When it comes to the amount of carbs endurance athletes should consume, new science brings a new perspective to the table.

Discover what happens to your body when you cut carbs, from rapid weight loss to brain shifts and metabolic changes.

A Cell Metabolism study finds that while high-GI meals spike insulin and glucose, they don’t increase hunger or consistently ...

The carbohydrate revolution stomped the accelerator on modern pro cycling, and it’s still yet to hit the turbo-charger. Fueling professors believe the “gold standard” sugar-load of 120 grams ...

These two facts prompted us to study the effect of normal pregnancy on carbohydrate metabolism. Twenty-five healthy pregnant patients were taken at random from the clinic of the Boston Lying-in ...

The key factor in coping with the heavy demands of exercise faced by elite athletes seems to be carbohydrate intake. Carbohydrate recommendations range from 6–10 g/kg of bodyweight depending on gender ...

As we age, things don’t quite work the way they used to. Now Stanford researchers have identified how the breakdown of a sugary layer in the blood vessels that feed the brain could result in ...

Researchers have shown how a low carbohydrate diet can worsen the DNA-damaging effects of some gut microbes to cause colorectal cancer. The study compared the effects of three different diets in ...

On a carb cycling meal plan, you rotate between high-carbohydrate and low-carbohydrate days. There may even be "no-carb" days. While there's limited research on it, this diet may help serious ...