You’re eating right and changing your diet—great work! But before you microwave those peas or stir-fry that veggie medley, be sure you know the best way to help your healthy produce retain its nutrient value. From Dr. Mike Moreno, author of The 17 Day Diet: A Doctor’s Plan Designed for Rapid Results.

This is the time to pay penance for Halloween candy sins and still clean up your act before the holiday bulge threatens to derail your diet. The first thing to do is bulk up on your veggie intake, especially in the form of appetite-squelching salads. Hate low-cal dressing? Think you don’t have time to make salads? Think again, says Keri Gans, MS, RD, CDN, author of The Small Change Diet: 10 Steps to a Thinner, Healthier You.

By Kristin Sidorov
Cooler weather tends to harbor a glut of delicious but fatty foods. And while fall festivities, holiday gatherings, and cold-weather favorites can be tempting (400-plus calorie pumpkin spice latte, anyone?), it’s important to realize the toll it could have on your health—and your waistline.

By Chrystle Fiedler
Author of Death Drops: A Natural Remedies Mystery
Did you know that you can find the ingredients for natural remedies to cure many common ailments in your kitchen, bathroom, and health food store? Now that cold and flu season is approaching, many Americans are doing just that. Here are key ingredients to stock up on in case the bug hits you and your family.

Guys, it’s true: You need to work out to have better bedroom moves. Learn how to use exercise to achieve peak sexual performance, from Dr. Jeffry S. Life in The Life Plan: How Any Man Can Achieve Lasting Health, Great Sex, and a Stronger Leaner Body. He should know: He’s 72 and in the best shape ever!

By Deborah Goldstein
When you hear about cases of profound child abuse, like Jaycee Dugard’s, those stories stay with you. In the 1970s, the thoroughly upsetting story of Sybil—a girl who developed 16 different personalities as a means of coping with horrific abuse—freaked out an entire generation, put Multiple Personality Disorder on the map, spawned a bestselling book and even a TV movie starring Sally Field. But was it a hoax?

E! News host Giuliana Rancic recently shocked her fans with news that she has breast cancer. As she recuperates from surgery with plans to get back to work next week, we wish her the best. And we’d like to honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a special segment on how a cancer diagnosis can take its toll on not just your health, but your bank account, too. These questions will help you determine if and for how long you should take a leave of absence.

Halloween is frightfully close—and for the diet-conscious, it becomes second only to the holiday season in terms of testing one’s willpower. The endless gobs of candy and heavily scented fall treats are truly the wolf in sheep’s expandable clothing. Here are a few tricks from the 17 Day Diet Workbook by Dr. Mike Moreno to help you stay strong and achieve the ultimate treat: Your goal weight.

By Kristin Sidorov
Finding the time and energy to pull together a savory, nutritious meal every night can be a challenge. Though it’s tempting to reach for the delivery menu, you know your diet and your wallet will regret it in the morning. Don’t let dinner be an added stressor in your life—with these easy one-pot meals, you can have it all… and still feel great in the morning.

If your attitude about grocery shopping and making school lunches lies somewhere between a groan and a worried glance at the cabinet, we’re right there with you. However, we’re determined to take a step forward and spend this school year more prepared—and we’re going to do it using these interchangeable lunch ideas that your kids will actually eat.

If you feel a cold coming on, notice a loved one sniffling and sneezing, or just need a nice big bowl of “ahhh”, try this comforting chicken soup recipe from TV star and cookbook guru Paula Deen’s Southern Cooking Bible.