Salads get an upgrade “Order a salad.” That’s the standard “what to get at a restaurant” advice if you’re trying to eat healthier. But some restaurant salads turn out to be…

“Lighter” menus get an upgrade Many chains offer just five or six “lighter” entrées. But a handful have more.  Here’s a few worth trying to keep calories in check without…

“When we started Chili’s, people called us the hamburger hippies,” says the television ad. “Maybe the name still fits—100% grass-fed beef. New on any of our hand-crafted all-natural burgers.” You…

How many calories in that mug of beer, glass of wine, or shot glass? It can be a guessing game. Labels for most beer, wine, and other alcoholic beverages aren’t…

How about an extra big brownie or hot fudge sundae every day? That’s the equivalent of the extra food people eat after getting too little sleep the night before, a…

It wasn’t until 1902 when scientists learned that alcohol has calories. Lots of them. In that year, the “father” of American nutrition science, Wilbur Atwater, announced after meticulous experiments that…

Alcohol has calories. Lots of them. We didn’t know that until 1902, when the “father” of American nutrition science, Wilbur Atwater, announced after meticulous experiments that alcohol has 7 calories per…

Legend has it that the ice cream sandwich was invented in 1899 by a pushcart peddler on New York City’s Lower East Side. It consisted of a layer of vanilla…

Remember the old days when cookies were the size of an Oreo, not nearly as big as a Frisbee? When a regular order of fries at McDonald’s was 3 ounces,…

Tufts University researchers set out to analyze the calories in the most popular dishes at 30 randomly selected ethnic restaurants in the Boston area. The restaurants were all small or…