Diabetes

According to a study following more than 68,000 American women for a period of 16 years, those who managed to get adequate sleep (about 7-8 hours), gained less weight during middle age.

I've been in Mexico for almost a week. There's a growing behavior change challenge here: persuading Mexicans to change the way they eat and the way they have sex.

Our culture treats our children like cattle, fattening them up on corn and soy by-products. If we love our kids so much, why have we let Big Food turn them into cash cows for Big Pharma?

Yes, I hate the date-rape drug but I am actually talking about the cereal this time. How can a lowly box of spurious nutrition engender such hatred? Easy.

It's a safe bet that diabetics outnumber crackheads in the U.S. by a big fat margin, but the corn cartel's got carte blanche to fill us (and our gas tanks) with their Beltway-blessed by-products.

No more excuses, please. Seriously. A new study that just came out, which I read about in an online article from an industry magazine, is bad news for...

Can you imagine a candidate stepping up on the next debate to declare that we can begin to heal ourselves through a whole foods, plant-based diet?

The difference between service dogs and doctors -- besides medical school, internships, residencies, proud parents and opposable thumbs -- is total and absolute concentration on the patient.

The teacher stapled to the front of a student's anti-junk food essay a coupon for a free order of CinnaStix at Domino's. On the front of the coupon was written, "In recognition of a professional, persuasive essay."

The only thing that could change the epidemic of obesity is a lawsuit: Specifically, a person who has grown up obese with diabetes turning 18 and suing his/her parents.