Dietitians want you to know one thing about carbs: You should not be afraid of them. Our bodies need this macronutrient to function. But you might want to opt for high-protein carbohydrates when you ...

The nutrition landscape has changed quite a bit during my 9 years as a dietitian, but one thing has remained the same — people are scared of carbohydrates. Carbs are an essential macronutrient that ...

Everyone relies on carbohydrates as the body’s preferred source of energy, but not all carbs are created equal. If you want to fuel your runs, boost endurance and recover faster, complex carbs need to ...

Carbohydrates aren’t as bad as most people think they are! While it’s true that refined carbs and added sugars can negatively ...

Complex carbs have lots of sugar molecules bonded together in long chains and take longer to digest. Whereas simple carbs have just one or two molecules that your body absorbs quickly. Since complex ...

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 ...

‌Many people have a love–hate relationship with carbohydrates, which are otherwise known as “carbs.” They love the way popular carbs, such as bread, pasta, potatoes, and rice taste. But people tend to ...

THAT IS HOT, ERIC. THANK YOU. WELL, IN YOUR HEALTH NEWS RIGHT NOW, CARBOHYDRATES HAVE HAVE LONG BEEN THE SO-CALLED BAD GUY IN THE DIET AND FITNESS WORLD. BUT AS KOAT, UNM HEALTH EXPERT DOCTOR ASH ...

In the topsy-turvy world of diet advice, it sometimes feels like whenever one food group is declared bad, you just need to wait a week before it is decreed healthy again – and carbohydrates are ...

Have you ever found yourself standing in the grocery store, reading a food label, and wondering, “Wait, what’s the difference between sugar versus carbs?” With so many nutrition terms being thrown ...

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 ...