The Medifast Diet

When you first learned to ride a two-wheeler, you either did so the easy way or the hard way: training wheels or no training wheels. The Medifast Diet works for weight loss the way those training wheels did for balance and confidence, says dietitian Juliet Zuercher, RD, the director of nutrition services at Remuda Ranch, a treatment program…

Joy Bauer’s Your Inner Skinny Diet

People who suspect they have a skinny person (or at least a fit and trim person) hidden inside can turn to dietitian Joy Bauer’s diet and exercise plan and book, Your Inner Skinny, to learn how to make the changes that lead to weight loss and let the smaller you out.

“Registered dietitian Joy Bauer has written a…

Vegetables and Kids

Most parents understand that vegetables should be an important part of their child’s diet because vegetables are a good source of fiber, vitamins, and minerals. Unfortunately, many parents have a very hard time getting their kids to eat few if any vegetables on a regular basis. Eating Vegetables How many vegetables should kids eat every day? There is a general rule…

Get More Fiber In Your Diet

Eating a diet rich in fiber helps keep your digestive system healthy and can lower your risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Women need at least 25 grams fiber every day and men need more than 35 grams. Foods that are considered to be high in fiber contain at least 5 grams per serving.

Foods rich in…

The Fruit Flush Diet

The Fruit Flush diet is a three-day detox diet designed by nutritionist Jay Robb to cleanse your system and help you lose weight. This detox diet plan claims to help you lose up to nine pounds in just three days, conquer food addiction, and jump-start your diet and exercise program.

The Fruit Flush Diet: Basics

The Fruit Flush diet…

The Flavor Point Diet

The Flavor Point Diet, created by Yale physician David L. Katz, MD, sets out to help you lose weight and keep it off without feeling hungry by teaching you to organize your eating according to the flavors of food, while still eating a balanced diet. But can a diet based on your taste buds spell success?

The Flavor…

The Cookie Diet

The Cookie Diet, created by Stanford Siegal, MD, in 1975, is a low-calorie diet designed to help people lose weight while eating specially prepared cookies. Today, there are other versions of the Cookie Diet, such as the Hollywood Cookie Diet and the Soypal Cookie Diet, but none have been around as long as the original.

The Cookie Diet: Meal…

The Baby Food Diet

Who hasn’t tasted baby food once or twice? But have you ever thought about eating it at every meal? Proponents of a fad diet called the Baby Food Diet propose making baby food a diet staple for weight control, especially to feed cravings. It seems to have attracted Hollywood: stars like Jennifer Aniston have reportedly found success with…

High-Fiber Foods

High-fiber foods have been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and to help to keep your digestive system healthy. Find out which foods are high-fiber foods. Dietary Fiber Dietary fiber is only found in plants, and functions like a skeleton to help maintain their shape and structure. Humans eat plants but we cannot digest the fiber so it…

Foods for Menopause

The first step to feeling good is to eat a healthy post-menopausal diet with lots of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, lean meats, nuts, seeds, poultry and fish. Get rid of the unhealthy foods too by eliminating excess sugar, saturated fats, trans fats and extra calories from your diet.

Just making basic improvements to your…

Are potatoes good for you or bad for you?

Question: Are potatoes good for you or bad for you? I really like to eat potatoes, but someone told me that potatoes are unhealthy. Is this true? Are potatoes good for you or bad for you?

Answer: Potatoes are good for you as long as you prepare them in a healthy manner. Boiled and baked potatoes are good for you, French…