Long-term dieters know what to eat in order to lose weight, or so they think. Soups and salads, low-fat cookies and lean sandwiches, 'diet' yogurts and fruit smoothies - these are some of the most popular foods on the menu of weight-watcers. If you eat these, then you probably  wonder - why isn't the weight comming off despite all your restless efforts to cut out everything delicious?

The reason is found in many hidden diet dangers used by food manufacturers to trick you into buying their goodies and eating more of these. This section specifically focuses on telling you WHAT NOT TO EAT if you want to lose weight and keep it off. What's more, you will find reasons why some of the 'diet-friendly' foods you eat end up being fattening and how to make simple healthy changes to your menu, never go hungry and improve your health and well-being.

Even if you don't give your food too much thought, your health starts in the kitchen. The famous saying "You are what you eat" is best emphasized by the Hippocrates statement: "Let the food be your medicine, and the medicine be your food". There is a lot of information around about the 'proper' or 'good' diet, but not too many of us really know what it means. Healthy eating requires some knowledge and planning. It is more than simply following a certain diet, which may lead to malnutrition if the siggested meal plan is not well-rounded and balanced and includes a wide variety of all food groups in the right proportions, has a full range of vitamins and minerals, antioxidants and water. This section is your teaching guide how to stay healthy by making good nourishing choices in the store, kitchen, restaurant, and at the table.

When you don't like the number on the scale, you say “diet”. Again. But haven't you been dieting all your life and are still at square one? Maybe diet is not the most effective weight loss solution for you.

You've tried the fat-free, sugar-free, low-carb, Macrobiotic, Body Type, food combining, vegetarian, even detox diets. They all promise miraculous results, but you are yet to see these. Is there any other way to get in shape without going on a diet and giving up your favourite foods? You bet.

Diet Directory has come to your rescue. The best way to start is to learn what each diet has to offer, and how you can apply it to your healthy nutritious plan. Remember, that good nourishment should always be the number one priority if you want to stay healthy and fit. This section is your guide to most well-known popular diets. Learn, try, modify and choose which one works best for you.

If you are young and healthy, you probably rarely think of taking dietary supplements. You may consider that your diet is healthy enough, but vegetables and dairy food can only be as good as the soil in which they are grown and many farmers will agree that their soil is worn out. And when you get sick, the search for a quick-fix pill or any kind of dietary supplement may begin too late. No dietary supplement can provide eternal youth or perfect health, but with the assiduous use of vitamins and minerals and balanced nutritious diet, you can often achieve optimum health for your age and certainly ease the symptoms of many potential and existing diseases. Dietary supplements can be divided into two main types; nutritional, (vitamins and minerals and amino acids) and botanical (herbal types).