Could mindful eating be the answer to reducing, even by a fraction, the health care costs?
self.com | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living
Later this week, we'll be launching our brand new Reach Your Goal 2009 program here on Self.com and in the September issue of the magazine. It's an aw...
One For The Table | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living
The food was so satisfying, that before I knew it, I had eliminated dairy, sugar, caffeine and wheat from my diet. Completely!
Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living
It's worth the effort to preserve the memories and emotions associated with traditional foods. When you overeat foods you love, the good vibes get transformed into guilt and regret.
Carole Carson | Posted 09.13.2009 | Living
Anticipating the negative influences that inevitably thwart our intentions to lose weight and having a plan to deal with them are essential tactics in the battle of the bulge.
Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living
How do you know if you're stuck in a stress eating trap? If you're an emotional eater, you're familiar with the signs of comfort eating. But there are ways to soothe yourself without food.
Alison Rose Levy | Posted 08.24.2009 | Living
The rest of us have to subsidize food industry profits through covering the health care costs of the resulting health problems.
Sybil Adelman Sage | Posted 08.24.2009 | Comedy
It's my suspicion that the controversy about President Obama's nominee for Surgeon General may have been instigated by Jenny Craig with the hope of attracting Dr. Benjamin to become a spokesperson.
Eva M. Selhub, M.D. | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living
Food is good for you. Food has been demonized to a point where you cannot look at something without wondering if you will gain weight.
Anorexia | Randi Hutter Epstein | Posted 08.14.2009 | Living
Margie Hodgin, a nurse in Kernersville, N.C., had struggled to lose weight since she was a teenager. But it wasn't until she turned 40 that she finall...
nytimes.com | Nicholas Wade | Posted 08.10.2009 | Living
A long-awaited study of aging in rhesus monkeys suggests, with some reservations, that people could in principle fend off the usual diseases of old ag...
msn.com | Posted 08.03.2009 | Living
Some women in Los Angeles are forswearing dieting and embracing a new euphemism for it: cleansing. In reality, however, lemon juice is not a meal, and...
livescience.com | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living
When it comes to nutrition, most people know to avoid empty-calorie culprits such as cake and candy. But diet-book hype and evolving food pyramids can...
Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living
Up until the age of two, healthy toddlers are naturally mindful eaters. They know when they are hungry and don't eat when they are full.
Barry Sears | Posted 07.27.2009 | Living
With all the rhetoric about health care reform, no one seems to have asked the question, "Why are Americans so sick in the first place?"
Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living
Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest: over 30,000 watched the event live; 1.5 million watched on TV; 100,000 people downloaded the clip from YouTube. What kind of example do competitive eating contests set?
New York Times | Guy Trebay | Posted 07.25.2009 | Style
"I dropped 30 pounds to do this," said A. J. Abualrub, a young American model who is following the unusual success of last year -- when, as an unknown...
Joshua Rosenthal | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living
When you have a fulfilling career, loving relationships, a spiritual practice, and regular physical movement you are more likely to make better decisions over the foods you eat.
nytimes.com | Abby Ellin | Posted 07.19.2009 | Living
LIKE almost every dieter in America, Wendy Bassett has used all sorts of weight-loss products. Nothing worked, she said, until she tried Sensa: granul...
Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living
Acceptance is one of the seven skills of a mindful eater.
Dr. John Neustadt | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living
What's completely ignored in the diet debate but essential to long-term success, is the need to realign the body's biochemistry in order to reach a healthy weight.
Yo-Yo Diet | Jeryl Brunner | Posted 06.27.2009 | Living
For his role in The Machinist, Christian Bale lost nearly 65 pounds, maintaining his frail frame by eating only 275 calories a day over the course of ...
BBC NEWS | Jack Challoner | Posted 06.27.2009 | Living
Imagine a typical lunchtime meal - say, chicken and vegetables with a glass of water. If you eat the food and drink the water, you will feel full ...
Don McNay | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business
Unless someone is capable of changing the American psyche, people are going to go back to their old spending habits.
elle.com | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living
Cookies and candy and cabbage--oh, my! The weirdest weight-loss gimmicks ever....
Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living