It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and many of us are going to enjoy giving and getting beautiful boxes of chocolates. The problem is, most chocolates are so overloaded with refined sugar and overproce...

If you're like most people, you've heard little bits and pieces about the health benefits of sauerkraut and wondered how this strange food—which we all tried on hot dogs as kids—could be so good f...

By the time you're halfway through this article, I hope you're craving a nice toasty-warm mug of hot cocoa. Not the super-sweet stuff you remember from kidhood—made with high-fat milk and a sugary f...

Let's say you're sitting at a computer for a while—it could be for an hour or more.  You get up out of your chair—and ping, your neck aches and feels stiff. You can barely turn to look over y...

If there has ever been a winter when you need a well-functioning immune system, it's this one. With flu rates high across the country, we all can benefit from strengthening our immune system with the ...

Finally, there are answers about red wine, coffee, bottled water, salt and more. With nutritional research, it’s often hard to know what you can believe. The latest study makes headlines, often whe...

Great ways to reduce the calorie count in a wide range of Italian meals… Use nonfat Greek yogurt in place of cream and sour cream. Cream has about 800 calories per cup and sour cream 500—but nonf...

Fill in the blank: Successful dieting is about __________. Many of us would probably write willpower, discipline or saying no…but the best choice might be sensuality. I heard about this appealing a...

You dutifully eat your fat-free yogurts, unbuttered veggies and other virtuously low-fat (and low-flavor) fare. After all, you want to protect your cardiovascular system from harmful saturated fats. ...

When you think of sauerkraut, what else do you think of? What probably comes to mind are fatty hot dogs, bratwursts and kielbasa sausages…and an even fattier Reuben sandwich. Those are not exactly...