These days the country seems to be at a heightened awareness of healthful eating, particularly among our young people, where obesity rates have reached shocking levels. But for all the hype and talk, getting kids off the pop and chips...

Behold a source of contention in our family room!  My 14-year-old son Willie and I are soon starting the workout program P90X together. And so I told my wife that I wanted a "power tower" for Christmas, that allows for...

Come on baby light my veggies! Two programs recently started in firehouses in different states, programs designed to get firefighters in shape -- using a low fat, 100% plant-strong diet. The first is in Bethesda, Maryland, where Whole Foods Market...

Six years ago a small Texas publisher released an obscure book written by a father-son research team. The work, based on a series of studies conducted in rural China and Taiwan, challenged the conventional wisdom about health and nutrition by...

Germany froze sales of poultry, pork and eggs from more than 4,700 farms Friday to stem the spread of food contaminated with cancer-causing dioxin, as fears grew that farmers could have been using tainted livestock feed for months. South Korea...

Bees - upon which the entire human food chain rests - are suffering a sharp decline. As the Guardian pointed out Monday: The abundance of four common species of bumblebee in the US has dropped by 96% in just the...

Nina and Randa were cast in a video to help promote Mario Van Peeble's upcoming film "We The Party." It was a fun afternoon boogying with rappers and fellow dancers!   ==SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO==   Nina and Randa with...

Adopting a health-promoting diet and lifestyle is one of the most difficult tasks facing modern human beings. Even people who are health conscious have a difficult time implementing a health-promoting diet, designing and sticking to a regular exercise program, and...

This week, President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act-the first major bipartisan bill enacted by a deeply polarized congress since the election. The act will replace junk food in school lunches and vending machines with more healthful options. Several...

-- You've come a long way, vegan. Once mocked as a fringe diet for sandal-wearing health food store workers, veganism is moving from marginal to mainstream in the United States. The vegan "Skinny Bitch" diet books are best-sellers, vegan staples...

The "Tapeworm Economy" "We are literally changing the way countries are governed - no longer by governments but by corporations." Former Assistant Secretary of Housing under George H.W. Bush Catherine Austin Fitts blows the whistle on how the financial...

January is when many make resolutions to turn over a new leaf -- it's also National Glaucoma Awareness Month. So why not combine the two by resolving to eat more dark leafy greens, like kale and collards. Why? A recent...

Forks Over Knives is a new movie that features some of our favorite people! Let me name a few: Caldwell Esselstyn Jr MD T. Colin Campbell PhD John McDougall MD Pam Popper PhD Neal Barnard MD Matt Lederman MD Alona...

Ever gotten into a discussion and wished you had access to the multitude of reasons why dairy is probably the worst food on the planet? Well if so, you are in luck. Joseph Keon PhD has just written one of...

Katie Benghauser had no concept of all the forces that combined to bring the box of pills to the bottom shelf of her medicine cabinet. All she knew was that three years ago she went in for a routine checkup...

The fatter Americans get, the more businesses stretch to accommodate them; even funeral homes, and casket and mortuary lift retailers. About one-third of U.S. adults are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. About 17...

Two weeks ago, I broke the news of a new FDA report that estimated for the first time the amount of antibiotics sold in the United States every year for use in agriculture: 28.8 million pounds. That long-awaited report didn't...

Nina and Randa recently shot a couple of commercials which are on the air! In the first, they're featured with Men's Doubles stars Bob and Mike Bryan -- this commercial is airing all this month on ESPN, which is covering...

Are you eating a lot of grapes and blueberries? I have at least one smoothie a day (made with my Vitamix 5200) which contains a couple cups of blueberries.  My wife and kids drink them too pretty much daily, and...

Alzheimer's researchers are pushing for the disease to be redefined so that treatment can begin years earlier than under current practices. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, and can currently be conclusively diagnosed only with an autopsy....