I could never have imagined that something that initially seemed so humiliating would turn out to be one of the greatest teaching events of my life. Although my food stamp benefit itself will be ending soon because I no longer require assistance, the benefits to my lifestyle are not.

We are in the midst of an obesity crisis in this country, and I'm convinced high fructose corn syrup is a major culprit.

Sweeteners condition our taste buds to want more sweet. Consuming excessive amounts of sugar triggers your brain and body to want sugar most of the time. If your blood sugar dips down, your body gets a signal to eat more sugar. It's almost as if your system has been hijacked.

Are you angry with yourself because you can't seem to turn down tempting desserts or other empty-calorie carbs -- even though you began your day determined to eat cleanly?

If you are skeptical by nature, you may have thought the segment last night claiming sugar was toxic was some kind of April Fool's joke. Certainly, you thought the scientists appearing on the show were overreacting in saying that sugar might be addictive. Let me tell you, they weren't.

Why, when a huge percent of this country is morbidly obese, when heart disease is the leading cause of death -- why do we go ga-ga for gluttony? Or allow our kids to?

New discoveries in science prove that industrially processed, sugar-, fat- and salt-laden food is biologically addictive.

If you have an overpowering sugar habit, I want you to know that this addictive feeling is not all in your head. You actually can get hooked.

Reducing the amount of sugar in your diet will improve your health and life. Here are some simple tips to get you through the sugar cravings and help you stay off sugar.

Be careful as you venture out into nature this Labor Day Weekend. Watch out for nature-loving, disease-carrying ticks which can transmit Lyme disease.

The average American consumes some 170 pounds a year in foods, beverages and sweeteners. But millions don't realize that eating sugar and refined carbs could lead to many problems.

Obviously sugar content is not the only factor in a food's nutritional value (and not all of these have added sugar), but it can be illuminating to see the relative amounts in the foods we consume.