Escape the Salad Bar Fat Trap

Sue Grant wanted to drop a few pounds, so she gave up soup and turkey sandwiches for lunch. Now she eats a salad every day—a big pile of lettuce, a little cheese, turkey, egg, croutons, a mound of crunchy veggies, and a few crackers on the side. Her favorite topping is Russian dressing, although she [...]

Do I have to eat breakfast even if I’m not hungry?

Your body is like a furnace in that it needs to burn some kind of fuel—in this case, food. As with your home heating furnace, the most effective way for your body to use fuel is to burn it consistently rather than having the fire stoked up, burning a lot of fuel quickly, letting the [...]