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Diet Blogs

  • Susan Albers

    Comfort Cravings

    How to soothe yourself without food--and how to eat healthfully and mindfully.
  • Susan McQuillan

    Cravings

    The many ways food fills our lives.
  • Leyla Muedin

    Intelligent Nutrition

    Exploring nutrition therapy for medical conditions and for optimization of individual biochemistry and metabolism.
  • Jan Chozen Bays

    Mindful Eating

    Rediscovering a healthy and joyful relationship with food.
  • Nourish

    Fighting cancer dish by dish.
  • The Nutrition Reporter

    All about diet and health.
  • The Religion of Thinness

    A religion scholar reflects on our culture's devotion to thinness and explores the unmet spiritual needs that eating and body image problems mask.
  • Judith Beck

    Thinking Thin

    Training your brain to think like a thin person, and other psychological techniques for healthy weight loss.
  • Frances Kuffel

    What Fat Women Want

    Wanting to be thin is only part of the story.

Diet Basics

Why do we wrestle with what we eat and how much we eat? Sometimes we eat the right foods in the right portions, and sometimes we eat the entire dinner table and all the wrong foods. Why is it so hard to eat healthfully? Whether you're trying to lose a few pounds or maintain a nutritious diet, you'll find answers to your questions here.

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