Diet Hacks

Whether you're trying to lose weight or successfully manage your diet, portion size is key. Here's how to "right-size" your meals to ensure you don't overeat. Photo by oosp. Reader's Digest...

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that dieters asked to take a picture of everything they ate—before eating—led to better weight loss achievement, according to the...

Avoid the trap of "recession pounds", weight put on by eating less healthy food as a result of financial hardship. Historically recessions and depressions meant less money to spend on food, so in many cases weight loss was inevitable. The advances in food manufacturing and packaging have changed…

Reducing your environmental impact by diet doesn't mean having to go entirely vegetarian. If you're intrigued by climate change and "flexitarianism," one meat-loving author says eating 3.1 ounces per day is just about right. In his (long) piece for Audobon Magazine, Mike Tidwell consults with…

Messing with great baking recipes isn't always smart, but sometimes you can swap in yogurt for higher-fat ingredients to get tasty, smooth-textured treats. Here's a guide to when and how much to trade out. Photo by dizznbonn. You can't just swap in yogurt for any old fat in a recipe, but it can…

Some calorie sources are obvious in a Golden Arches, Rich-and-Creamy-Blended-Beverage kind of way. Then there's sugar, which is ever-present in modern grocery staples. Sugar Stacks illustrates this sucrose subterfuge using sugar cube illustrations. There are actual, helpful numbers next to each…

Certain foods just go together, like red meats and rosemary, garlic and fish, and oatmeal and orange juice. Men's Health suggests those pairings and others exist for a reason—your body wants more of their nutritional synergy. Photo by yogma. Along with the more common knowledge pairings listed…

Cook For Good ostensibly wants to help you use less energy and create less waste in planning your meals. The notable side effect, though, is a meal plan that averages a cost of $1.20 per person, per meal. That per-meal cost, averaged out across each week, is under the standard version of the…

There are a lot of factors in losing and maintaining a healthy diet and weight, but the HealthAssist blog points out that eating slowly might play a larger role than you realize. Along with the...

The best and worst thing about food is the variety, especially if you're prone to copious amounts of snacking. To help keep your waistline in check and your taste buds content, distinguish your snacks from your treats. Photo by DeusXFlorida. Forbes asked dietitian Dawn Jackson Blatner to create a…

Whether you've run out of eggs or you're baking for someone who can't eat them, these egg substitutes will lets you use the recipe with little hassle. Photo by woodleywonderworks. At the tips and...

You're smart enough to know that take-out pizza doesn't look as good as on TV. Same with the chips, the candy bars, and ice cream. But your stomach might disagree, and lead you to eat more when you're channel surfing. As anyone who's watched television for 10 minutes knows, junk food is…