Eating an apple before mealtime can lower your intake of calories during your dining — and the amount is significant. Appetite magazine concluded that consuming an apple before lunch can decrease your caloric ingestion at the meal by about 15%. The study showed that those who curbed their appetite with an apple before lunch ingested [...]

The mineral Calcium is a powerful weight loss star, and weight loss plans can capitalize on it. Scientists stumbled on calcium’s magic by accident. In a Tennessee study of blood pressure in obese African Americans, people who added two cups of yogurt a day to their diet lost an average of five kilograms of body [...]

Cranberries are grown as shrubs in the wild, or on vines when cultivated. They are bright red in color and have a rich tart and slightly bitty taste to them. In the US they are predominantly grown in the northern states and southern Canada and are a larger variety than wild cranberries found in Europe. [...]