Labels lie. So do restaurant menus and nutritional postings you find in restaurants. That's according to a study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, which found that labels and menus under-counted calorie totals by an average of 18%.

I'm sure everyone knows by now that breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day. But eating right stuff is just as important as the time of the day that you eat. Your breakfast should include proteins and vegetables instead of empty carbs like bagels, cereals and other foods that will lead to weight gain and low energy.

Wine may be the preferred drink of the health-conscious, but beer is just as good for you, claims Charles Bamforth, Ph.D., chair of food science and technology at the Univ. of California, the author of Grape vs. Grain.

Fructose (fruit sugar) sounds good for your, certainly better than sucrose (table sugar). But the truth is, sucrose is metabolized in every cell of the body, while fructose must be broken down in the liver.