Although sugar consumption then was far higher than it is today (an average of 17.76 oz, or 503g a week per person, compared to the 1.8kg consumed per person per year now) there were few processed ...

I’m an RD and dedicated home cook who tried Nutrisystem for a week. Read my full review for my thoughts on the frozen meals and Nutrisystem’s diet program.

I wanted the first part of the week to serve as a reality check for how many ultra-processed foods were currently part of my diet and the second part to be after I went grocery shopping, to see ...

Dr. Keys didn’t invent the Mediterranean diet, of course; he simply began to popularize a way of eating and enjoying food that people in the Mediterranean had been following for centuries.

Below is a sample menu for 1 week of meals on the Mediterranean diet. Feel free to adjust the portions and food choices based on your own needs and preferences, and add snacks as desired.

An example: Let’s say you find that you need roughly 2,000 calories a day, and you want to lose about 1 pound per week. You could do this by eating about 500 fewer calories every day. Your goal ...