Calorie counting apps are a blessing in this day and age. We use these apps to track our calorie intake at each meal and count our calories to reach our goals to achieve our desired body goals. These ...

In the past, we’ve been sold the idea that weight loss is as simple as a math equation: If you eat fewer calories than you burn, you'll lose weight. This concept is the foundation of the CICO diet, ...

Last year, half of all New Year's resolutions in the U.S. were based on fitness and nearly half were based on weight loss. NPR's Life Kit takes a look at diet culture. We're two weeks into the new ...

It had to happen. Once digital electronic calorie tracking became available on the smartphone, uncounted numbers of diet-obsessed women began fixating over how many calories they were putting into ...

If you’re trying to lose weight, cutting back on calories is an important step. The question, of course, is how low to go. Some public health authorities, such as Harvard University, state that most ...

The body requires energy to function. Energy is what allows proper brain function and blood flow. It also provides us the ability to exercise and perform activities of daily living. We deliver energy ...

I’ll be honest – I used to eat a sad desk salad at 2 PM, then raid the pantry at 9 PM wondering why I felt terrible. Sound familiar? After about my tenth failed attempt at “eating clean,” I finally ...

Research found that people lost the same amount of weight on an intermittent fasting diet as they did on a calorie-counting diet. People in both groups were able to keep the weight off after a year.

You've likely heard that low-calorie diets are a way to lose weight quickly, and one of the most popular forms of that is the 1,200-calorie meal plan. When following this meal plan, you eat no more ...

The first rule of drinking on a diet is: Don't. Surely you've heard Americans get way too many calories - and nutritionally empty calories at that - from alcohol. But the second rule of drinking on a ...

She studied the menu before eating out at restaurants, choosing a dish by how many calories she had left for the day. “I thought for sure that was the only way to consistently lose weight,” she says.