Diet food (or dietetic food) refers to any food or drink whose recipe has been altered in some way to make it part of a body modification diet. Although the usual intention is weight loss and change in body type, sometimes the intention is to aid in gaining weight or muscle as in bodybuilding supplements.

Around holiday time, a common comment I hear is, "I cooked for 6 hours and we ate everything in 20 minutes." Well, aside from the fact that there must be zero socializing at that holiday table, it seems to me that eating a couple thousand calories in 20 minutes is a little fast. Could you enjoy the food just as much by slowing down?

The abundance of refined white sugar in our diets has become a great concern. There are substitutes on the market to help us avoid refined white sugar. We can find them for sale in supermarkets and in sugar-free, low-calorie and zero-calorie foods. But these sugar substitutes may not be safe for everyone. Here is a list of popular sugar substitutes that have raised concerns.

There might just be a sweet revolution following the news that corporate giants Coca Cola and Cargill filed for 24 U.S. patents related to stevia, a South American herb used for centuries to sweeten food and drinks. Stevia is the world’s only zero-calorie, zero-glycemic, all-natural sweetener.

We are always looking for foods with a "zero calorie" label. If you too are one of them, read on.......

Zero calories, vegetarian friendly, Kosher certified condiment that makes every food taste like bacon....holy crap, where has this been all my life?!