How Nutrition Affects The Breakdown Of Fats Scientists report in the October issue of the Journal of Lipid Research that when either lean or obese individuals exercise after eating a high fat meal, their fats are broken down and oxidized in skeletal muscle, making them healthier. These results...      read more

Alternate Day Fasting: How Good Is It For Your Health? Researchers report in the October issue of the Journal of Lipid Research that fasting or eating half as much as usual every other day may shrink your fat cells and boost mechanisms that break down fats.Consuming less calories and increasing physical...      read more

Weight Training Guide D. Johnson-Cane, J. Cane, and J. Glickman: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Weight Training Okay if you’re an idiot, I guess, but there are better exercise books out there. Actually, it’s really a beginner’s full body exercise...      read more

The Fat Smash Diet A lot of us have seen the show Celebrity Fit Club on VH1, which is a reality show for...

Scaled Down It`s virtually impossible to look at Mike Huckabee without thinking: 100 pounds. This average-size man working the crowd and chugging bottled water in the back of an SUV lost more than 100 pounds. In an era of "The Biggest Loser," "Celebrity Fit...      read more

Shake your way to fitness — or brain damage? What if you could burn fat while shaking a martini? Actually, it’s your body that shakes like a martini on a new type of fitness machine that’s generating lots of buzz and celebrity use. Even NASA has tested the concept.

A Balanced Diet Is A Healthy Diet People are confused about what foods they can eat and are not sure what a healthy balanced diet looks like, reveals a new survey by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). These findings coincide with the launch of the new eatwell plate, a practical tool...      read more

Purdue Researchers Click Nutrition With Camera Diet Study A Purdue University team plans to help health-conscious people better gauge what`s on their plates by using their cell phone cameras. Carol Boushey, an associate professor in the Department of Foods and Nutrition, said the project would expand on a...      read more

REPEAT: Exercise combo improves diabetes control A combination of aerobic exercise and strength training may help control type 2 diabetes better than either form of exercise alone, researchers reported Monday.

Children Caught In Web Of Junk Food Promotion - New Cancer Council Report Exposes Marketing "Trickery", Australia Parents fighting childhood obesity must compete with clever and pervasive junk food marketing pitched directly at young children, according to an independent study conducted for The Cancer Council Australia. [click link for full article]