Category: Diet & Food

Why put pickles on your sandwich when the pickles can be the sandwich? Elsie’s, in Haddon Township, New Jersey (near Philadelphia), is replacing the bread on a sandwich with thick pickles. The bread-free alternative isn’t just great for those trying to cut down on carbs—it also adds more pickles than any other sandwich can give

Christopher Carman used to love gaming. When he was in his twenties, he’d come home from work, crack open a two-liter bottle of Mountain Dew, and play World of Warcraft for hours at a time. Rather than cook his own meals, he’d just order in or pick up some fast food. “If I could’ve burned

The ketogenic diet is known for being restrictive. The low-carb, high-fat diet only allows you to get about 10% of your daily calories come from carbs — and to maintain ketosis (the process by which your body uses fat as an energy source rather than carbs), dietitians say it’s best to keep your carb intake

The only thing better than cheese is more cheese, and Folios is making sure you have plenty of it in your life. A cheese wrap is the tortilla alternative that’s both delicious and grain-free. The cheese wraps come in Parmesan, Jarlsberg, and cheddar flavors. They are naturally lactose- and gluten-free. Four or 10 wraps come

One way or another, we all eventually learn that you really can have too much of a good thing. A Canadian man learned that lesson the hard way: For more than two years, he regularly took an extremely high dose of vitamin D—which unfortunately caused permanent damage to his kidneys.  The case study, published in the Canadian Medical Association

Carbohydrates aren’t evil. They’re essential. Consuming the right amount of the right kind of carbs can help improve your athletic performance, exercise recovery, and body composition (meaning you look goooood). Also know that there’s nothing magical about carbs (or insulin) that causes excess fat gain or hunger. We digested the past 25 years of nutrition

Chayote squash is a vegetable that originates from Central America. It’s packed with fiber, folate, and magnesium. Chayote is highly versatile: You can eat the entire plant, either raw or cooked. Chayote squash proves that you should not judge a food by its appearance. This odd-looking pear-shaped gourd is lumpy and green (and sometimes prickly)

More than 30 years after Red Bull has brought its well-known Energy Drink on the market, now wants to get Coca-Cola in the Energy business. The US company announced that it plans to sell starting in may 2019, the beverage “Coca-Cola Energy” in Germany. FOCUS Online makes the Energy-Drink-comparison. In Spain and Hungary, there is

The world is now full of meat substitutes, from veggie burgers that bleed to lab-grown hamburger to, well, this. But until now, we haven’t heard of one made of, well, meat. But two pork farmers from Michigan are convinced that the next big thing in chicken wings is … pork. Only, don’t call them that.

At his heaviest, Andrew Clayton weighed 26st when he was diagnosed with type-2 diabetes. Before his weight loss journey, the 36-year-old would gorge on takeaways, fry ups and foot-long baguettes from a sandwich van. However, he decided to make a change to his lifestyle and now he plans on running the London Marathon in April.

What better way to kick off your week than with the ultimate foodie experience overlooking Sydney’s stunning Shelly Beach? In a Women’s Health exclusive, join us for a morning of delicious eats with entrepreneur, presenter and Melrose Health ambassador Rachael Finch. You’ll hear from Rachael, nutritionist Steph Lowe and whole food cook Dani Venn as

Great news, you guys: sleeping isn’t the only way to torch cals while doing absolutely nothing. Researchers from Loughborough University reckon taking a hot bath may be just as beneficial for the body as exercising. Dr Steve Faulkner and his team recruited 14 adults to take an hour-long soak at 40 degrees and take part

Don’t tell kale or celery, but an underrated green is coming for the throne. And her name is celtuce. While it sounds like a manufactured hybrid veggie (is it like…celery and lettuce?), celtuce is au naturale, baby. Celtuce is native to China, where it’s called wosun—the veggie is also referred to as stem lettuce or

From wine and 2-lb. Chocolate dragon eggs to themed beers, the Game of Thrones hype leading up to the Season 8 premiere is real. And now Mountain Dew — or MTN DEW — has stepped in to really ramp up the excitement with its “faceless,” brand-less can dubbed “A Can Has No Name.” A clear

A few years ago, a 50-seat restaurant in St. Louis went viral after a video showed off it’s all-ranch-everything menu. At the time, Twisted Ranch had 18 kinds of ranch dressing made in-house daily. Everything on the menu featured ranch, right down to the ranch-infused drinks. Today, the restaurant has moved to a larger space

As Khloe Kardashian is getting ready to celebrate her daughter True Thompson’s first birthday on April 12th she is reflecting on the tumultuous events of the last year – from the Tristan Thomspon cheating scandal to her most recent social media feud with Jameela Jamil. Notwithstanding all that drama, Khloe has had one constant in her life, her commitment to working out

It’s not every day that two of the largest snack bar brands in the country publicly battle it out over how healthy (or not healthy) their products are. But that’s exactly what’s happening between Clif Bar and Kind Bar. Their jabs at each other are being printed in national newspaper ads, aired on social media,

Yes, we spend most of our days looking at recipes online and drooling over food photos on Instagram. But we still have a big soft spot for classic IRL cookbooks. They line our bookshelves, are piled on our kitchen counter and, if we’re being honest, litter our desks. A good cookbook is about more than

Losing weight doesn’t have to be a chore. In fact, battling the bulge can be as easy as getting boozy. Scientists have revealed that tequila could be the secret to dieters’ success. So why could the tipple help you to shed some pounds? A 2014 study by the American Chemical Society measured the effects of

Before his weight loss, strongman Eddie Hall tipped the scales at 30.9st. The 31-year-old, from Stoke-on-Trent, walked away with the World’s Strongest Man title back in 2017. Previously describing his bulky frame as “torture”, the strongman decided to slim down. He managed to shed the weight by following a strict weight loss plan with plenty