When people make a plan to lose or gain weight, they often talk about their daily calorie count and how to limit or increase it. If you’ve ever read the definition of a calorie—the energy it takes to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree Celsius—then you may be scratching your head, [...]
In the bid to lose weight, many people have become concerned about specific types of food that are thought to cause weight gain. Everyone is looking for a culprit and, in the previous decade, carbohydrates became a primary focus among dieters. However, many people do not realize that carbohydrates are a much broader category of [...]
Simple sugars, also known as simple carbohydrates, are labeled “simple” because they contain small molecular chains with one or two units of sugar rather than longer molecular chains. Simple sugars are absorbed into the body at a rapid rate and, therefore, provide a quick burst of energy. However, if a large amount of simple sugars [...]
