Is She Adding Years to Her Life? Image: stockimages, Freedigitalphotos.net Session Speakers: Dr. Ed Diener, leading “happiness”...

Veggies Galore Image: Michelle Meiklejohn, FreeDigitalPhotos.net Session Speakers: – Dr. Barbara Rolls, researcher for Penn State...

Best Green Curry Ever: I Made It! And a Snazzy Apron to Boot. I’ve been back from Thailand for almost two weeks now (time flies,...

Kayaking in Railay Bay Howdy everyone, I just returned from beautiful (and sometimes rainy) Thailand!  Two weeks of amazing fun with the...

Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net It is entirely possible to eat all day and lose weight.  The key is what you choose to eat. When you eat,...

A Refreshing Can of Weight Gain? Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net A recent review of the research surrounding diet beverage consumption shows...

Burning Calories? Not So Much. Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net Many of us are spending more and more time at work these days,...

Is this from all day, or just dinner? Image(s): FreeDigitalPhotos.net America sure likes its dinner.  While other countries view lunch as...

Image: photostock / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Obesity is an epidemic and because of this, most of the research out there focuses on weight...

Image: Ambro / FreeDigitalPhotos.net The weather is getting warmer, birds are chirping, April showers are falling and spring cleaning is...

Image: Idea go / FreeDigitalPhotos.net These words are used so often in the field that either myths about their meaning have arisen or...

Image: maya picture / FreeDigitalPhotos.net During a time of year when everyone is focused on not gaining weight (enter the egg nog, ham,...

What’s Scarier: Vampires or A Sack Full of Candy? Image: digitalart / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Halloween can be a scary time when it comes...

I WANT TO KNOW: What are your experiences with small, frequent meals?  If they have helped you, how do you think so?  If not, what...

A recent study out of Cornell University (Go Big Red!), looked at the impact of low-calorie meals on overall daily calorie intake. ...

Clove a Day Keeps the Doctor Away     Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net And I’m not talking about artificial sweeteners!  Some of the most...

Below you will find my five favorite smoothie recipes.  A good rule of thumb is about 3 to 4 big leaves of a thick green (i.e. kale,...

Since achieving my 35 pound weight loss journey in 2005 and subsequent foray into graduate school for Applied Physiology and Nutrition, I...

There are a few silver linings in the upcoming healthcare reform law, one of which is an increase in employee wellness incentives.  As...

One of my previous posts described how to indulge wisely when on vacation.  The two articles I have linked today focus on using a little...