Get excited: You can burn calories and combat fat by eating yummy food. “If you choose the right picks, studies show you can torch up to 300 extra calories a day,” says Dr. Pamela Peeke, author of The Hunger Fix. Whole, unrefined foods are your heroes. Your metabolism has to work harder to break them down [...]
Big Fat Lie: Dietary Fat Has an Image Problem
August 6, 2012 | Posted by
Dietary fat is one nutrient with a serious image problem: “Fat in food is equated to fat on hips—but it’s not the same! Our bodies need certain fats,” says Bonnie Taub-Dix, R.D., author of Read It Before You Eat It. Getting the right amounts from the right sources will not only ensure your food doesn’t [...]
Alice Randall: Why Four Out Of Five Black Women Are Overweight
May 7, 2012 | Posted by
FOUR out of five black women are seriously overweight. One out of four middle-aged black women has diabetes. With $174 billion a year spent on diabetes-related illness in America and obesity quickly overtaking smoking as a cause of cancer deaths, it is past time to try something new. What we need is a body-culture revolution [...]
