Flavored H2O Staying hydrated is important when you’re trying to lose weight. Drinking plenty of water helps your body maintain proper fluid balance, stops water retention (a big cause of bloated bellies), and even increases the feeling of fullness so you eat less overall. But if plain water bores you, spruce it up with fresh herbs, citrus fruits, and other low-cal flavor enhancers (sliced cucumbers work well too) to encourage you to drink up....

FOR: PLENTY OF LEFTOVERS Roast Turkey With Herb Stuffing & Giblet Gravy PREP TIME 30 minutes / TOTAL TIME 5¾ hours SERVINGS 12 + turkey leftovers12-14 lb whole turkey, fresh or frozen and thawed4 Tbsp olive oil8 c chopped onions (about 3 lg)1 c chopped celery (about 3 lg ribs)2½ tsp poultry seasoning2 c dry white wine7½ c reduced-sodium chicken broth1 lb sourdough round or boule, cut into cubes (about 9 c) and lightly toasted3/4 c chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley1/4 c unsalted butter, melted1/4 c all-purpose flour...

Sometimes the problem is lack of sleep, but just as frequently it’s diet. “You need calories and fluids to have energy and to feel good while you’re physically active,” says Kristine Clark, PhD, RD, director of sports nutrition for the Penn State University athletic department. So whether you’re walking 2 miles a day to lose weight, training for a 5-K, or trying to keep up with an active family, here are eight eating tips to help you stay energized and rarin’ to go....

EMOM stands for “every minute on the minute,” and it’s a type of interval training that involves starting a new set of exercises at the start of each minute, explains Todd Nief, owner and founder of South Loop Strength & Conditioning in Chicago. You can do the same movement for the entire duration of the session (say, do 10 push-ups every minute on the minute), or it can involve rotating through different exercises (start with push-ups, but the next minute do squats, and so on)....

What’s more, whether they’re brown, hazel, green, blue, gray, or somewhere in between, your eyes can tell you more about yourself than you might expect—and not just in “the eyes are the windows to the soul” kind of way. Your eye color could dictate your risk for certain diseases or even predict how your body handles booze. Read on to get clued in. (Looking to take back control of your health?...

Get Started Circuit #1 Circuit #2 Circuit #3 Circuit #4 Circuit #5 Cardio Moves Start each circuit with 3 minutes of aerobic exercise. If you have a treadmill, stationary bike, elliptical machine, or other cardio exercise equipment, use it. If not, here are some moves that you can mix and match to crank up your heart rate. And remember to warm up prior to starting the workout.

If you are one of those people, you may get some help this year from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). How? By banning trans fats and requiring the U.S. food industry to slowly phase them out of use entirely as of early January. Trans fat is a type of unsaturated fat, which is uncommon in nature but can be easily created artificially. Trans fat is made by adding hydrogen to vegetable oil through a process called hydrogenation....

Paula’s Story My husband and younger daughter have type 1 diabetes, so the combination of cooking healthy meals and chasing after my two girls while working as a research coordinator at Johns Hopkins University kept me at a healthy weight for years. Despite my mostly healthy lifestyle, my total cholesterol was 205 by the time I hit age 32, yet I wasn’t too concerned—my weight was under control at the time....

[sidebar]If you…Struggle with your weight, whether you’re losing it or maintaining a weight loss. You’re an…Easy gainer.What’s going on: “The reasons you battle more with your weight are physiological, metabolic, and genetic,” Dr. Wyatt says.The key to success: “For the best shot at weight loss, you need to increase how much you move,” says Dr. Wyatt. “Essentially, you have to be all in: decreasing calories to lose weight while ramping up the activity to make your metabolism behave....

So when a friend mentioned Prevention was looking for busy women to test a new fitness program that only required working out for 10 minutes a day, Zajac decided to join. “It sounded perfect for me,” she says. MORE: 7 Daily Habits That Are Totally Sapping Your Energy For 8 weeks, Zajac followed the Fit in 10: Total-Body Transformation program. Cleaning up her diet was the easy part, but Zajac wasn’t so sure about the 10-minute sculpting workouts....

