The Alternative Daily

We all know that eating a diet high in saturated fat and cholesterol is bad for us, right? Well that story that we’ve all...

Q. A few years ago, I switched from regular soda to diet soda--and lost 12 pounds. My husband tells me diet soda is bad...

For most people, paying attention to your gut means following your intuition and letting your informed self let you know if there are red...

Who doesn’t love a fresh fruit bowl or a Mesclun summer salad sprinkled with Parmesan and lemon? In the heat of the season, these...

Canny as it is, the brain deploys a number of ways to preserve its functions over time. Brain cells turn out a variety of...

The Walt Disney Company announced new plans on Tuesday to help combat children obesity. In their efforts to regulate food marketing, they are mandating...

During their pregnancy, women must be extremely cautious and avoid a wide range of things that could potentially harm their child. But now, a...

Soon after Daphne Miller, M.D., began practicing medicine in San Francisco, Calif., she realized that so many of her patients' woes--heart disease, diabetes, cancer--could...

Look in almost any spice cabinet or on a kitchen table and you will likely see black pepper. Most of us don’t think anything...

Even if you already have lovely, healthy tresses, eating more dairy can help make your hair look shiny and strong. Dairy, particularly yogurt, has...