Diet Nutrition

Why Fad Diets Are A Don’t

Heather Bauer, RD, CDN | Posted 03.26.2012

Heather Bauer, RD, CDN

What do Kate Middleton, Victoria Beckham and Kourtney Kardashian have in common? A nasty three-letter word. Can't figure it out? It's F-A-D. As in fad diet.

'Freshman 15' And Other Life Stage Weight Gain: What's Real?

Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W. | Posted 01.13.2012

Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.

Unless you're on a media-free diet, you've probably heard the news about the 15 pounds college students supposedly pack on freshman year. Just in case you missed it, the "Freshman 15" has been deemed nothing but a media myth.

It's Time for an NIH Institute for Nutrition

T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.

What controls the expression of genes that lead to health and disease events? Experimental and extensively published research from my lab has convinced me that nutrition provides this control.

Do Multivitamins Cause Breast Cancer?

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

David Katz, M.D.

Do multivitamins cause breast cancer? An observational cohort study conducted in Sweden, recently published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, suggests they may.

Scholars Skeptical Of Incentive Dieting Plans

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 05.25.2011

ATLANTA — How much money would it take to get you to lose some serious weight? $100? $500? Many employers are betting they can find your price....