Practice the 5, 5, 5, 5 Plan - Identify 5 great breakfasts, 5 great lunches, 5 great dinners, and 5 great snacks that you enjoy. 

If you do this, you will never be bored with a meal and it will be simple to execute your healthy eating plan.

Here are a couple of my "favorite" diet ideas. In the background are hundred of diet books. It's estimated we spend upwards of $60-billion per year on diet-related products. 

When they take the fat out there's little difference in the calories and they add sugar and sodium to add flavor. Since fat has flavor, the have to add it back with something. So, they use sugar and salt.

Look at the second photo for the comparison chart.

They just don't want to admit it.

No matter where your eating style is on this spectrum, if you are living a healthy lifestyle, here's the common ground.

Can't we all get along?

He helps me get a point across in my presentations. Thanks Bugs!

France, Australia, Italy, Japan, Finland, and Austria. 

For details, take a look at this report: Why Not the Best? Results from the National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2011

I'm not waiting for the U.S. to catch up. If you want good health, it's not that difficult ... Eat Right and Exercise. Millions of people are doing it, unfortunately, many millions more are not.

These are two excellent books and I recommend reading them. However, there is something wrong with the covers. Most advocates for living a healthy lifestyle fall into the same trap.

What's wrong with these book covers?

When it comes to diet, health, and lifestyle issues, there are more myths than viruses on your computer. Two of my favorites:

1. Eat Less, Exercise More (I explain this in detail in my presentations)
2. Everything in moderation (see prior post)

So, it's always nice to see myths that are busted. The folks from Eat This, Not That have done that here. Check it out. The first one is about high fructose corn syrup. It ain't the villain that people make it out to be. The problem with sugar is that it shows up everywhere.

When it comes to losing weight and living a healthy lifestyle, most people will say: "Everything in moderation." While that saying is snappy and cute, it is a myth. Here's why:

1. It has no meaning. No one ever provides a definition.
2. When a meaning is applied, it's usually not moderate at all. Now add up all the things that you do in moderation. You will most likely realize it adds up to excess.

Below is one example. The Cleveland Clinic describes moderate alcohol consumption. Below that is Joy Bauer's take on the same subject. 

For this example, I agree with Joy Bauer.

By the way, my favorite beer is the one pictured below. I drink it in moderation. Whatever that means.

These are two slides from my presentation: Health is Your Greatest Wealth

To add to the confusion, the CDC states:

This definition (the one that the Cleveland Clinic goes by) is referring to the amount consumed on any single day and is not intended as an average over several days.

Once again, I'll stick with Joy Bauer's observation. Now, pass the Blue Moon ... please.

Coca-Cola, Hershey, PepsiCo, Mars,General Mills, Aramark, the National Dairy Council, and more.

Take a moment to read this excellent article about the ADA's recent national convention.

I'm all for corporate America. However, we have a healthcare crisis and an obesity epidemic in our country. The ADA has selected some strange bedfellows for sponsorship.