Hula hooping is not just something the kids do for fun, it’s something First Lady Michelle Obama and actress Marisa Tomei do to keep fit. Hooping strengthens your core, improves your balance and can even serve as a really good aerobic workout, adding variety to your current one

Ever since I can remember, I’ve been told to rather buy fresh vegetables than frozen ones. But with the current rise in fresh produce prices, I’m having a tough time putting fresh veggies on my dinner table.

Despite the nation’s alarming obesity figures, the Food and Drug Administration’s latest Health and Diet Survey shows that Americans’ nutrition knowledge has in fact increased over the years.

At some point or another we’ve all had our mothers scold us for eating too quickly and told to slow down. There might be some truth to the old wives tale that eating slower will help you lose weight too, according to a new study. Published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism , the study conducted by researchers at Athens University Medical School in Greece was to determine whether eating the same meal at different speeds produces different post-meal hormones (glucagon) that signal feelings of satiety and fullness to the brain.

Is this diet for real? You get to sit around on the couch all day watching TV, basically never moving, and still lose weight? Sounds too good to be true if you ask me.