Diet and Digression

It's tough to watch TV these days without seeing commercials for Zantac, Prilosec, Tums, or some other heartburn medication. And many of...

A few years old, but a great talk nonetheless by Jamie Oliver .

We all hear people talk about vitamins. The B vitamins, in particular, seem to be coming up more often. So what is a vitamin, and specifical...

I hear that some people are naturally overweight. Is there any truth to that? In short, yes . There is some evidence that there are a...

Folate (aka folic acid or vitamin B9) is a vitamin crucial for a number of processes related to DNA production/repair and cell division/gr...

Ever wondered what a calorie is? How the values on nutrition labels are calculated? Why two people who eat the same amount of food may gain ...

There are a number of different weight loss procedures with different goals. Here are a few: Gastric banding In this procedure, a ban...