portion sizes

I hear you; it’s super convenient to slide through the nearest fast food drive-thru to grab a burger when you’re in a rush. In moderation, consuming a greasy meal is totally alright. However, you already know that making this a regular habit is not the healthiest of choices. Consider this handy infographic, which breaks down the fat, […]

There is a convincing case to be made that you can throw all the trendy diets out the window and eat whatever you want as long as you refrain from doing one very simple thing: overeating. It’s a pretty simple concept, really. If you reduce your caloric intake, you will not gain as much weight. […]

While convenience meals (i.e. frozen or pre packaged dinners) are the fastest option for single dinners at home, they’re not the healthiest. It is possible to make healthy, tasty, inexpensive meals at home for one regardless of your culinary prowess.

Weight loss is on a lot of minds once the New Year rolls around. However, with food manufacturers and restaurants pushing portion distortion—a phenomenon in which mass society regards abnormally large food portions as average—it’s difficult to resist super-sizing our meals. Here are 10 tips for beating portion distortion.

One very common reason why we overeat has to do with portion sizes. It’s easy to take in hundreds of excess calories in a mindless nosh session, but if you’re looking to shed fat, you’ll have to put a stop to the tendency to overindulge. Here are 10 tips for keeping those portion sizes under control.