The underlying mechanisms are likely complex t molecular, cellular, and whole-body levels, but may include the stimulation of mitochondrial biogenesis and BAT development, as well [...]

I suspect that the simple injunction, "Do not eat animal products" has the potential to do more for world health than all of the abstruse wisdom in all of the world's medical libra[...]

About 3.5 million tons of that global human biomass is due to obesity, a third of which exists in North America, although we account for only 6 percent of the world’s population.[...]

In examining more than 1,000 white Americans ages 67 to 96 participating in the Framingham Heart Study, researchers found that only about 3 percent had deficient levels of iron in [...]

Worried that children were losing the war on obesity, New York City began to slim down its school lunch offerings several years ago, replacing fries with baked potato strips and in[...]

Now that the New York City Board of Health has ratified Mayor Bloomberg's plan to ban sugar-sweetened beverages (well, some such beverages, really) larger than 16 ounces, we sh[...]

American children eat as much salt as adults – about 1,000 milligrams too much, or the same amount as in just one Big Mac. Extra salt is linked with higher blood pressure, ev[...]

A diet laden with fat changes the molecular machinery which chemically modifies the structure of the developing infant's genetic material. These commonly called 'histone code' chan[...]

This exercise will work out your core muscles, build strength, and lean out your lower body.[...]

Onions are also a very good source of chromium and studies with diabetics have shown that chromium not only decreases fasting blood glucose levels, but also decreases total cholest[...]