Nutrition

The dieting world may be in shock right now.  In fact if you’re trying to lose weight, this may really bother you but unfortunately it’s nothing new.   Those of you out there who like to calculate how much weight you’ll lose by cutting x amount of calories per day may use this formula:  1 pound […] More

MasterChef judge George Calombaris has banned his son from eating McDonald’s. Instead, the chef has reveals that he sends his four-year-old son James to birthday parties at the fast-food chain with a healthy packed lunch.  “My son knows … we’ll drive past a certain fast food chain and he’ll go, ‘that’s bad in there, isn’t […] More

My Fitness Pal is one of the best and worst apps on the market. It’s something I’ve used for years. I started using it when I was pregnant with our twins and couldn’t keep anything down. I needed to make sure I was getting enough calories in my body so I was tracking everything I […] More

Counting calories, carbs and sugar is no fun. Eating unhealthy and regretting it all day afterward is no fun, either. Being stuck in a diet rut that doesn’t make you feel good as much as it makes you feel poorly about yourself is also no fun. Food is supposed to sustain you, not be something […] More

Cheddars is a casual café that serves some light fare and casual menu items for those looking for a quick meal. While it’s convenient and easy for some, others feel tremendous guilt considering a fast food lunch or dinner such as this because of the lack of nutrition so many restaurants are famous for having. […] More

Sugar is just not good for us. We know this, but we eat so much of it. While some sugar is better for us than others (think the natural sugar in fruit versus the processed stuff in your coffee), over-consumption of sugar is still not something that’s good for any of us. What we need […] More

Fast food is not good for you, and you know this. It’s filled with fat and other unhealthy things that make us fat, unhealthy and kill our immune systems. Yet we continue to consume this food on a regular basis. We eat it often and we love it. Jack in the Box is a guilty […] More

It’s so similar in packaging and appearance to lettuce (so I learned one night after arriving home from the store to my husband asking me where to find the lettuce and pointing out I bought cabbage), but it’s far healthier. Some people consume cabbage quite regularly, and others don’t eat it as much as they […] More

Most everyone loves Five Guys Burgers and Fries; it’s hard not to. After all, who doesn’t love burgers and fries in general? This all-American food is so good and so worth every bite, even though we all know that the health and nutrition you find here is practically non-existent. We can’t remember the last time […] More

When there isn’t a Starbucks in site, people love Dunkin Donuts. Kidding – millions of people really do just love Dunkin Donuts without ever taking Starbucks into consideration. The fast food chain offers coffee, donuts and pastries to those unconcerned with their waistline and overall health, and their heaping portions of cream cheese might potentially […] More

If you think that potbelly is just a name of a pig, you are mistaken. It’s actually the name of a restaurant that serves many different items, and it’s a place that might have a bit more to offer in the nutrition department. Something that you might consider when you decide to dine here is […] More