Foods With No Cholesterol Links

Professor aims to dispel diet myths with calorie-controlled junk food diet

The food and beverage industry has consistently contested the idea that specific foods or drinks cause obesity, with confectioners and sugary drink manufacturers in particular repeatedly saying that their products do not cause weight gain if consumed in moderation as part of a balanced diet.

People's Pharmacy: Supplement for arthritis raised cholesterol

I took glucosamine and chondroitin for about seven months. I had gotten little relief for my back pain, but I was willing to continue it to see if eventually it would help.

Obesity link to Syndrome X

By Rajen M. I HATE being fat. I'm sure you do, too! It makes you look and feel bad. You may even have low self-esteem, and you're reminded of it every time you look in the mirror. What's more, as you age, being overweight increases your chances of falling, and staying, ill!

Canadian cooks crank up the heat

There is an ever-growing popularity of hot sauces and exotic spices on grocery store and supermarket shelves. Once the almost exclusive domain of the Tabasco sauce, the aisles are now crowded with cajun, Cancun, Jamaican, and East Indian spices, rubs and spice mixtures just to name a few.

K-State Professor Using Snack Cake Diet to Counter Popular Health Beliefs

MANHATTAN, Kan., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A monthlong diet of entirely snack cakes and fatty foods may sound like a fantasy, but for one Kansas State University professor it's serious business. In 30 days Mark Haub is attempting to prove some common beliefs about nutrition are untrue. Haub, professor of human nutrition, teaches an obesity-related, energy balance course that sparked his ...