lo...

Lose Weight Without Counting Calories

I've never been a big fan of counting calories. In fact, in the past year, I have lost about 30 pounds without counting a single dietary digit. Sure, I know recording everything you put in your mouth can help peel off pounds, but I also know that obs...

Have a Healthy Barbecue in a Snap

One of my favorite parts of summer is the fresh foods that abound from my garden and the farmers' market. On the other end of the dietary spectrum, I'm also a sucker for a good cookout. I've found a way to enjoy both the bountiful produce and my week...

Control Your Portions With Leftovers

I'm a big believer in saving leftovers. Even if it's just a dozen berries or an entire giant meatball from dinner, I pop each in their own plastic container (I always save the ones I get after ordering takeout) and store them in the fridge. It's perf...

Critique my diet

Gentlemen, I recently completed my first 52DC with the gang from the weight loss forum. I earned a Platinum metal, which is the highest honor in that competition. I dropped 15 pounds during that time, and I'm down 26 from the high I saw in July. I lo...

Fiber after workout

I usually workout over my lunch hour and right after working out I drink a protein shake and eat an apple. I also bring to work with me a fairly large salad which I bring for lunch. My question is knowing that lots of fiber after working out isn't th...

Can Vitamin C Fight Off a Cold

The recent review of research that pooh-poohed vitamin C for colds isn’t the last word. Some researchers argue that the dosage used in many of the studies reviewed by the Cochrane Collaboration was too low (500 milligrams), and that because you lose...