The dominant consumer product of the 2015 holiday season was?- the hover board. This fantastic, futuristic piece of the 21st Century — personal transportation meets consumer electronics, meets extreme ...

Food trends come and go, but not all are worth the hype. While some food fads are packed with nutrients and can boost your health, others might not be as beneficial as they seem. It’s important to ...

We’ve barely dug ourselves out from beneath the pile of new diet books that arrived to kick off the year, and already the “get in shape for summer” diet books are filling our mailboxes. That raises ...

Have you ever come across a diet that promises rapid, short-term weight loss? Most likely, it's a fad diet that you should avoid. Losing weight doesn't happen overnight, and if a product or diet is ...

The start of the new year often brings fitness resolutions, including wanting to change up one’s diet in order to “lose those last 10 pounds.” With the rise in popularity of keto and paleo diets, you ...

Many people have encountered a diet that promises instant weight loss at some point in their lives. It’s the kind of diet that says exercise is not necessary to lose weight, or offers a supplement ...

Alyssa Northrop is a registered dietitian, nutrition writer, speaker and licensed massage therapist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She received a Master of Public Health in human nutrition from the ...

When singer Beyoncé Knowles needed to lose 22 pounds in a hurry for her role in the film Dreamgirls, she went on a crash diet that consisted of drinking a mixture of water, cayenne pepper, and maple ...

The plan: According to Honestly Healthy, a book by British nutritionist Vicki Edgson and vegetarian chef Natasha Corrett—about which Victoria Beckham enthusiastically tweeted in January—eating a diet ...

"Fad diets come and go," continues Albright, who is ADA president-elect for Health Care and Education. "We want people to be provided with sound nutrition advice that will help them in making choices ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." You remember it all too well: You saw the commercial for that toy, and you needed it in your life ...

Last time, we presented a set of issues to consider when determining if a product is merely a fad or a solid trend with staying power. This week we put the framework to the test and come away with a ...