“Low T” ads promise men a vibrant, new lease on life with prescription testosterone gels and patches. And dozens of over-the-counter supplements claim to boost or “support” testosterone levels. Testosterone…
1. Bread. Leave it in the basket. You’ll save 150 to 300 calories’ worth of white flour. 2. Soup. Skip it to dodge 1,000 to 2,000 mg of sodium. Get…
“Trust us. Just try it,” says the California Pizza Kitchen menu. CPK must figure that customers need a bit of tempting, because its Butter Cake doesn’t sound as indulgent as…
All fats are a mix of saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids (though we usually categorize each by the fatty acid it has the most of). Odds are, you get…
From breadsticks to tiramisu—with plenty of cheese, meat, and white-flour pasta in between—Italian has never been confused with spa cuisine. But in recent years, restaurants have fattened the pot, deep-frying…
The Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) trial randomly assigned 5,145 overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes to an intensive lifestyle intervention or to “usual care” (advice…
Taking high doses of selenium or vitamin E could raise a man’s risk of prostate cancer. Starting in 2001, the SELECT trial gave roughly 35,500 men either selenium (200 micrograms…
Shrimp scampi, pepperoni pizza, mozzarella sticks, marinara sauce, veal parmigiana, spaghetti and meatballs. Those are some of the “Italian” foods you’d be hard-pressed to find in Italy, according to Fodors.com.…
Eating slowly may help you eat less. Scientists offered 35 normal-weight and 35 overweight or obese men and women a huge portion of the same lunch (pasta with tomatoes, olive…
“One of the best foods for keeping your immunity up during this busy, colder time of year is the tasty mushroom,” according to Mao Shing Ni, one of the “Oz…
