Your body depends on fats for a host of functions. Fats form a major energy source for cells. They make up adipose tissue, which stores…
THREE STEPS TO WEIGHT CONTROL
Given how easy it is to gain weight, and the food temptations that bombard us, how can you avoid gaining weight or lose it if…
APPLES AND PEARS
Some people store much of their fat around the waist and chest, others store it around the hips and thighs. These two different body shapes…
CURRENT WEIGHT GUIDELINES CAN BE TOO GENEROUS
In the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, healthy weights are those corresponding to BMIs between 18.5 and 25. BMIs above 25 are clearly labeled as unhealthy,…
Healthy Weight
MY AIM IN THIS SITE is to offer straightforward, no-nonsense advice on nutrition based on the best information available. I’ll start right here: If your…
What Can You Believe About Diet?
seems to contradict itself with aggravating regularity. You stop using butter and instead start spreading margarine on your toast, only to learn later that margarine…
The USDA’s Original Food Guide Pyramid
All carbohydrates are good. Wrong again—some are, some aren’t. The Food Guide Pyramid told us that we should feel good about eating carbohydrates, especially if…
The New Healthy Eating Pyramid
The New Healthy Eating Pyramid isn’t a diet designed to help you shed pounds. Instead, it aims to nudge you toward eating mostly familiar foods…
Building a Better Pyramid
It’s a simple, obvious truth. You need food for the basics of everyday life—to pump blood, move muscles, think thoughts. But food can also help…
Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy!
DURING THE DARK AGES OF DIETARY ADVICE—from which we are just emerging—guidelines for good nutrition were based on guesswork and good intentions. I wrote this…