Although carbohydrate-rich foods have long been an essential part of the human diet, the demonization of carbohydrates is a relatively recent phenomenon. Ushered into the consumer consciousness in the 1970’s and 1980’s with the birth of the low-carb diet trend, consumers have since dabbled in low-carb crazes as a way to lose weight, with the […]

The chances are, if you’re looking to lose weight, you’ve been doing your homework and have figured out that low-carb diets are the craze at the moment. If you want to speed up fat-loss, you should certainly be cutting back on your carbs. But, is this really the case? Carbohydrates, in fact, can actually be […]

Not exactly. While carbohydrate consumption alone isn’t enough to predict body weight, the overconsumption of carbohydrate may increase caloric intake to an extent that causes weight gain or prevents weight loss. Energy balance (the number of calories consumed through food and beverage relative to the number of calories expended through exercise and activities of daily […]