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Losing weight often is a good thing. But if you started dieting at an early age, you may have set yourself up for future health problems — especially if you skipped meals or tried fad diets to shed the weight. One long-term study found…

When you’re trying to lose weight, it may seem like all you do is focus on food. But training your attention on what you eat and how you eat it — some call it mindful eating — can have some real benefits for those trying to lose weight, new…

You have exercised all your life, and this is how you have always stayed trim. But now that you’re past age 40, you find the weight doesn’t stay off as easily as it used to — even though you’re still exercising as much as ever. Most of us…

I often am asked what people should eat to help maintain their heart health. One reason might be that the topic of diet has become very controversial in recent years. For example, the U.S.  Department of Agriculture told Americans for years…

Your skin is a reflection of your overall health. If you’re healthy inside, you’re healthy outside. You can’t stop yourself from aging. But here are some foods I recommend that can help firm and protect your skin. Eat fish for firmer skin…

Goji berries, often used in traditional Chinese medicine, are small, red, edible fruit from a shrub native to China also known as Lycium barbarum. Goji berries are usually dried, eaten raw or cooked. They have recently been touted as a…

Years ago, in the house where I grew up, I remember my mother tending to a small garden circled by a “fence” of mulberry shrubs. In the summer months when the mulberry shrubs bore fruits, my group of feisty friends and I would painstakingly…

Superfoods are essentially foods that have extra-large doses of vitamins and minerals that can help us ward off diseases and live a longer, healthier life. Some of the nutrients that certain superfoods contain include a) antioxidants…

Rock and roll may already be showing its age in China. An anniversary concert for legacy rock band Black Panther saw a group of vendors outside a Beijing venue on Saturday selling not T-shirts or beer, but goji berries. In many countries,…

Many people call a truce with the battle of the bulge at a certain age, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. When you’re over 60, being a little overweight may actually be beneficial, because being underweight increases one's risk of…