Sugar Busters Diet Links

Apple treat for Rosh Hashana and healthy diet: Challah bread summer pudding

Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, is typically a time of optimism and self-reflection. And while the foods for the holiday often are symbolic of a sweet and pleasant year to come, it's hard for some of us not to reflect on the negative effect a sugary, rich dish will have on our waistlines.

Some dark chocolate will do the trick

Attention, all you chocoholics out there. When Australian doctors prescribed a bar of dark chocolate daily to people with high blood pressure, a mutiny broke out. Half said eating that much candy was hard. One in five groused that chocolate just wasn't an acceptable hypertension treatment. Shocking, huh?

The History of Dieting: A Modern-Day Timeline

We live in a nation of excess: McMansions, SUVs, and retail superstores. But with food this glut is unstoppable. “Overeating is an act of heroism,” says novelist, poet and food lover Jim Harrison. Seventeen years ago, 33 percent of U.S. citizens were overweight. Now that figure has expanded to 40 percent–and an additional 30% are obese. Yet diet products and weight-loss programs now total $33 ...