Vitamin D may be the new fish oil. If you've followed the research over the past couple of years, it seems that there is very little vitamin D doesn't help. Depending on where you live, you may be heading into the not-so-sunny seasons, so now may be a good time to think about getting enough D. ...

A compelling study has been released that supposedly uncovers the brain pathway responsible for obesity. Once again, inflammation seems to be right in the thick of things. The findings, published in the journal Cell, point to a potentially revolutionary way to fight obesity...or maybe not. Let's see what all the fuss is about....

Flickr: Johnny Grim"If it bleeds, it leads." It's an old cliché, but very telling. Just look at the news. The gritty, shocking stories get top billing. TV shows too! LIke COPS, The Shield, and all the CSI's. Americans love blood and guts. We also LOVE to eat! And now new research claims watching all this death and destruction may actually...

A study of more than 111,000 people has shown that overweight people have heart attacks on average 12 years earlier than "normal weight" individuals. This makes obesity worse for the heart than smoking, according to this study. Let's pick through the data, the findings and the controversies surrounding the topic of weight and health....

It's easy to think of fat as just inert tissue - useless blubber just sitting there on our hips taking up space...way too much space. On the contrary fat is smart. It is considered by many scientists to be an organ in and of itself - a hotbed of chemical communicators and the proprietor of a prominent metabolic thermostat...

One of the most frustrating moments for many dieters is the weekly weigh-in. Sometimes, the results on your scales seem to bear very little relation to the week you've just had. Maybe you've been really good - but not lost anything. Or you've had a couple of meals out, and eaten more than a few candy bars - and yet...

Studies almost always lead to great discussion here on Diet Blog. We analyze, ask questions, interpret and share our own experiences. Inevitably, we find flaws in the methodology, show other studies that counter it and (let's be honest) editorialize it to suit our own belief systems. Enter the Cochrane Collaboration - made up of a group of almost 12,000 independent...

On a sunny day at the beach, buff Joe is constantly on the move: rallying friends into a volleyball game, swimming, throwing a Frisbee around. Chubby Jack, meanwhile, spends the day lounging on a beach towel, eating ice-cream. You might think Jack is just plain lazy and Joe is self-disciplined ... but new research suggests that their different activity levels...

Please don't say go vegetarian, please don't say go vegetarian, please don't....ah crap!!!! (More on this later). According to ecologists, an energy crisis could be averted if Americans cut their calories. David Pimentel of Cornell University and colleagues estimate that energy demands could easily be halved, which could stave off the prospect of further rises in the costs of...

If you have any interest in dieting (and presumably you do, if you're reading this), you've almost certainly come across the word "calorie". Maybe you have an idea what it means - in particular, you probably have the impression that too many calories aren't good. But what exactly is a calorie, and how do calories relate to healthy eating and...