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Are Grains Good For You?
Are grains good for you? Many leading health organizations, including the American Heart Association, the American Institute for Cancer Research, the American Diabetes Association, and the Alzheimer’s...
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What Is the Glycemic Index & How Should You Use It?
The glycemic index is often associated with diabetes control, but it has also has uses in the management of other chronic conditions like heart disease, obesity, and even epilepsy. If you’ve been...
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Are Starches Good or Bad?
You know those giant pleated collars that European nobles wore in the 15th and 16th centuries? They’re called “ruffs,” which is kind of fitting since they look a bit like the cones worn by dogs who...
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Are Carbohydrates Bad for You? What the Science Says About Carbs
In The Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the West puts Dorothy, Toto, and the Cowardly Lion to sleep by sending them through a field of poppies. The screenwriter got the idea directly from the text of...
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Should You Count Calories? How Daily Calorie Intake Fits into Health
The meanest pieces of gym equipment have got to be treadmills, spin bikes, and ellipticals. They’ve got this LCD display that cycles between time, distance, pace, and calories burned. Every 20 seconds...
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The Best Foods (and Diet) to Help You Tackle Type 2 Diabetes
When medical researchers encountered the Pima tribe of Southern Arizona in the early 1960s, they were astounded at their poor health. Obesity was rampant, and close to 50% of residents 35 and older had...
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Why Is Fiber Good For You? (And How To Get Enough Fiber!)
If you want to live a long, healthy life, fiber is a critical nutrient — it’s important to eat plenty of it every day. Yet fiber is an often underestimated and overlooked nutrient. And most people...
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Is Acrylamide Dangerous & How Can You Avoid it in Your Food?
Few foods generate as much controversy as the humble potato. Since its domestication around eight millennia ago in the Andean highlands of what is now Peru, this calorie-rich tuber has played a part in...
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The Importance of Fiber in Gut Health and Hormonal Balance
The world’s first telephone exchange was set up in New Haven, Connecticut in 1878. It connected 21 customers, including the local drug store and post office, so running it wasn’t exactly a demanding...
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