Although simple carbs provide a quick boost of energy due to the rapid spike in blood sugar, this effect is short-lived.

Q: I’m fuzzy on the idea of “good” and “bad” carbs. I know candy and soda and junk food are bad carbs, but I’m not sure what makes them different from good carbs. I’d like to understand that better.

Dear Doctors: I’m fuzzy on the idea of “good” and “bad” carbs. I know candy and soda and junk food are bad carbs, but I’m not sure what makes them different from good carbs. I’d like to understand ...

While studies do show that eating too many carbs can lead to weight gain, fitness experts said that cutting them out ...

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 ...

CHEMISTS as well as physiologists will welcome the latest addition to the monographs on biochemistry, for there is no other branch of the subject which has afforded so many brilliant examples of ...

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 ...

Dear Doctors: I’m fuzzy on the idea of “good” and “bad” carbs. I know candy and soda and junk food are bad carbs, but I’m not sure what makes them different from good carbs. I’d like to understand ...