If you’re trying to lose weight, cutting back on calories is an important step. The question, of course, is how low to go. Some public health authorities, such as Harvard University, state that most ...

I used to think 1200 calories sounded totally doable. I mean, how hard could it be? Turns out, I had no idea what I was signing up for. Given that the average woman requires approximately 2,100 ...

A new diet plan is making headlines for its extremely low calorie target—just 800 a day, less than what you’d get from a cheeseburger and fries. Supporters claim it leads to rapid weight loss and may ...

Look, I’ll be straight with you – eating only 800 calories a day sounds pretty extreme, and honestly? It kind of is. Most of us need somewhere between 1200-2000 calories just to keep our bodies ...

These two diets are often confused. We discuss the differences and help you choose what’s best for you.

Share on Pinterest Can a low-carbohydrate diet help support heart health? Image credit: Nadine Greeff/Stocksy. Due to their restrictive nature, low-carbohydrate diets, which provide less than 130 ...

Among adolescents with moderate to severe obesity, a nutritionally balanced, very low-calorie diet with the monitoring of a dietician shows high adherence and safety, with significant weight loss over ...

People following a Mediterranean-style diet may have the best chance of keeping weight off — and doing it without causing negative side effects — according to a study published in the Journal of the ...

Laura Saslow, associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, has been researching the impact of different dietary patterns on type 2 diabetes for more than a decade. Saslow ...