Metabolic syndrome, a precursor to cardiovascular disease and type-2 diabetes, is a growing problem, leading many people trying to figure out how to deal with sugars and other carbohydrates in their diets. Increasingly, artificial...
Some new research is getting lots of attention in the health world. A major study, published in the journal The Lancet, is questioning some common assumptions about fats and carbohydrates and providing new guidance....
There has been a growing challenge to the use of artificial sweeteners, and a new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), backs that up. In a weight-obsessed society, such artificial sweeteners as...
A low glycemic diet is one in which sugars from food are of the type (typically from high fiber starches) which release slowly into the blood. There are a number of known benefits, mainly...
We’ve heard lots of negative news about soft drinks (both sugared and diet) in relation to such things as weight loss and heart disease, but two new studies coming out of Boston University show...
There’s been much discussion in recent years about the health effects of sugared beverages. A study released earlier this year by researchers at the University of California, Davis examined this matter with one health...
Carbohydrates seem to be on everyone’s bad list, lately. It is true that we tend to eat excessive carbs, especially refined ones, and that this has been a contributing factor to such diseases as...