5 tips to help you keep your diet resolution

Like so many women around New Year's, you've probably sworn to yourself to "eat healthier," "lose weight," and "take better care of yourself" over the next 12 months. Many of you have probably turned to popular diets circulating the internet to accomplish that, whether it's the raw diet, Paleo, Mediterranean, vegan, vegetarian, or - well, [...]

Where’s the sense in a ‘Sensa’ diet?

There are fad diets, and then there are ridiculous diet schemes. Although it's apparently been around for about a year, I only recently saw this ad for a diet product called Sensa. It appeals to this country's 'quick-fix' mentality where just sprinkling your food with this product will magically help you shed pounds. How has [...]

A personal look back at the year that was 2012

As I tentatively begin to step into the pristine landscape of 2013 and leave my footsteps behind me, it seems inevitable that I would look back at the past 12 months and contemplate the year that was 2012. What a whirlwind year it was, after pulling myself out of a personal year-long hell in 2011. [...]