Over the past few years, carbohydrates have gotten a really bad reputation, which is why so many new and popular diets have focused on eliminating them completely. "I have found this all-or-nothing ...

Carbohydrates get a bad rap lately. “Cutting carbs” is a popular trend in the diet world. Many people are confused about which carbs are bad and which are good and simply eliminate all of them. This ...

Of the three macronutrients, carbohydrates now receive most of the negative press. The last two issues of this column concerned fats and protein. For many years, fats were the bad boy of the three.

Today’s topic was a reader’s request. The reader asked, “What carbohydrates are healthy, and should we be avoiding fructose in our diet?” It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a client who hasn’t ...

The latest common wisdom on carbohydrates claims that eating so-called “bad” carbohydrates will make you fat, but University of Virginia professor Glenn Gaesser says, “that’s just nonsense.” Eating ...

Are carbohydrates good or bad? Carbohydrates are not all the same. Different types have good or bad effects on your body that influence your health. Scientists can determine these effects using two ...

Bread, potatoes, rice: These carbohydrates tend to get a bad rap. But are carbohydrates really that bad for you? Carbohydrates are the body’s main source of energy and are needed to maintain proper ...

It’s a tale as old as time: cut carbs, shed pounds. And yet, you have that one friend who can gorge on Singapore noodles and prawn toast and be a body double for Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, while you ...

In the diet-crazed world that we live in, any food that is can be categorized as a carbohydrate gets a bad rap despite the fact that carbs are necessary for a healthy diet. (Good luck eating healthy, ...

CHICAGO - A diet favoring "good" over "bad" carbohydrates is better for the heart and less likely to slow metabolism than a conventional low-fat diet, a preliminary study suggests. The "glycemic index ...

Some changes in cortisol levels are normal, but chronically elevated levels can affect our health. Potatoes, bananas and dark ...