Healthy Living News

Healthy Food On the Menu At the White House

This holiday season visitors attending the numerous parties at the White House will find a new menu. Gone is the chicken fried steak, and in comes fresh vegetables and fruit that isn’t covered in chocolate.

Trashing Junk Food: Redefining Comfort Food For a Healthier America

Junk food dependance is being referred to as an epidemic and now the Center for Disease Control is studying the impact. Simply informing the American public about the types of food they should eat and how many servings they need each day is not working.

Top After Holiday Stress Relieving Foods

Now that the frantic pace of the holiday season has officially begun, there is no way to avoid the stress that this time of year brings. Many of us are desperately searching for ways to handle the stress in our lives, but few of us stop to consider our diet.

Meatless Monday: Public Schools Going Vegetarian

In spite of opposition from the meat industry, the number of public school districts offering meatless entrees continues to rise. 

Less Take Out and More Brown-Bagging Recent Poll Shows

Recent poll shows Americans are buying less take-out coffe and are brown bagging their lunch more often to save money.

2010 Thanksgiving: Tips to Stay Thin

Thanksgiving is here in a couple of days. That means most of us are going to have a festive feast soon that for many impacts their waistline. Follow these tips to avoid packing on the pounds while still enjoying the feast.

Meatless Monday: It's not just for Mondays

There’s no need to go extremist vegan or even vegetarian.  Just by developing the habit of eating more vegetables and less meat the long-term results are impressive.

Meatless Monday: Vegivores, Flexitarians, and Vegetable Butchers

Vegetarian is so yesterday. There's a growing trend of veggie loving diners and home chefs that believe vegetables are the new meat. Vegetables are being called "unbelievably sexy" and meat "slightly boring".