During this holiday season, when required parties are calling for your attendance, meals with family that leave you stuffed more than the turkey. It's easy to loose motivation, and time working out, eating health and maintaining good eating habits.

Simple daily eating habits and forethought can keep the pounds off

A new website from the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom, called FishScam.com reels in the politics of fish fears, explaining that the health benefits of eating fish far outweigh the publicly exaggerated risks. The site also has the first ever Internet realistic mercury counter.

The site identifies common believed risks associated with some campaigns that hype fish fallacies

A Brigham Young University professor is throwing the traditional concept of dieting right out of the window. And since he's done it, he's lost 50 pounds.

Steven Hawks has a plan he called "intuitive eating" in which he surrounds himself with all of his favorite treats and partakes only when he is hungry. The plan, which doesn't include counting calories, says that when you surround yourself with foods you crave, you are more likely to eat them in moderation since they are not "restricted" any longer. You lose the desire to gorge on so-called "forbidden" foods

Researchers say now is the time for vets and doctors to join together and examine the case for radical reform of current food policy.

Scientists argue that cheap food, especially meat, is tied to reduced human health and reduced farm animal welfare, both of which are key matters of public interest and health that are within the professions' respective medical targets

A new diet claims to whet your appetite for a healthier lifestyle through exercise - and boosting your love life, reported WBAL-TV in Baltimore.

Author Kerry McCloskey recently appeared on the "Oprah Winfrey Show" to talk about diet and exercise and her book - "The Ultimate Sex Diet" - in which she said she simply substitutes her sweetie for food cravings. She said her husband also lost weight - 15 pounds