Maintaining a healthy diet is the practice of making choices about what to eat with the intent of improving or maintaining good health. Usually this involves consuming necessary nutrients by eating the appropriate amounts from all of the food groups, including an adequate amount of water. Since human nutrition is complex, a healthy diet may vary widely, subject to an individual's genetic makeup, environment, and health. For around 20% of the planet's population, lack of food and malnutrition are the main impediments to healthy eating; people in developed countries have the opposite problem, and are more concerned about obesity.

Fast food has become an integral part of the modern busy lifestyle. Despite the common knowledge that fast food is not healthy, people scarf it down out of convenience (or is it laziness)...

Americans are spending more of their hard earned dollars on breakfasts at fast food restaurants. The problems with this trend are obvious. Fast food breakfasts are loaded with fat & salt, and they are packaged in paper & plastic that is used once, then tossed as soon as possible. Here are 10 ways to make breakfasts quick, healthy and green.

Big Macs will make you fat, but apparently not as fat as a Caesar salad. Pesticides are harmful, right? Well then how come there has never been a single death attributed to eating food covered with their residue? This article attacks myths associated with eating healthy by using some cited evidence and a lot of sarcasm.

Health wise, fast food really has little or nothing to offer. Just because a fast food chain serves a salad, or some sliced apples, does not mean they are now a healthy restaurant. That being said, if you manage your portions at these places, you should be able to survive one or two stops at your favorite greasy spoon joint.

Want to lower your cholesterol so fast it'll make your head spin? Most people are anxious to improve their diets, but in today's hectic, fast food oriented world, eating healthy can be quite a challenge...