Dietary Essentials

Keep your eyes peeled (sorry, couldn't resist!) and take a look at all things that can really happen to your body when you eat a banana every day.

If you've ever struggled to lose weight, keeping a food diary, whether it's on paper or in an app on your smartphone may be more helpful than you'd expect.

If you're someone who just isn't yourself before your first cup of coffee in the morning, you're not alone.

Oatmeal can be one of the healthiest options to start your day. Learn how different types and preparation options impact the protein count.

While baby food is meant to fill a little one's appetite, adults have turned to eating the purees as part of a weight-loss trend — but there are risks involved.

The fat-soluble vitamin is vital to helping support a variety of our bodies' functions, including vision and reproduction.

Why are we eating so much more than our parents and grandparents ate? Nutrition experts blame the explosion in portion size in the past few decades.

Keto has many variations. Learn how the reality TV star combines the diet with intermittent fasting.

Here comes another numerical-based nutrition system. Learn about the program created by Swedish personal trainer and nutritionist Magnus Lygdbäck.

Your favorite morning pick-me-up can actually affect your digestive system, making you feel ill — and it's way more common than you think.

First of all, there are no foods that are strictly banned on the keto diet. But is peanut butter really okay to eat? Find out.

Vitamins and minerals packaged in a variety of pills, gummies, powders, and drinks are readily available. But do you really need vitamin A?

The Nutritarian diet promises you'll lose weight and keep it off. And Joel Fuhrman, the physician who created it, claims you'll reach your peak health, too.

The cyclical diet is only one of several keto variations and they all have the same problem as general keto: There is no proof they work.

Some new products on the market promise to give you the caffeinated experience via non-coffee drinks or even food. But is eating your caffeine a good idea?

The world of dieting can often feel like it comes with its own mysterious language and acronyms — like 'keto breath,' 'carb loading,' and 'IIFYM.'

Many Americans are willing to try treatments such as probiotics and digestive enzymes. Not surprising, as 74 percent live with unwanted digestive symptoms.

What do you get when you combine TikTok, coffee, and a protein drink? A new delicious beverage causing waves all over the internet.

There's one skill that's important for any home cook to master, because if not done properly, it can cause severe illness or even death.

Gummy vitamins have exploded in popularity in recent years, but eating too many can lead to dangerous, sometimes toxic outcomes.

When you reach for that bag of potatoes in the pantry, and see that they have a definite greenish tinge to them, what do you do? Toss the whole bag?

While corn and flour tortillas seem almost identical, is one actually better for you than the other?

Have a sweet tooth? You may be in luck. Adding chocolate to your diet can have positive health benefits. The cacao bean actually packs some nutritional punch.

Avocado toast has become something of a meme about millennials. But that isn't going to stop us, especially when we can get it — to go — from Dunkin' Donuts.

Soft drinks are loaded with sugar and as you may know, they're really not healthy. There is another reason that you might want to watch how much soda you drink.

Instant coffee is, indeed, 'real' coffee. It's produced by roasting whole coffee beans, then grinding and brewing them.

A diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids ca help reduce risk of heart disease and stroke, decrease inflammation, and improve some auto-immune conditions.