Low-carb diets have been trending for a while, and they've always been pretty controversial. On the one hand, many people share anecdotal stories about how low-carb fad diets like keto helped them ...

Medically reviewed by Elizabeth Barnes, RDN Key Takeaways Vegetables that grow above ground generally have fewer carbs than ...

When the new U.S. Dietary Guidelines were released last week, their accompanying visual drew the bulk of the attention. And ...

The popular keto diet is a low-carb, high-fat diet that puts your body into ketosis, the process in which your body burns fat, rather than carbohydrates, for fuel. By "drastically reducing" the intake ...

Stable blood sugar, not carbo-loading, may be the key to endurance.

To count carbs, you need to track how many grams of carbs you consume in each food you eat. Carbs are a type of nutrient that is your body's main source of energy. Counting carbs may aid your weight ...

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 ...

Carbs have long been villainized by diet culture. But for anyone who trains regularly, skipping them might be what’s actually holding you back.

Americans are eating less sugar and more whole grains, but they still love french fries, sweet beverages and red meat, proving “important dietary challenges” remain, a national diet report card has ...

My co-coach/wife Megan and I recently did an exercise. We went back through all of the best longer-distance performances from our team in the last few months, and we chatted about each athlete. After ...

It’s a well-known fact runners carb load before a big race. After all, it’s important to fuel up to avoid hitting the wall. But it turns out, carbs also play a key role in recovery. A recent study ...