Cutting carbohydrates can be a fast track to weight loss. But villainizing the nutrient completely is a mistake, experts say.

For many years, sports nutrition was rooted in a simple metaphor: The body is an engine, glycogen (the body's quick-release carbohydrate reserve) is its fuel, and fatigue occurs when the tank runs low ...

Low-carbohydrate diets comprised mostly of plant-based proteins and fats with healthy carbohydrates such as whole grains were associated with slower long-term weight gain than low-carbohydrate diets ...

In recent years, many media reports and social media influencers have emphasized the dangers of eating too many carbohydrates ...

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 ...

Carbohydrates do more than fuel the body, they shape blood sugar patterns that may matter for how the brain ages. A large long-term study found that diets high in fast-acting carbohydrates linked to ...

A low-carbohydrate diet, but not a low-fat diet, reduces inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to research. It is known that patients with type 2 diabetes have higher levels of ...