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

Low-carbohydrate diets, such as the ketogenic diet, are often praised for their effects on weight loss. But a recent study ...

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

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

A low-carb diet can worsen the cancer-causing effects of certain gut bacteria by weakening the gut barrier and altering the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...