Carbohydrates in diet

Diabetes and evening primrose oil Diabetes mellitus is a disorder of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism. This condition is characterised by high levels of glucose in the blood, even after fasting overnight...

How Much Dietary Fat Do we Need, Anyway? The lower limit of dietary fat intake (the smallest amount that humans should eat) depends on three factors...

Fad Diets Can Carry Dangerous Side Effects Before you consider a quick-fix diet to lose weight, consider some possible side effects...

More women choosing health over heart disease Fewer women are diagnosed with heart disease today than 20 years ago, thanks to a decline in smoking...

Oats, Antioxidants May Reduce Short-Term Cardiac Risk Recent study findings have suggested that risks for heart attack or stroke rise in the hours following a high-fat meal...

Borage Extract Helps Critically Ill Patients Oil from the seeds of the borage plant, commonly used in herbal remedies, significantly increased survival odds in patients being treated for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in a critical care unit at the Mayo Clinic..

Dietitians Warn Of Low-carbo Diet Dangers Individuals who stick to the high-fat, high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets such as the popular `Atkins Diet` may risk long-term health problems...

The Battle of the Bulge in the War for Good Health For whatever reasons, super-size portions, more time at the computer, less time exercising, people are gaining weight. Today as many as 55% of adult Americans are obese. Obesity is an excess amount of body fat, and occurs when a person's...

Popularity Of High-Protein Diet Generates Concerns Lately, one of the hottest weight loss plans is the high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet...

Rodale's Healthy Living: Make Your Own `Happy Food' If you're suffering from depression, the remedy may lie in something you can change immediately: your diet...