I inherited the whip-up-something-out-of-nothing gene from my mother, a talent for creating ingenious meals out of necessity. We grew up in a woodsy, secluded neighborhood in Minnesota, and my father drove our only car to work. That meant Mom had no way to get to the supermarket during the week and had to improvise. ...more

November 11, 2009

Several weeks into a diet experiment, things took a turn. Researcher David Diamond wanted to see how much weight rats would gain on a typical American high-fat, high-sugar diet compared with rats on a low-carb, Atkins-type diet. ...more

November 2, 2009

For better nutrition, choose grain products in which the first ingredient is listed as "whole." ...more

March 14, 2009

The number of items pulled in the nation's latest peanut butter recall may be leading some of you to look twice, even three times, at what you buy. ...more

January 29, 2009

Koalas are threatened by the rising level of carbon dioxide pollution in the atmosphere because it saps nutrients from the eucalyptus leaves they feed on, a researcher said recently. ...more

May 23, 2008

Looking at your waistline and wishing you could turn back time? ...more

December 28, 2007

Marie Gilmore, 32, Lithia Height: 5-foot-8 Starting weight: 265 Current weight: 165 Why I did it: Basically I was a mom to two children and had a business and husband and house and family. Everything was really good in my life, but there was this one thing I couldn't handle and get control of that made me feel less than successful: my weight. ...more

October 18, 2007