A new variety of canary seeds bred specifically for human consumption qualifies as a gluten-free cereal that would be ideal for people with celiac disease (CD), scientists have confirmed in a study published in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Joyce Irene Boye and colleagues...
Vegetarian diets are associated with reduced death rates in a study of more than 70,000 Seventh-day Adventists with more favorable results for men than women, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication. The possible relationship between...
Happy International No Diet Day! Started in 1992 by an anorexia survivor, International No Diet Day aims to promote body positivity and self esteem, celebrate body diversity, and *to work for an end to size discrimination and fat phobia. We're not against all dieting, of course, but generally...
Vegan celebrity trainer John Pierre, who trains Ellen DeGeneres, sorta kinda told a room full of Capitol Hill staffers that Americans' poor diets are to blame for school shootings. Uh, whaaaa? More »
Ugh, Vegan Trainer Says Kids’ Sugary Diets Lead To School Shootings is a post from Blisstree -...
Please do not promote "miracle diets" for the New Year, British Women and Equalities Minister, Jo Swinson has urged magazine editors. Every year throughout the world, magazines are awash with miracle cure diets that guarantee incredible results after weeks of overindulgence during the Christmas...
Each year, the*British Dietetic Association*sifts through recent*hyped up, nonsensical and*celebrity-endorsed eating plans to make a list of the year's five*worst fad diets (or the "top five dodgy celeb diets to avoid" next year, as the BDA puts it).*In 2011, the "blood-type diet" and the "baby...
Mediterranean and low-carbohydrate diets have lasting, healthy effects, even with partial weight regain, according to a follow-up study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Israel's Nuclear Research Center. The results were published in a peer-reviewed letter in the...
Over on our sister site, The Gloss, there's a series of images that Barneys commissioned for the holiday season, in which adored Disney characters like Minnie Mouse have been turned into "runway models." Translation: they have been stretched within an inch of their cartoon lives, and, it seems...
How many times have you been told before a marathon or other race that you must carbo-load? You know, stuffing your face with as much pasta as you can possibly consume in one sitting and then repeating for the next several days until you feel so bloated that you can't possibly fathom how you...
Married men will eat their peas to keep the peace, but many aren't happy about it, and may even binge on unhealthy foods away from home. "The key to married men adopting a healthier diet is for couples to discuss and negotiate the new, healthier menu changes as a team," said Derek Griffith...
Victoria Boutenko is one of the pioneers of the modern raw foods movement. She's been a raw gourmet chef, and her books—like Raw Family, about her whole family's 1994 conversion to a 100% raw diet—have helped scores of people learn about raw foods. But in Boutenko's latest book, Raw & Beyond...
Here's what I (thought I) knew about the macrobiotic diet: a) It's a lot like veganism, b) except you're supposed to avoid "nightshade" vegetables like potatoes and eggplant, and c) there's some sort of*philosophical*component to it. Turns out, however, that while the macrobiotic diet emphasizes...
Contrary to popular perception, a large proportion of obese Americans can and do lose weight, say researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. What's more, they say, the old tried and true methods of eating less fat and exercising are some of the most effective paths to weight loss...
A new report published online in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics systematically reviews and updates the evidence underlying the recommendation in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 to consume a diet low in energy density (ED). The report addresses the growing body of...
For decades, diets and styles of eating have come and gone. Labels boasting South Beach, low-carb, and most recently, gluten-free, have sailed in and out of restaurants and grocery stores, picking up followers and confusing other people. But few have annoyed and confounded so many as the label...
It's never a good idea to crash diet. ...But they're still popular, especially right around the holidays, when people are looking to ditch a few vanity pounds as quickly as possible. We're holding Crash Diet Week in honor of all the stupid, misguided things we've done to lose weight, but here's...
Okay before anyone goes crazy, I was just wondering if there were any crash diets that I could do for about 2 weeks just to lose a few pounds before halloween. I'm usually a very healthy person and i know that crash diets will only make me gain the weight back blahblahblah. But girls understand...
Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetics tend to have one thing in common: obesity. Exactly how diet and obesity trigger diabetes has long been the subject of intense scientific research. A new study led by Jamey D. Marth, Ph.D., director of the Center for Nanomedicine, a collaboration between the...
A report in the August issue of the Cell Press journal Cell Metabolism might help to explain why it's so frustratingly difficult to stick to a diet. When we don't eat, hunger-inducing neurons in the brain start eating bits of themselves. That act of self-cannibalism turns up a hunger signal to...