Healthy Eating - Page 173

Everything we thought we knew about nutrition and heart health may be wrong. Experts around the world are now looking at an unexpected culprit as the main cause of heart disease: sugar.

Sometimes when you're checking out the competition at the gym or scrolling through your #FitLife compatriots on Instagram, it's easy to get overeager and map out a week of intense iron pumping, long runs and triathlon-worthy interval training.

When Americans faces a tough problem, we solve it the American way: We put our heads together and come up with a solution.

We only have one question for you: Do you want to be a lemming or a leader?

Putting these diet-derailing foods in your jar of overnight oats is like putting diesel in a hot rod. It will just ruin the whole thing.

Men think about sex 19 times a day, and food 18 times. While the two trains of thought probably don't cross paths, perhaps they should. And I'm not talking about post-coital pizza orders.

There's no better source for foodie inspiration than Instagram. The trouble is, all those juicy artisan burgers and glistening chocolate ganache can make you feel like it's the devil's instrument when it comes to cravings.

You left it all at the gym. After giving 100%, you're feeling ready for nutrients—now!

So you want to get laid—pregnant, even. You know what to do. But do you know what to eat?

These seven slimming swaps will jump-start your weight loss while you're still in your PJs!

There's no denying that coconut water is the coolest kid in the drinks aisle. Touted as nature's Gatorade, everyone from pop stars to health nuts down the stuff to hydrate after the gym or a night out. And why shouldn't they? It's healthy, right?

Whoever invented the Gatorade Dunk—the tradition in which winning sports teams dump coolers of the stuff on their coaches—was really on to something. One scan of the nutrition label and it's clear: The sports drink is better off seeping into the sidelines than your stomach.

Deflate your belly bulge fast by cutting this junk from your diet.

Don't let jumbo calorie counts ruin your hard-earned weight loss. Here, smart and delicious ways to snack at the movies.

While once it languished in supplemental obscurity, arginine is muscling its way to the top of the amino-acid heap.

A thick layer of frosting, a dusting of cheese, a swipe of mayo: It's often the extra steps we take in everyday meal prep that make them extra delicious — and extra caloric.

It's the classic workout dilemma: How do you eat enough beforehand so you feel energized and strong, but not so much that you feel heavy and nauseated? Likewise, after your session, how much is enough to refuel your muscles without negating your weight loss efforts?

Get more than five times your daily recommended vitamin C by eating these nutrient-packed foods!

It's not easy being green, even if you're one of the best weight loss foods: Kids cry when they see you on their plates, you're rarely allowed in anything but a salad and even adults assume you'll taste bad.

Maybe you saw our first section of busted nutrition myths, but that only scratched the surface of things people think about food that aren't true.

It hasn't made it to the nightly newscasts (can't imagine why), but there's breaking news about boners.

Bugs may be the next darling food trend–look for bug protein powder coming soon to your granola bars and shakes–but that's quite a different matter from the insects being quietly slipped into your food.

Put down that protein shake. Back away from the rotisserie box. Just for a minute, anyway.

When you're thinking about building muscle, it's easy to assume you need to start carting around massive tubs of whey supplements (perhaps while wearing a mesh tank top).

In Hollywood there are tons of B-list celebs with incredible resumes.

What if I told you that the biggest obstacle to weight loss and better health wasn't sugary drinks, or too much couch time, or the 1,800-calorie Bloomin' Onion you ate the last time you visited Outback? What if the real culprit were something more sneaky and insidious: stress. Or more specifically, how you react to it.