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Healthy Holidays
Healthy Holidays
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Nature's Remedies
From pain relievers to cancer killers, see how researchers are finding cures on land and at sea.
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Heat Pill Keeps Athletes Safe
Learn how a new pill is helping athletes stay healthy while performing.
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Supplements Slow Weight Gain
Learn how vitamins and diet supplements, along with a healthy lifestyle, can help keep you fit.
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Question of the Week
What sort of diets, strategies, lifestyle changes have you attempted in the past to lose weight? Why did they work/fail for you?
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Hungry Heart
Diet. It's at the heart of a healthy life. Learn about tools that
can keep your diet heart-healthy.
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Bubbles Predict Heart Attacks
A new, quicker way to diagnose heart attacks...
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Welcome to FoodFit.com
FoodFit Founder Ellen Haas explains the mission of FoodFit, the award-winning healthy lifestyle site full of delicious, chef-created recipes.
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Yoga For Your Pain
Learn how yoga exercises can help people cope with chronic pain and stay healthy.
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Six-Pack Abs!
A new medical procedure is helping athletes take the next step to get the body they have always wanted.
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Lifesaving Treadmill Tests
A new treadmill test may be able to determine whether you're at risk for sudden cardiac death.
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See How Liposuction is Performed
Watch this video to see how liposuction, used to remove unwanted localized deposits of fat, is performed.
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Healthy Holidays
Worried about putting on some extra pounds during the holiday season? Get great holiday shopping, cooking, and entertaining tips from FoodFit founder Ellen Haas and learn how to stay trim.
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Operation Obesity
As surgical weight loss becomes more common, doctors agree that behavior modification is critical to ensuring weight comes off and stays off.
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Overweight Teens Turning to Surgery
About 70 percent of obese teens grow up to be obese adults. Many are turning to surgery, but is it safe?
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Overweight and Underage
They're not old enough to order off a menu, but doctors say many babies need to cut their calorie intake.
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Taping Injuries
Many professional athletes swear by it. A state-of-the art technique is helping injured patients recover.
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How Weight Loss Almost Killed Me
For the nearly seven million morbidly obese people out there, losing weight is a dream. For one man, that dream nearly put him in the grave.
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Do Pills Equal Power?
You know your body needs more than a few Flintstone vitamins nowadays, right? But which supplements are right for you? How much can be too much? This story may be the difference between liver damage and a healthy heart.
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Sports: Play Younger, Play Longer
If your kids quit playing sports before high school, there's a 70 percent chance they'll never play sports again. Find out how to keep your kids in the game.
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How Beginners Can Build Up Their Endurance
Building endurance takes time. Many people push too hard too fast and end up hurting themselves. Tips on how to create an exercise program that will help you reach your goals.
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How to Discover Your Own Pace for Long-Term Improvement
Follow this 3-stage approach to reach your long-term fitness goals.
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How to Discover Your Optimal Pace During an Endurance Event
Finding your optimal pace is based on two things: The duration of your event and your level of preparation.
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What are some exercises for an intermediate exerciser?
A few exercises you can do as an intermediate exerciser including standing cable pulls, dead lifts and using a stability ball.
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How Do I Adjust My Diet to What's in Season and What's Available?
Talking with your grocier is a great way to learn about seasonal foods. Looking up recipes on the internet can help you learn how to prepare these foods.
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How to Find the Best Diet for You
Finding the right diet is more like finding a new lifestyle. Learn the best ways to achieve a healthier, more balanced diet.
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How to Grocery Shop for Healthy Eating
Learn tips on how to navigate around the grocery store to help you make the healthiest food choices.
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The Best Exercises for Weight Loss
Incorporating exercise into your daily routine can be challenging. Learn how to set small goals and do the best exercises to help you achieve that weight loss.
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Pumping Iron by Popping Pills
The future has arrived -- and it's a godsend for the millions of diabetics and muscular dystrophy patients across the U.S. Scientists may have finally found a way to put a day's worth of exercise in the palm of your hand.
