Nutrition

Maintenance calories are the one number every diet depends on. Three ways to find yours, including the method that beats every formula.

Most women need 1,600 to 2,400 calories a day and most men 2,000 to 3,000. Here is how to find your own number and adjust it for your goal.

An enlarged spleen is a sign, not a disease. Here are the symptoms, the causes in order of how common they are, how it is treated, and why you must protect it from injury.

You can live a normal life without a spleen. What changes is your defense against a few serious infections, and a handful of habits keep that risk small.

Eating oats every day lowers LDL cholesterol, steadies blood sugar and keeps you full. Here are 7 proven benefits, the downsides, and how much to eat.

Spleen pain sits under the left ribs and can spread to the left shoulder. Here is what causes it, how to tell it apart from other pain, and when it is an emergency.

The 7 best foods for a healthy spleen, 5 foods to limit, and what to eat if your spleen is enlarged. Simple advice backed by medical sources.

Your spleen works silently every day to clean your blood and boost immunity. Find out what it does and why it matters for your health.