Below are the best food for runners:

1. Almonds. High in the antioxidant vitamin E, these flavorful nuts help prevent achy muscles. Their protein and fiber keep your tummy from growling on runs, too. And they’re portable! Grab a handful for your morning snack up to five times per week.
2. Oranges. Running can damage muscles, and oranges are an excellent source of vitamin C, a nutrient that helps them heal. Vitamin C can also help you absorb more iron, an important mineral that helps prevent fatigue and low energy. Eat an orange or drink 8 ounces of orange juice every day.
3. Sweet potatoes. This tasty veggie ranks high in energy-supplying carbs and beta carotene, plus minerals like potassium and magnesium, which runners lose through sweating. A medium-size sweet potato has only about 100 calories; two to three times a week, eat one.
4. Tuna. To help repair muscles after a workout, runners need about 60 to 90 grams of protein per day. (That’s more than nonrunners need.) Tuna is an easy source—just 4 ounces can supply around half your daily protein requirement (about the same as 2 cups of black beans)—and is full of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids. Eat 4 ounces of canned light, water-packed tuna twice a week.

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It’s a big week for Demi Lovato, whose debut album Don’t Forget is in stores now.

“I think it will be more rock than pop than what people expect,” the petite, high-energy singer-actress tells me. “It’s got a lot of messages that I wanted to get out. I want people to hear one song about feeling insecure and not always feeling beautiful. That’s one song that I hope girls will relate to. You are beautiful.”

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FitCeleb Jennifer Hudson spoke with OK! magazine about striving to maintain her curves as she racks up movie roles in the Sex And The City Movie and forthcoming adventure drama Secret Life of Bees.

“It’s hard to exercise, but we barely ever have time to sit down,” she laughs. “Moving around a lot is enough exercise, so I eat right. I eat as best as I can to maintain my thickness. I don’t want to be too thin, so it’s OK not to work out every once in awhile if you want to maintain this. Normally I eat a little trail mix in the morning, and a salad at lunch, and chicken and vegetables for dinner.”

She adds, “What I cannot fight is chocolate chip cookies. It always wins.”

Janice Taylor’s new book, All Is Forgiven, Move On: Our Lady of Weight Loss’s 101 Fat-Burning Steps on Your Journey to Sveltesville ($20, Viking Studio), is chock-full of unusual stay-slim tricks. Try these three strategies to beat the “call of the Cheeto,” that late-afternoon siren song from the vending machine.

Grab your iPod
Music activates the same pleasure center of your brain that food does. Click on something with a catchy rhythm, and you’ll forget your hunger quick.

Get some rays
Twenty minutes of sunlight (wear sunscreen, of course) can kill a powerful food craving—and lift your mood. In contrast, staying cooped up all day in a windowless office may actually boost the urge to snack on high-sugar, high-refined-carb foods, according to University of Texas mood expert Michael Smolensky, PhD.

Breathe deeply
Stressed? That’s when you’re most likely to give in to a junk-food craving. Deep breathing can kill the urge to snack by calming you down.

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Kim Kardashian and Mark Ballas take on Dancing With Stars.  The reality beauty, 27, known for her curvaceous figure, has been dating NFL star Reggie Bush for over a year. But expect her to steam up the TV screen with partner Mark. "Mark's very cute," Kim's sister Khloe tells OK!.

Janet Jackson has been hospitalized, a rep said Monday. The singer "got suddenly ill during the sound check" before her concert in Montreal and had to be rushed to the hospital, according to a statement released by W&W Public Relations. Jackson, 42, is being monitored at the hospital, and hopes to reschedule the show. No further information was given about Jackson's condition.

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