Thanksgiving is approaching and I am already full just thinking about how much I’ll eat that day. Then it’ll be December with Christmas parties. Come January 1, I’ll make the same New Year’s resolution I make every year—get skinny! But this year, I have an edge…

One way to stretch your dollar is to make sure the produce you buy doesn’t spoil before it’s eaten. Another way is to consider store brands, many of which are just as nutritious as their full-priced competitors. Here are 7 tips to get you started.

Superfoods have a powerful health-promoting effect. Only about 20,000 of a possible 70,000 or even 100,000 medicinal herbs and botanicals have been identified, and more than a few are bound to be fruits and vegetables you’ve never heard of — like these seven…

Winter is rough on your skin, but that’s not all. Your skin, and that includes your scalp, is a large and porous organ. Anything absorbed through it goes directly into your blood stream. This includes personal care products which, taken together, contain thousands of toxic chemicals.

If you’ve ever been scared you were going crazy — thought you saw or heard something that really wasn’t there — don’t worry too much. You’re probably one of the 5 percent of people who, like me, experience hallucination at some point in life.

I have a confession. I’m a television addict. I don’t even have cable but I still manage to watch too much. Everyone says this is a golden age of television. Too bad it’s killing me. But television itself isn’t inherently dangerous. What’s really going on?

Eggs, carbs, bacon, grilling, frying… with so much inconsistent information, what are we supposed to believe is good for us? Now we hear that cooking with vegetable oil may be cancerous.

It’s being called “medical overuse.” A too-forgiving term for overdiagnosis and overtreatment. It can also be defined as a healthcare practice that patients wouldn’t get if they knew what was in it for them — which for most procedures is potentially nothing.

I stepped into a bookstore recently and this time of year there are hundreds of books on diets. But I was surprised to see that many of them are not about weight. There are diets for blood pressure issues and gluten sensitivities. There’s also a diet for preserving brain function.

Ham, mashed potatoes, cheesy casseroles, rolls and sweets are all traditional holiday fare that aren’t so diet friendly. But there could be nutritional bright spots on your holiday table: Keep and eye out for these lipid-lowering nuts that help decrease cholesterol…

Did you know that pesticides, poop and people have likely touched your produce? Here are 3 steps for getting fruits and veggies safe and ready for consumption.

When you hear the word “superfood” it’s exciting, refreshing … you know something good is coming. Not the same boring old orange or blueberry.