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Bringing home the bacon might not be such a great idea, according to stricter new dietary advice from the British government issued Friday.

People who drank diet soda every day had a 61 percent higher risk of vascular events, including stroke and heart attack, found a new study that followed 2,500 New Yorkers for nine years.

The government also urged Americans to avoid sugary drinks and drink water instead and to read labels to pick soup, bread and frozen meals with less salt.

There were no diet pills, shakes or detoxes. And no, it wasn't caveman food, grapefruit, Twinkies, Taco Bell or Subway sandwiches.

Twinkies. Nutty bars. Powdered donuts. For 10 weeks, Mark Haub, a professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University, ate one of these sugary cakelets every three hours, instead of meals. To add variety in his steady stream of Hostess and Little Debbie snacks, Haub munched on Doritos chips, sugary cereals and Oreos, too.

Finding healthful kids' meals is not child's play, found a survey of eight fast-food chains.

Give excuses, such as "I don't have time," a much-deserved timeout with tips from dietitian Dawn Jackson Blatner and author Bill Phillips.

Americans must slash the calories they consume from sugars and fats, eat a more plant-based diet and increase physical activity, a report sa ...

Linda Bacon, Ph.D, dreads swimsuit season, but not because she has anything against the beach.

School lunches have been called many things, but a group of retired military officers is giving them a new label: national security threat.