Carbs

Carbohydrates: To Use Or Abuse?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.17.2012

Deepak Chopra

Facts won't make you achieve the ideal figure, a healthy heart, or freedom from aging and disease.  Life isn't a puzzle with many pieces that need to fit where they belong. Life is an unfolding process, and it's your choice to make that process into one of continuous evolution.

How To Build A Healthier Breakfast

Manuel Villacorta | Posted 04.27.2012

Manuel Villacorta

The benefits of breakfast are almost too numerous to list. I find that more and more people now know that they should eat breakfast -- but they still ask me what to eat. My advice is to eat traditional foods.

8 Carbs Worse Than White Bread

Posted 04.01.2012

By Elizabeth Goodman Artis for Shape.com White bread has pretty much become bad-for-you public enemy number one; who doesn't automatically order th...

Low-Carb Diets Linked With Type 2 Diabetes

Tim Harlan, M.D. | Posted 06.24.2011

Tim Harlan, M.D.

Fad diets are clearly not all they are cracked up to be. Most are simply made up of theories that seldom get put to the test other than with the anec...

Sugar Shock: The Path to Disease and More

Connie Bennett | Posted 11.17.2011

Connie Bennett

The average American consumes some 170 pounds a year in foods, beverages and sweeteners. But millions don't realize that eating sugar and refined carbs could lead to many problems.

Chowing Down in Florence

Judith J. Wurtman, PhD | Posted 11.17.2011

Judith J. Wurtman, PhD

We will never stop gaining weight as a country and start to lose it until we are willing to change our perceptions of what is normal food intake.

April 21st: Rosie Ruiz Steals Boston Marathon

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

I hope to offer explanations that shed new light on my story, and maybe shed light on the medal that will be given back to me when everyone realizes I did not, in fact, take the subway to the finish line at the Boston Marathon in 1980.

For Americans on a Budget, Meats Are the New Carbs

David Kirby | Posted 05.25.2011

David Kirby

When I was in my 20's, my friends and I knew that the cheapest food available was made of carbs, and we survived on mounds of mac-n-cheese and home fries for lunch, and ramen, rice and beer for dinner. But animal factory farming has changed all that.

Sugar Hits the News, Thanks to Dr. Lustig's YouTube Video and Nightline (VIDEO)

Connie Bennett | Posted 11.17.2011

Connie Bennett

Sugar and its dangers are in the news again, thanks to ABC's popular show, Nightline, which, last night, aired a compelling story spotlighting sugar's role in the obesity crisis.

Late-to-the-Party No-Knead Bread

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 05.25.2011

Big Girls, Small Kitchen

Make No-Knead Bread. It can easily be part of your routine, which is good, because you'll easily become addicted to it.

10 Quick Calorie Cutters

Andrea Pennington, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Andrea Pennington, M.D.

By incorporating one or two of the following tips into your everyday life, you can lose one pound every week -- and still eat most of your favorite foods.

Lighter Unto the Nations: Can Passover be Healthy?

Doree Lewak | Posted 11.17.2011

Doree Lewak

With no choice but to cut out some of the usual suspects that hobble a healthy lifestyle, being a member of The Tribe may have never looked better. But with most things Jewish, it's not quite so simple.

Three Weeks to Thinner Thighs: Exercise Optional!

Anne Dunev | Posted 11.17.2011

Anne Dunev

Without starving yourself, without diet pills or gimmicks, even without exercise, it is possible to have thinner, smoother thighs in three weeks.