Florida nutritionist Lee Cotton, author of the new book "A Nourishing Perspective," sheds some light on carbohydrates and how ...

Bread. Pasta. Potatoes. Cake. Many of our favorite things are packed with a biomolecule called carbohydrates. We need them – they are what allows our bodies to produce the energy required to maintain ...

The SCD is based on the theory that certain foods fuel bacterial overgrowth in your digestive system, promoting inflammation. Learn what and what not to eat, and what the science says.

You may have heard that you should try to avoid eating too many simple sugars, but what does that mean? What are simple sugars? Are simple sugars carbohydrates? To answer both questions: simple sugars ...

Low carb, no carb, sugar substitutes, non-nutritive sweeteners… that list could go on and on. Food labels contain all kinds of terms and information that can be both helpful and confusing. Today, ...

Carbohydrates may have gotten a bad rap, but a new study from Tufts University finds that some are better than others — and that older women in particular could reap the benefits. The research, which ...

As anyone who’s gone on a diet knows, once you lose some weight, it gets harder to lose more. The “eat less, move more” mantra, as simple as it sounds, doesn’t help us deal with our bodies’ metabolic ...

“I’ll have a hamburger, no bread please.” Waist watching vocabulary has turned to net-carb, low-carb, and total-carb. There is so much talk about carbohydrates these days, it’s enough to leave one ...