Track-It Diet & Exercise

Here is a sampling of what I and 5,000 other registered dietitians learned at the American Dietetic Association Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo in Denver last month: Read more

OKLAHOMA CITY — Hundreds of seniors waved empty paper plates Wednesday to protest cutbacks in nutrition programs for the elderly that could eliminate thousands of meals for some of Oklahoma's most vulnerable citizens. Read more

Are you stuck in an athletic rut? Are you still getting beat by the same old people, still finishing in the same old place, no matter how hard you work out or practice? Read more

The box of instant au gratin potatoes from the supermarket advertises a dish "made with 100 percent real cheese and potatoes." But the potatoes are dehydrated and the cheese sauce is powdered. Read more

Nov. 2--Tosca Reno's Eat Clean Cookbook (Robert Kennedy Publishing/ 2009) is a beautiful treasure, with its slick thick paper and stunning photos -- enough so to be a coffee table book. The Eat Clean diet is basically getting back to whole foods and... Read more

CHICAGO -- He's an 84-year-old diabetic with one lung that doesn't work.

She's his 84-year-old wife, a survivor of a nearly fatal aortic aneurysm. Read more

I admit it. This is the week I tend to justify having several bags of candy in my shopping cart ... even though the trick-or-treaters at my house are few and far between. You just never know when a big crowd might show up ... Read more

Every change of season seemingly brings a hot new "super fruit." Pomegranate? That's so 2008. Acai? That went passe last spring. Read more

Oct. 30--HICKORY -- Turning bags of Halloween candy into piles of cash is this year's goal for the patients of a local orthodontist. Read more

CASSELBERRY, Fla. -- When Shannon Green arrived at the tiny Al's Food Store in Casselberry, Fla., to exchange her checks from a government program that provides food to women and their children on a recent Monday, she was surprised to see some new... Read more