Low carb, no carb, sugar substitutes, non-nutritive sweeteners… that list could go on and on. Food labels contain all kinds of terms and information that can be both helpful and confusing. Today, ...

Glycogen is a form of glucose that helps regulate your blood sugar levels. Your eating and exercise habits play a role in determining your glycogen levels. Glycogen is the stored form of a simple ...

Eating refined carbs on their own can spike your blood sugar, but pairing them with other nutrient-dense foods can help.

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 ...

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 ...

You've probably heard or read that they're bad, that they make you gain weight, that you should only eat proteins and fats...

For many years, sports nutrition was rooted in a simple metaphor: The body is an engine, glycogen (the body's quick-release carbohydrate reserve) is its fuel, and fatigue occurs when the tank runs low ...

How often should you test your glucose and A1C? How do food, sleep and exercise affect blood sugar? Here’s what to know. Credit...Illustration by Andrei Cojocaru; Photos by Getty Supported by By Nina ...

Though there is no formal definition for carb cycling, the concept is about adjusting one's consumption of carbohydrates − nutrients that give the body energy − to meet individual dietary needs and ...