On AlterNet: dieting

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "dieting"

Why a High-Protein Diet May Make You Fatter

Kathy Freston, AlterNet. March 18, 2010.

Health expert Dean Ornish says high-protein dieters 'may lose more weight because they are losing water weight. But by the end of the year, the weight usually returns.'

Sugar Is the New Heroin

Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. December 12, 2008.

New research shows sugar addiction is real. Lab rats coming off it exhibit some of the same behavior as junkies in need of a fix.

Thin Is the New Miserable

Stephanie Losee, AlterNet. November 19, 2008.

A new book from Valerie Frankel shows how the only lasting effect dieting has is on people's mind-sets about their bodies.

Dieting Makes You Fat

Sophie Morris, The Independent UK. July 20, 2008.

Starving yourself sends your body into famine survival mode, causing you to store extra fat.

Sick Planet: Our Obsession with Dieting Boosts the Economy But Destroys the Earth

Stan Cox, Pluto Press. May 28, 2008.

Our obsession with dieting, including the low-carb Atkins fad, may be good for our economy but it's a nightmare for the environment and our health.

Do You Know When to Stop Eating?

Irene Rubaum-Keller, Huffington Post. May 18, 2008.

We all come with internal "full" meters. But many Americans have been conditioned to ignore theirs.

Now Doctors Say It's Good to be Overweight

David Usborne, The Independent UK. November 13, 2007.

After years of anti-obesity public health advice, a major new study causes an outcry by concluding that the moderately overweight live longer.

Milk Is Not a Diet Food

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. June 5, 2007.

The Federal Trade Commission has asked the dairy industry to remove its "Milk Your Diet" ads after research failed to support claims that milk can help people lose weight.

The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body

Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. April 18, 2007.

Thinness and beauty are prerequisites for perfection, which to today's young women appears to be the only road to happiness. Under that logic, women's bodies have become places where that drive for perfection -- however self-destructive -- gets played out.

Is Dieting Anti-Feminist?

Ariel M. Stallings, Sirens Magazine. November 1, 2006.

Her efforts to drop pounds made her feel like she was dropping the ball on women's rights as well. Then the epiphany: What's wrong with wanting to be healthy and look hot?