If you are looking for a no-nonsense way to get healthier, this article is for you. The first place to start is with food. It’s true that you can’t outrun a bad diet and what you put in your mouth arguably has the largest impact on your bodyweight and health. …

There is not a universal perfect diet that works for everyone. That’s because how much you eat is actually more important than what you eat. Studies show that moderating your food intake and maintaining a healthy body weight will do more for your health than optimizing your diet quality. For…

A recent year-long study of nearly 10,000 Australians confirms that highly processed foods are the leading contributor of obesity in the Western world. As we all know, most processed foods are hyper-palatable — with crave-worthy combinations of sugar, salt, and fat — causing people to overeat. But the researchers found…

Visceral fat is the most dangerous type of fat. Visceral fat is belly fat located deep within your abdominal cavity. It surrounds important organs including your stomach, liver, and intestines. Subcutaneous fat, on the other hand, is the fat just below your skin and it is less problematic. Visceral fat…

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Someone dies every 34 seconds in the U.S. from cardiovascular disease. If you want to live a long and healthy life, you must avoid heart disease. Fortunately, there is a simple thing you can do to drastically reduce…

Heart-rate variability (HRV) — the time differences between one heart beat and the next — can be a good predictor of overall health. Lower HRV is associated with negative health outcomes, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, inflammation, obesity, and psychiatric disorders. If you want to remain healthy, you should focus on…

I am a proponent of low carb diets. Low carb diets work very well for some people to lose weight and manage blood sugar, without needing to count calories. I personally feel best on a low carb diet — between 50–100 grams of carbs per day — which helps to…

I have been reading and writing about nutrition for the past 7 years. This love of nutrition led me to become a certified nutritionist more than 2 years ago. I am simply obsessed with nutrition for health, performance, and longevity. This is what I think about in my spare time…

A recent article was published about how to beat the record for longest lifespan in humans, currently held by Jeanne Calment of France who died at the age of 122 in 1997. Although the number of centenarians (people 100 years old or older) is doubling every 10 years, maximum longevity…