Ancient Humans Didn't Turn to Cannibalism For the Calories
Humans have been eating other humans since the beginning of time, but the motivations behind this macabre practice are…
More Than Half of All Calories Eaten in America Now Come from Processed Food
Americans are used to breaking down their foods into different groups—and to plenty of different opinions about just…
Why Your Exercise Routine Might Suddenly Stop Helping With Weight Loss
A new gym-goer finds an exercise routine, sticks with it, and the pounds start coming off at a regular clip—until…
Why the Calorie Is Broken
Calories consumed minus calories burned: it’s the simple formula for weight loss or gain. But dieters often find that…
How much do you have to work out to burn off the junk food you eat?
If you want to be remotely healthy, don’t eat junk food. It’s that simple. Because it’s really not worth it (oh but it…
What exactly is a calorie and why do we care?
By now, in 2015 with gluten excommunicated from diets and paleo celebrated and superfood vegetables being discovered…
The Buzzkills At The British Medical Journal Want To Ruin Your Weekend
British Public Health Doctor Fiona Sim says it is time that alcoholic beverages be treated the same way as other food…
How Long It Takes to Burn Off a Thanksgiving Dinner 10 Different Ways
For once, let's not lie to ourselves about how we're going to "take it easy" this Thanksgiving. Most of us are going to…
How Many Calories Do You Burn By Laughing?
It's the day after the night before, and you ate way too much. So in the quest for marginal gains, how many calories…
A Simple Problem That Shows Just Why We Need Posted Calorie Counts
Quick, how many calories would you say are in an order of cheese fries with a side of accompanying ranch dressing? What…
GE's Made a Microwave That Can Measure the Calories on Your Plate
Health and fitness monitoring is helping us all look after ourselves a little better, but there's one stumbling…
A Tricorder That Automatically Counts All The Calories In Your Food
It's impossible to know how many calories we're about to consume just by glancing at the food on our plate. That's why…
A Calorie Tracking Image Recognition App Keeps Portions Under Control
Worried that you've piled your plate too high at the buffet? Researchers at SRI—the folks who created Siri before Apple…
Want the Most Booze per Calorie? Skip Liquor and Go For Champagne
In surprising booze news, Wonkblog's Christopher Ingraham gives an unexpected (and classy) spin to conventional…
What 3000 calories looks likes in everyday food
When you eat a big meal like a Thanksgiving Dinner or feast during the holidays or gorge out on Super Bowl party…
What does 200 calories look like in 25 foods?
If you find calories hard to visualize, check out this great visual food index that show what 200 calories look like.…
What Does 200 Calories Look Like?
The answer to the question of how much can you eat of different foods before you hit 200 calories varies, depending…
How Much Sugar Really Is in Food?
Sugar is sweet, sugar is delicious, sugar is lovely but sugar can be so terribly bad for you. How much sugar is in…
What 2000 Calories of Food Actually Looks Like
Inspired by WiseGeek's what 200 calories of food looks like, BuzzFeed made a video that extrapolated those calories…