Could it be that the "olive oil is heart healthy" notion is just a marketing ploy? In a word: YES! The beneficial components...

Newsletter subscribers recently wrote to me citing two scientific reviews on nuts and weight. An expert had told them these reviews showed that...

Here is a short excerpt from the talk of Jeff Novick, MS RD, at the Healthy Lifestyle Expo in Los Angeles California last...

Obese men face a dramatically higher risk of dying from a heart attack, regardless of whether or not they have other known risk...

Fast food outlets should hand out free cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to their customers to "neutralize" the heart risks of eating fatty foods like...

Being fat is bad for your brain. That, at least, is the gloomy conclusion of several recent studies. For example, one long-term study...

A moment on the lips, forever on the hips? A bad figure is hardly the worst of it. Eating a lot of fat,...

Our son, Willie, got a homework assignment.His school teaches kids how to "lose weight" eating -- you guessed it -- junk food!Willie gets...

You may have seen pediatrician Jay Gordon MD on Good Morning America, The Home Show, or Larry King Live.He's not afraid to go...