“Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day” is a thing—a helpful thing
This year, I’m taking a page out of Gwen Ihnat’s book: My partner and I are both doing Dryuary. As regular readers of Th…
Chipotle, SlimFast want in on that sweet, sweet keto diet action
Perhaps sensing that a few people might choose this, the first week of 2019, as a good time to start a new diet plan,…
Study: Sorry, intermittent fasting is no better than regular dieting
Intermittent fasting is the hottest dieting trend since keto. (Bonus points if you’re keto and intermittently fasting.…
Sarah Michelle Gellar and everyone else should eat whatever they want on Thanksgiving
Buffy The Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar could not have predicted the kerfuffle that was about to explode…
Democrats more likely to drink and eat their feelings from election stress
It’s 9 p.m. on a Friday night, and you’re in your usual position: hunched over your Cheeto-dust covered laptop,…
Tom Brady brainwashed Rob Gronkowski into his diet cult
Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski seems like a pretty impressionable guy, the kind of dude you could convince to lick a…
Why is anyone still on Weight Watchers?
The Guardian reports today that Weight Watchers is exploring a bit of a revamp. The longtime diet organization has…
Last Call: What if we’ve been wrong about weight loss all along?
There’s a fascinating article making the round in Huffington Post today, titled “Everything you know about obesity is…
Eating on a small plate may not trick your dumb brain into thinking there’s more food
This is one of those news stories apparently designed to make me feel like a grade-A sucker: Science Daily reports…
Numberless scale provides weight-loss feedback via colors
Anyone who’s tried to lose weight is probably familiar with the tyranny of the scale. It can feel like a guessing game,…
Globally, everyone gets hungry at 7 p.m. and 2 a.m.
If you often find yourself working on your night cheese, you’re not the only one. Researchers using sophisticated…
Cheat Day Land museum here to perpetrate unhealthy relationships with food
We thought the Museum Of Ice Cream was suspect, as it was based on a notoriously non-permanent substance. But this new…
Study: Women wearing fat suits eat more snacks
Surely, after this experiment, there is no more science left to science. Everything has been scienced. Discover Magazine brings us news
What I learned going through Whole30
Look hard enough at any diet plan, and its true motive becomes clear. Is it trying to sell you manuals and seminars on…
Salt-water-drinking health fad deemed total crap
Humans aren’t built to drink salt water. Ask any sailor shipwrecked on a desert island—except you can’t, because…
“Carnivore dieting” is Paleo for the truly insufferable
I don’t spend a lot of time in CrossFit gyms, so I missed the memo that eating massive slabs of meat is the new cool…
Lucky gene-edited mice binged on burger-and-pizza diet, didn't gain weight
From the day the first calorie was ever counted, people have searched for the one easy get-thin-quick factor to spur…
Starting Monday, calorie counts will haunt your every fast-food purchase
On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration will require any food outlet with more than 20 locations—meaning…
Ketel One debuts "diet vodka"—which isn't technically vodka
Ketel One has taken a bold step forward into the calorie count-friendly landscape with a new line of diet vodka. A 1.5…
Fertility troubles may be worsened by eating too much fast food, not enough fruit
Anyone who’s struggling with infertility can tell you it’s one of the most difficult things you might ever experience,…