Will it be the best thing since sliced bread? Keto is a high-fat, moderate-protein and low-carb diet designed to plunge the body into ketosis, where it burns fat instead of carbs for fuel. Dieters often shed up to 10 pounds the first two weeks — mainly water weight — while long-term loss is typically one … Read more
Carbs have long been seen as an enemy of weight loss — but the right ones can actually help shed fat, build muscle and even keep blood sugar steady, according to a dietitian. “If you’re trying to lose body fat and gain muscle at the same time, one of my all-time favorite hacks is to choose carbs … Read more
Calling all carb lovers! A TikTok cook has shared a simple hack for cutting calories from starchy foods like rice and bread without having to shrink your portion size — and a doctor says it really works. Linda (@mamalindacooks) shared her “Asian mom secret” to cut up to 50% of carbs and calorie absorption from … Read more
A controversial fitness influencer has sparked debate over the content’s of her five-year-old son’s “healthy” lunch box. Sarah Stevenson – known to her million-strong social media following as Sarah’s Day – shared a TikTok of what her son, Fox Ocean, takes with him to eat at preschool. “Lets (sic) make my 5 year olds healthy lunch box … Read more
Hey, pizza face! Bad news for New Yorkers — we really are what we eat, scientists say. New research out of another carb capital — baguette-loving France — reveals that the opposite sex finds a person’s face less attractive after they’ve eaten refined carbohydrate-filled foods. The unappetizing findings, published in the journal “Plos One,” invited 104 heterosexual … Read more
Time to go against the grain? The debate over “good versus bad carbs” has long tormented diners — now, new research published in Frontiers in Nutrition is revealing the carbohydrates you should be choosing at mealtime. “It’s tempting to think of all carbohydrate foods as interchangeable,” study author Keith Ayoob, associate professor emeritus at Albert Einstein … Read more
Oprah Winfrey capped off 2022 with a gratitude hike and a celebratory loaf of her favorite thing: bread. The queen of all media chronicled a 10-mile expedition she dubbed a “gratitude hike,” with friends, including “CBS Mornings” anchor Gayle King, in a series of Instagram videos posted Sunday. In them, the talk show host is clad … Read more
Enlarge / A young Hadza bushman making an arrow for a hunting bow. What did people eat for dinner tens of thousands of years ago? Many advocates of the so-called Paleo diet will tell you that our ancestors’ plates were heavy on meat and low on carbohydrates—and that, as a result, we have evolved to … Read more