If you're an omnivore you have a dilemma

In recent years, more and more of America’s attention has been focusing on what it eats. Cookbooks and store products abound with all types of specialized health and diet regimens: Gluten-free, lactose-intolerant, vegetarian, lacto-ovo vegetarian, vegan, free-range, free-trade, etc, etc.

Conclusions Flawed in Comparison of Animal-and Plant-Based 'Low-Carbohydrate' Diets

Headlines make news, but don't read too much into current headlines about a recent study titled "Low-Carbohydrate Diets and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality," published in the September 7, 2010, issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.

Dining out needn't mean gaining pounds

Dining out is part of everyday life, whether it’s grabbing something on the way home from work, a special occasion, a romantic meal for two or just because you feel like it! The great news is that with a few handy tips, dining out doesn’t need to mean piling on the lbs.

ASK MR. KNOW-IT-ALL: The anonymous son

QUESTION: I believe Gen. Douglas MacArthur had a child - a boy, I think. Whatever became of him? - B.E.M., Glen Mills, Pa. ANSWER: Arthur MacArthur IV entered the world in Manila, the Philippines, on Feb. 21, 1938, and he was the only child of the general and his wife, Jean Marie (Faircloth) MacArthur.

Our conflicted relationship with animals

Why do we get so angry with animal abusers, but eat more animals than ever before? An expert provides some clues