Let's talk about water. We all know that we need water every day to survive, but how much do we actually need? The research on this is...

At some point in your life, you’ve probably heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But does research agree with...

Adequate nutrition is important for your body to be fully functioning and to have the energy to carry out daily activities. This also...

Another big consideration in nutrition for staying healthy is pre- and probiotics. Prebiotics are fermented ingredients that provide...

Protecting yourself against viral respiratory diseases, like influenza and COVID-19, is an important part of living a healthy life....

US News & World Report recently came out with their list of the healthiest diets in 2021; the Mediterranean diet came out on top while...

In terms of combating diabetes and obesity artificial sweeteners seem to be everyone’s solution. They are low in calories and reduce the...

The most popular fad diet right now is the ketogenic diet; a high-fat, very low carbohydrate diet that was developed in the 1920’s to...

Fiber is a type of carbohydrate needed from the diet and can be separated into two types; soluble and insoluble. Soluble fiber can...

In the world of nutrition and dietetics we tend to stay away from the terms “good” and “bad” to instead promote the idea of things being...

All animal products contain hormones, like estrogen and progesterone, because the animals that they came from naturally produce them....

There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the question of how much protein is enough protein and there are many factors that play a...

Although not a well-defined term or standardized in terms of ingredients, the Standard American Diet in general is considered a diet that...

One of the toughest challenges when using a fitness tracker platform, is logging food. The rest of the data captured is pretty much done...

According to the CDC, in 2016 1.5M people died from heart disease, cancer, and diabetes…that is over half of all US deaths that year! 6...