Sleeping more can help you lose weight. This doesn’t mean you can sleep on the couch for hours on end. But research shows that sleep deprivation can cause hormonal and metabolic changes that can lead to weight gain. Plus, when you’re feeling sluggish, you’re more likely to crave more fuel and increase your empty calorie intake with items like chips or cookies..

Before all that holiday stuffing, gooey gravy, and high-cal dessert comes your way! Be good now and eat as healthy as possible. That way you’ll be prepared and feel a little less guilty for the inevitable gorge that will bend your diet through Christmas and New Years.

Low sodium diets are a necessity for some and a goal for others. Sodium is not only found in a salt shaker, 75% of our salt intake comes from packaged foods alone. Cutting back on sodium can lower the risk of high blood pressure and other heart diseases. Most of us ingest way too much daily sodium without even knowing it, so here’s the low-so facts.

Getting enough daily fitness can be difficult, right? It's hard to juggle a workout with work, kids, and with your not-so-motivating significant other. Whip him or her into shape! With limited time, you want to be able to exercise and spend time with your partner. Here are some clever ideas for you both to fit in fitness:

When it comes to love - or, more accurately, attraction - size really does matter, writes Ben Leapman in The Sunday Telegraph.

Two economists from Britain's University of Essex analyzed the choices made by 3,600 people at 84 speed-dating events across the country. They found: For every inch taller a man is than his "rivals," the number of women who want to meet him again increases by 5 per cent. Being fat makes no difference to a man's success, but a woman who is clinically overweight is selected by 70 per cent fewer men.

And you can pass on this knowledge to others. Dieticians give us the facts on what we perceived to be the truth about various beverages and their content.

1. Diet pop is healthier than regular pop: Diet pop may contain less calories but there is really nothing healthy about artificially colored and flavored water.

Cranberries pop up often as a garnish in martinis or in your favorite punch, but this festive winter fruit does much more that just add color. Cranberries help fight cancer, improve cholesterol levels, aid urinary infections, even combat cavities. It’s time to crank up your use of cranberries!

Staying positive through the cold season could be your best defence against getting sick or significantly feeling symptoms, new study findings suggest. In an experiment that exposed healthy volunteers to a cold or flu virus, researchers found people with a generally sunny disposition were less likely to fall ill.

Aaack! The pantry is empty and you’ve got mouths to feed! Now comes the dreaded trip to the grocery store to get food for the week. Don’t fret – there are ways you can make your shopping hassle-free and manageable…even enjoyable:

"Decades of studies show that people who say their health is poor are likely to die sooner than those who rate their health excellent, even after controlling for how sick people are," writes Katie Gilbert in Psychology Today. "The association is independent of medical diagnoses, symptoms or level of disability.”

Who wants to be labeled a quitter? You Do! When you quit smoking that is. The dangers of smoking only increase with age, so here’s a quick look at the bright side of butting out for good.

Vegetarianism may be the answer to your diet woes. The American Heart Association (AHA), has presented a new study regarding the effects of a lacto-ovo-vegetarian (dairy and eggs allowed) diet on weight loss.

Today is World Diabetes Day, a day established by IDF and WHO in 1991 with the aim of coordinating diabetes advocacy worldwide. Did you know that more than 200 million people worldwide have diabetes? That’s what makes this day so important in communities around the world.

Psyllium husk is another ancient herb that has made it into mainstream health. It’s popping up in breakfast cereals, granola and all kinds of food products. What is it and why should we care?

Veggie burgers – I know what you’re thinking – they’re dry and flavorless and not as good as the real thing! Well they’ve come a long way baby. Times have changed. Supermarkets now stock so many flavor-packed veggie burgers you don't have to sell your soul to go meatless. 

Meatless burgers, whether of the meat-like soy variety or the garden patty grainier version, will spare you a load of calories and saturated fat. Nutrition experts have found no empty calories in any name-brand veggie burgers.

Veggie Burgers' Nutritional Profile