Diet is Key to Weight Loss

Food is what keeps our bodies going; its what we use as fuel. However, a lot of food sold today is processed and full of ingredients most people can't even pronounce.

Vegan Diet Books: PETA's Top Summer Weight-Loss Reads

With summer just around the corner, many people are worrying about fitting into that teeny bikini or going shirtless in swim trunks. According to a 2010 CDC study, over one-third of U.S. adults are obese. A recent Gallup poll notes that two-thirds of Americans think of themselves as over their target weight, regardless of their actual size.

Raw food diet's all the rage

Rene Maas-Nall, owner of Appleseed Health Food in Rockledge, and chef Victoria Sandz are fans of raw foodism. / CRAIG RUBADOUX/FLORIDA TODAY Twenty years ago, doctors diagnosed personal chef Victoria Sandz’s 8-year-old son, Tim, with attention deficit disorder.

World Chefs: Canada's McNish trades steaks for raw foods

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Classically trained Canadian chef Douglas McNish was overweight and unhappy when he decided he needed to make a change in his life and his diet, and he hasn't looked back since. In his first cookbook, "Eat Raw, Eat Well," the 29-year-old Toronto-based executive chef, teacher and raw food consultant provides 400 raw, vegan and gluten-free recipes and explains why he switched ...

Al Martinez: Wrong-hand diet just isn't right for me

Good news. There is an easy, cheap, painless, nonsurgical weight-loss program available for this summer of bikinis and it requires neither a high school diploma nor an abstract knowledge of human physiology.