When it comes to snacking, we all know that wholesome fruits and veggies are the way to go, but sometimes junk food is nearly impossible to refuse. I’m sorry, but carrots will never drive my taste buds as crazy as carrot cake. So what can we do besides beg the supermarket manager to get rid of the snack isle? Well, you can always give in.

“I don’t even want to know how many calories are in this.” How many times have you heard this coming from a friend after a particularly large lunch out? How many times have you yourself uttered this phrase somewhat guiltily? Due to new developments, we may all soon know just how many calories –and what the nutritional contents are, in our favorite foods.

Let’s face it, dieting and grapefruit are practically synonymous. There aren’t many people who haven’t heard of the Grapefruit Diet or perhaps even tried it at one point. Nowadays we’re much too smart to believe in grapefruit gimmicks. Well get ready to apologize to your old citrus pal and perhaps fit him back into your busy schedule.

Remember all of those countless hours your forehead spent in your textbook cramming for that dreaded chemistry test back in high school? New studies suggest that maybe one of those hours should have been spent exercising.

There’s one sentence that has people fired up lately, “hunger can be a positive motivator.” Nothing is inherently untrue, or even wrong about it; hunger is in fact a positive motivator… to eat something. But, that’s not what State Rep. Cynthia Davis (R-MO) meant when she wrote those words in her June newsletter.

You were reprimanded by your boss yesterday. You had to charge something on your credit card without knowing if you could actually pay it. Your husband has been distant lately. You feel trapped in a box and can’t get out. You’re gaining weight and don’t know why. According to a new study conducted by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program, all of this stress could contribute to weight gain. Women’s waistlines are affected by financial problems or a difficult job, strained family relationships and feeling limited by life's circumstances, the research suggests.

For the longest time Green Tea took center stage boasting its appetite suppressing properties, but now White Tea is stealing some of the limelight. While tea has always stolen our hearts, with its promise of potent calorie-free, health-boosting antioxidants, not all tea is created equal. So what’s the difference? Unlike green and black teas, White Tea is minimally processed and contains the highest concentration of antioxidants.

Aren’t we all glad that the days of report cards ended at graduation, or did it? Well, here’s a report card you didn’t know you were getting this summer: America’s obesity rates for 2009. The survey results from the Trust for America’s Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation show that adult obesity rates rose in 23 states this year. In four southern states, more than 30 percent of adults are medically obese.

“Where do you get your protein?” is one of the most common questions faced by a vegetarian. While vegetarians get protein from foods like beans, tofu and avocados, the protein myth still lingers and won’t seem to stop following around the non-meat-eaters, insinuating that a diet sans meat is simply unhealthy. To vegetarians’ avail, a certainly fitting comeback to that dreaded question was recently published in The Journal Of The American Dietetic Association.

We already knew that our daily newsletter tips were fun and helpful, but now we have the proof to back it up. A recent article online at Time.com takes a look at a study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine. This new study shows that weekly and bi-weekly email reminders to eat healthy or work out (much like the e-mail reminders we send you from Never Say Diet) DO have a “significant effect.”