There is a saying that goes something like this: “You are what you eat.”  I tend to agree but we often don’t make the connection to what this truly means.  If by this we think that, if we eat a lot of meat we may become ‘beefy’ we are most likely missing the deeper point.  [...]

With billions of dollars being spent yearly on weight loss programs and products, it would seem that Americans should be winning the battle of the bulge.  However, just the opposite appears to be the case. Despite all the attention with the non-stop flow of information, coupled with numerous public policies aimed at reducing the amount [...]

In part one we began an in-depth look at social interaction and the role it often plays in defeating someone’s heart-felt desire to lose weight.  Here in part two we will consider the second head of the beast that not only sets the stage for health issues later in life but is literally handed down [...]

Taking a cue from the title of a book written by Mike Huckabee “Quit Digging Your Grave With A Knife And Fork!”, the title of today’s article is all by itself a very good question.  Here in America, where for nearly all of us food is found in abundance, we find it not as disconcerting [...]

Just as the saying goes “you are what you eat,” new research could suggest that “where you eat” may have a lot to do with who you are as well. A comparative study has uncovered a direct connection between what type foods are easily accessible and the effect of that on the human body.  If [...]

Although it’s neither fair nor accurate to compare ourselves with the animal kingdom, it is worth noting the differences in eating habits between animals and humans to better understand how we as humans can become overweight. To begin with, think of how many animals are truly overweight.  Now be fair: elephants and hippos don’t count; [...]