The results: Participants lost an average of 8.4 pounds and close to 2 inches from the waist. But most impressive: Abdominal fat was reduced by 33%, as measured by MRI, and related health markers improved. Total cholesterol dropped an average of 21 points, and levels of fasting insulin significantly declined. “This diet study is exceptional because few have used MRI to look at the effects of a particular diet on abdominal fat,” says David L....

Grab any given cookbook, and you’ll find myriad mentions of eggs, sugar, and wine—all typical recipe fare. But wait. Didn’t you just read last month that sugar is toxic to human cells, and that eggs might up your risk of prostate cancer? As for wine, it either cuts your odds of developing breast cancer, or increases them, but you can’t remember which. Is your cookbook trying to kill you? Or—even worse—is everything we eat associated with this dreaded disease?...

People who are drawn to ice cream, candy bars and other sugary sweet snacks also eat more fruit each day than those whose food cravings lead them to salt, new research suggests. “The take-home message here is that if you are a self-identified sweet lover, try to replace a few sugary snacks with more healthful sweet snacks that are packed with nutrients, not just sugar and calories,” said Lona Sandon, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association....

Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of existing fructose studies and found that it doesn’t seem to affect a person’s triglyceride levels, a type of fat found in your blood. Maintaining low levels of triglycerides is part of reducing the risk for cardiovascular disease. But before you reach for that second cookie, researchers also found eating too much fructose, which is typically found in baked goods, soft drinks, and honey, can seriously spike calories....

You rely on caffeine for your morning pep, and that afternoon coffee break is a daily highlight. It seems like magic, but it turns out that caffeine acts directly on the central nervous system, altering dopamine and serotonin levels to boost your mood. (That might explain why it’s the world’s most widely used psychoactive drug.) But it also delivers a host of health benefits, from improving your workouts to fighting cancer....

On-the-Go Lunch: Lift Your Spirits When you’re feeling gloomy, you need exercise, fresh air—and carbohydrates. Being outdoors and getting your body moving will help shift your outlook, and eating carbs will stimulate production of your own natural mood-booster, serotonin. Studies examining the link between a low level of this brain chemical, which is associated with depression, and cravings for carbohydrate-rich foods suggest that we unwittingly self-medicate with food. For example, people who battle the winter blues (seasonal affective disorder, or SAD) and women plagued with PMS crave carbohydrates during their cyclic bouts of depression and lethargy....

So, thank heaven. For the first time, there are brilliant solutions to this dilemma at your local supermarket in the form of new convenience foods that taste great, protect you from illness, and save you gobs of time. Any of my following favorite quick meal ideas can upgrade your diet in 6 minutes or less! Quick Meal Idea: Momentary Meat Precooked Pot Roast: Ready in 6 Minutes Peeling and chopping a fresh mango takes, what, 5 minutes?...

Our recipes are packed with so many herbs, spices, and delicious flavors that you’ll never miss the meat. Tempt taste buds with these vegetarian dinner ideas. Curried Sweet Potato & Lentil Soup WORK TIME: 10 MINUTES / TOTAL TIME: 45 MINUTES / SERVINGS: 4 2 Tbsp canola oil 1 medium onion, roughly chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 Tbsp minced fresh ginger 2 Tbsp curry powder 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp black pepper 4 plum tomatoes, chopped 1 c dried lentils 1 qt unsalted vegetable stock (we used Kitchen Basics) or water 1 can (14 fl oz) light coconut milk (we used Thai Kitchen Lite) or 1 1/2 c stock or water 1 lb sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2" chunks 1 small zucchini, roughly chopped 1/2 c green beans cut into thirds 1/2 c chopped cilantro or fresh parsley [sidebar]...

Exciting stuff! That is, if you know what homeopathy actually is—which most of us don’t. Here’s what you need to know. A 200-year-old medical system, homeopathy is based on the concept that “like cures like”—meaning, natural substances that cause symptoms in a healthy person will cure those symptoms in a sick person. “The biggest benefits to homeopathic care are the lack of side effects and the safety of the substances used,” says Vincent Pedre, MD, director of the Pedre Integrative Health practice in New York City....

The possibility that a breast cancer tumor might be missed when it’s early enough to save a life alarms most women. But the ground first started to shift under the question of mammogram frequency in 2009, when the general government guidelines changed from screenings every 1 to 2 years for women over 40 to screenings every 2 years beginning at age 50. (Women in their 40s were advised to decide individually, with their doctors....