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Crawfish: Invasion of a Body Snatcher
Guy goes boating. Guy eats lunch. Guy scores a disease only a dozen other people have had -- ever. Listen up, because this thing, whatever it is, may be coming your way.
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Shrinking Stomachs -- A New Way
It's a brand new, experimental weight-loss procedure that doesn't use bands, staples or implants.
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Holiday Foods: Eat This, Not That
Chances are the holiday meal you're gonna eat this year will hold enough calories to add a full pound to your frame. Learn how to enjoy these meals in a tasty, more weight-conscious way.
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Fighting Childhood Obesity: New Method, New Results
America spends 100 billion dollars each year on problems related to obesity. Learn how to help your kids avoid these problems and have a better life.
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Tips for Preparing for a Big Endurance Event
Learn about the three training stages to follow while preparing for your big endurance event. These stages will help prevent injuries and help make your training an enjoyable process.
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Mind-Body Connection: Yoga and Your Mood
Your best friend blows off yoga class all the time. Your cubicle-mate uses yoga class like a pick-up joint. Here's the reason why yoga is more than just exercise.
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Smiley Face Burritos
Here's a fun recipe you can make with your kids to help encourage them to try new and healthy foods.
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Healthy Holiday Recipe
Holiday meals are great, but may not be so great for your waistline. Here's a tasty, healthy recipe you can take to your next holiday gathering.
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Simple Guacamole Recipe
One of the best ways to get your kids to try new foods is to let them help in the kitchen. Here's a simple guacamole recipe your kids will enjoy!
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Krispy Kale Recipe
Encourage your child to eat healthy greens by letting them help you in the kitchen. Here's a tasty kale recipe that you and your kids can try!
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Green Smoothies
Green smoothies are fun to make with your kids and are a great way to get them to eat their fruits and veggies!
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Pumpkin and Cream Cheese Wontons
Learn how to make these pumpkin and cream cheese wontons that you can take as a healthy alternative to any of your holiday parties.
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Summer Corn Hash Recipe
Here's a healthy and tasty recipe for your summer BBQ's and parties!
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Green Bean Salad
Summer is a great time to try many different salads. Here's a green bean salad recipe that'll be a hit at your next summer BBQ!
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Six Scary Supplements: Prescription or Poison?
If you think taking natural supplements is harmless, think again. These alternative remedies are not regulated by the FDA and some can be deadly.
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Food as Medicine
What you don't have on the dinner table could be killing you. Get the scoop on which foods do and which foods do not do the body good!
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Food Fraud
At dinner tables across the country, the food may be fraud. But, special agents are working hard to keep your family safe from potentially deadly counterfeit food.
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The Great Protein Debate: How Much is Too Much?
A doctor and certified physical trainer go head-to-head on the amount of protein you should include in your diet. Hear what they have to say and judge for yourself.
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The Trouble with Salt
More bad news for all you salt lovers. It's bad for much more than just your heart. Find out what else you could be hurting and learn about the latest daily allowance recommendations.
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Slim Capsule: Weighing in on a Weight-Loss POD
Users swear the Slim Capsule helps them lose pounds and inches. But skeptics have a lot of doubts of just how effective it really is. Both sides square-off so you can decide for yourself.
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Meals and Multitasking: Bad Combo
A large chunk of American meals are eaten while doing something else. How multitasking and eating could be affecting your waistline.
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Healing Heel Pain: Plantar Fasciitis
It's a pain the rear...of our foot. Two million Americans suffer from planta fasciitis. Here are some easy steps to keep your heal pain in check.
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Kicking Repeat Concussions
High school athletes suffer 100,000 concussions every year and your child may be one of them. But, getting back on the field, or court, before the brain has fully healed could put them at risk for permanent damage. See how a computer test is changing the game.
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eFeed: Teaching Toddlers How to Eat
Meet a little boy who couldn't eat a thing until a team of experts joined him at the dinner table..thousands of miles away. It's a one of a kind program that's changing lives.