Snacking is much vilified in an age of epidemic obesity, and to some extent rightly so. The appellation “junk food” has come to be all but synonymous with “snack foods.”

If the sinful excess of holiday eating sends your system into butter-slathered, brandy-soaked overload, you are not alone: People who are jet-lagged, people who work graveyard shifts and plain-old late-night snackers know just how you feel.

Naturecast Products issues a warning for those interested in reducing their risk of developing diabetes to reduce intake of high fat foods. This was proven in new research conducted at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and published in the journal Science in late May.

Colorful, aromatic spices are the perfect antidotes to the cold winds of winter. Food Editor Robyn Webb, MS, LN, demonstrates the lighter side of Indian cuisine, which is rich in vegetables, legumes, and fiber and low in sodium and saturated fat.

As we people with diabetes know all too well, diabetes presents some of its greatest daily around the dinner table. This is an area where I still find one of my biggest struggles: the ability to create tasty low-carb meals.

Smoothies are the buzzword for health food… or so people think. But if you walked into Tropical Smoothie or UBEX stores, I would rank them as junk food. Many of these stores add more sugar to their fruit drinks, in addition to the additives.