While diets can certainly range from healthy and helpful to worrisome and even dangerous, they all have at least one thing in common: a focus on reductions and eliminations. Examples include the ...

Across the aisle from the usual sugar-laden fare in 7-Eleven sits the latest confection to join the Atkins diet craze, a high-tech chocolate bar called Z-Carb. The Z is short for zero–as in “Zero ...

If you want to lose weight fast, some experts will recommend cutting down on carbs—or eliminating them completely. “Carbs have always been on the chopping block,” says Bonnie Taub-Dix, R.D.N., ...

Sifting through the marketing jargon of descriptive labels on foods these days can leave even a nutritionist questioning which way to go. Low-fat, lite, light, fat-free, sugar-free, % free, no added, ...

Losing weight can benefit health, but it's important to avoid unsafe diets. Dietitians recommend avoiding diets such as ...