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 ...

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 ...

BOSTON — If you want to avoid getting diabetes, a new study finds there are at least two types of food you should avoid. A recent study from Tufts University found that dietary factors are behind the ...

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 ...

Most people should get 45-65% of their daily calories from carbohydrates. You can eat complex carbohydrates to help with weight loss and boost your overall health. Limit added sugars to lower your ...

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.

When considering health concerns for firefighters—such as the prevention of cancer and the promotion of heart health—macronutrient information, types of carbohydrates (simple and complex), glycemic ...