Monday Diet Plans

Dieting is no fun and rarely brings lasting results. There must be a better way! Emerging companies think that hyper-personalized meal plans might just be the key to good health. Not everyone responds to foods the same way. Some people get jittery after drinking one cup of coffee; others can drink an entire pot right before bed. Some people are sensitive to gluten, while others can tear through an entire pizza buffet without a problem. As similar as humans are, we all have tiny genetic differences that can affect our digestion, absorption, and metabolism of individual nutrients. If you and...

Now that we're well into the new year, it's time to check in and see how your resolutions are coming along. Are you mowing down your fitness and nutrition goals like a boss? Or are you disappointed because you're not seeing results? Either way, chances are you've been wrestling with the one overwhelming component many of us struggle with this time of year: dieting! The word itself begets eye rolls and crossed arms in today's macro-savvy culture. Someone's "diet" really just refers to the type of foods he or she eats, but that's not how we use this word today....

The weight-loss industry is saturated with pills, powders, cleanses, wraps, and creams. (Seriously, there are fat-loss creams purported to burn fat cells!) No matter how heavily advertised these products are, and no matter how gorgeous their models, losing weight the right way just isn't that easy. What can work like magic, though, is simply eating fewer calories than you're burning. It's pretty easy to do that every now and then. It's when you try to do it for weeks and months that things get a little trickier. By incorporating insight gained from research-backed fat-loss strategies, you have a better shot...