Liz Neporent is a diet and fitness expert and author of 12 fitness bestsellers. She regularly appears on national TV programs and is the president of Wellness 360, a New-York based wellness provider. Last week, I referenced a popular energy bar ...

Remember the old food pyramid? You know, the one suggesting 11 daily servings of breads and cereals? The food guide that conveniently was created by the US Department of Agriculture (oooh, how I love a good conspiracy)? Well, by now people are hip to ...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 129,000 pounds of beef products in 15 states are being recalled due to possible E. coli contamination. The states affected are Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, ...

Chromium, also called Chromium Picolinate, is a weight-loss supplement. Chromium is a naturally occurring mineral found in meat, poultry, fish and whole grains, and when combined with picolinic acid, has anecdotally been believed to help weight loss ...

I guess it makes good business sense for consumer health care and large pharmaceutical firms to protect the patents and profits on drugs that they spent millions to develop -- but where does one draw the line? Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer -- who is ...

Although everybody already knows it's important to wash all fruits and vegetables before you eat or cook with them, it is more important for some than others. The Environmental Working Group has recently published its fourth edition of The Shopper's ...

Photo: glennji, Flickr How trustworthy is your heart monitor? Whether you're glancing at a wrist piece all day long or shimmying into the chest belt during workout-time only, you should know what the latest ...

Google recently launched a new health information service, aptly named Google Health. The service allows users to store their personal medical information online, and offers services such as links to pharmacies and medical laboratories, a medication ...