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Spring Clean your Fridge If you see it, you'll eat it. Numerous studies have confirmed that we pop food into our mouths simply because it's there, and that's never truer than at mealtimes. When eating-behavior expert Brian Wansink, Ph.D., of Cornell ...

Spring Clean your Fridge If you see it, you'll eat...

You've seen the promise before — "Eat all your favorite foods and lose weight." The skeptic in you thinks, Are you kidding me? Eating all my favorite foods is how I gained weight in the first place. But this time, it's for real. This plan features fa...

You've seen the promise before — "Eat all your fav...

No one wants to be a killjoy at a Christmas party or a family get-together. But when it comes to dealing with the temptations of the season's high-calorie bounty, you don't have to be a Grinch. You do need a plan, says Susan J. Bartlett, Ph.D., an as...

No one wants to be a killjoy at a Christmas party ...

The fatal flaw of most diets: They leave you famished. So Registered Dietitian Delia Hammock and Good Housekeeping's Food Director Susan Westmoreland scoured all the most recent nutrition and weight-loss research to find the key components that reall...

The fatal flaw of most diets: They leave you famis...

Today, I was interviewed by a talk show host from a military radio station. She wanted to know about emotional eating during stressful times. Like deployment, she said. Like sending your husband off to war and not knowing if he’ll come back. She said...

Today, I was interviewed by a talk show host from ...

When Lisa Downs, 43, is in a good mood, she sits in front of the TV and munches on Lay's Potato Chips. When she's stressed at work, she gets relief from black jelly beans and Twizzlers, and when she's bored, she turns to Snickers bars or Reese's Pean...

When Lisa Downs, 43, is in a good mood, she sits i...

There are some things in life you take for granted: Your children will outlive you. No matter how tough it gets, you won't poison your spouse with arsenic-laced toothpaste. And if you have a best friend, you will attend her wedding. But life sometime...

There are some things in life you take for granted...

Imagine this: You are walking in a meadow on a fresh autumn day. The leaves are turning a burnished gold and red. You come upon a long table covered in a white linen cloth with vases of flowers at perfect intervals. Then you notice the food. The food...

Imagine this: You are walking in a meadow on a fre...

Eggs. Start your morning with them, and you’ll curb cravings for the rest of the day. Researchers from Wayne State University studied 30 overweight women, feeding them a breakfast with eggs, toast, and jelly one day, and, two weeks later, a bagel wit...

Eggs. Start your morning with them, and you’ll cur...

1. You Assume "Healthy" Means "Low-Cal" The label trumpets "low fat," "zero trans fats," or "no carbs." But these virtuous pronouncements don't tell you a thing about calories — which is what you need to pay attention to in order to lose weight and ...

1. You Assume "Healthy" Means "Low-Cal" The label...

FUEL UP: Foods rich in protein help you build muscle, while soluble fiber — found in oats, beans, fruits, and veggies — shrinks belly fat. A study from Wake Forest found that for every 10-gram increase in soluble fiber people ate daily (about two sma...

FUEL UP: Foods rich in protein help you build musc...

A few years ago, I worked with a woman who had decided to stop her nighttime bingeing by locking her food in cabinets and giving her husband the key. “It sounded like a perfect plan,” she said, “until I spent the hours after my husband went to sleep ...

A few years ago, I worked with a woman who had dec...

My mother has a name for the elaborate, wrongheaded tales we tell ourselves. She calls them Jack Stories.Here’s the original: One day, Jack had a flat tire on the side of the road. (This was before spare tires, cell phones, navigation systems, and AA...

My mother has a name for the elaborate, wrongheade...

Everything you do — from sleeping to eating a bowl of rocky road ice cream — burns calories. Likewise, every bodily function, like digestion, blood circulation, and breathing, takes effort. The energy, or calories, your body burns just to keep you al...

Everything you do — from sleeping to eating a bowl...

You diet more than ever, but don’t weigh less. Exercise regularly, but still feel flabby. And your once perfectly fitting clothes now seem snug.If you’re nodding your head in agreement, chances are you’re in the over-35 club. Like most members, you p...

You diet more than ever, but don’t weigh less. Exe...

Everyone's days are numbered. And fretting about your weight or the size of your thighs won't do a stitch of good. Here's what will.My friend Catherine recently told me about a 50-year-old friend of hers who'd been a member of a sewing circle for 10 ...

Everyone's days are numbered. And fretting about y...

There's no need to shop for special tools or costly appliances to make healthier meals — your kitchen is likely already stocked with the necessary tools to whip up lower-fat, lower-calorie dishes. Keep in mind these seven no-gimmick guidelines. In ad...

There's no need to shop for special tools or costl...

Take our quiz, then find the best, research-proven ways to keep chocolate and cookies and chips from wrecking your diet. Also, be sure to watch this video on how to beat cravingsYou're going along, minding your own business, when it hits — an intense...

Take our quiz, then find the best, research-proven...

Are you serious about eating healthy? You've come to the perfect place. The Good Housekeeping nutrition experts are serving up monthly plans with seven-day menus that are balanced, tasty, and easy to make. Many meals can be made in 10 minutes. The pa...

Are you serious about eating healthy? You've come ...

These round-the-clock strategies will help you drop the pounds fast — no matter how crazy your life is.After my son was born, I managed to lose the 40 pounds of baby weight within a year. The kid weight? It's still hanging around, and Patrick is now ...

These round-the-clock strategies will help you dro...

Think of this as your weekend to kick back — to relax your body, rekindle your spirit. But it's more: During these two days, you'll be able to turn around unhealthy eating habits and jump-start your workout routine, key moves if you want to drop poun...

Think of this as your weekend to kick back — to re...