Just got my copy of Tony Horton’s P90X fitness program delivered to my front door, courtesy of UPS after ordering from Amazon.  It’s 12 DVD’s with a different workout on each one. I started this program last week and man, what a workout!  I thought I was in half-way decent shape but this program is a “killer!”  It’s Marine Bootcamp …

So have you clicked on this article hoping to find some new, never-before-heard-of, recently discovered,  “secret-mojo-way” to losing weight that the food industry doesn’t want you to know about? Sorry.  There’s no such thing.  Let me say that again so you can stop your frantic searching — there is no secret way to losing weight.  All you have to do …

The term “organic” seems to be one of those “in” things that keeps cropping up on TV food commercials and product labels.  But what exactly does “organic” mean? Contented cows?  Butterflies gliding slowly over green fields of clover?  Close, but not exactly. In order to be classified as “organic” by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and be able to …

As many of you know, I’ve battled trying to quit drinking soft drinks for years. No matter how often I’ve quit (and it’s been often), I always found myself sneaking a soda here and there and before I knew it, I was back to 2-3 per day.

I finally hit upon a method that enabled me to finally break the habit for good. You can use this method for any “bad” habit you want to get rid of (like reducing your caffeine or sugar intake) or for any “good” habit you want to make permanent (like exercising).

Well, it appears to be official:  Obesity has edged out smoking in terms of health hazards.  According to a study performed by Columbia University and the City College of New York and published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, being obese, defined by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as having a Body Mass Index or BMI of 30 …

Plastic containers have become so much a part of our lives that it’s hard to imagine a world without them.  We store food in them, we cook in them, we eat from them.  And therein lies the problem. According to recent studies, 93% of Americans – let me say that again so you don’t miss the percentage – 93%, that’s …