Jun 1, 2021 | Carbs, Desserts, Diabetes, Diet Tips, Fiber, Legumes, Nutrition, Science, sweeteners, Weight Loss
Glycemic Index – Good Carbs and Bad Carbs Are there “Good” and “Bad” Carbohydrates? The Glycemic Index (GI), originally used in research on treating diabetes, measures how much a particular food increases blood glucose in the two-hour period after eating. Foods...
Sep 12, 2020 | Carbs, Cardiovascular Health, Diabetes, Diet Tips, Exercise, Fiber, In the Media, insoluble fiber, Nutrition, Public Health, Research, Science, soluble fiber, sweeteners, Weight Loss
Recent science updates Fiber and your health: Did you know your intestinal microbiome and your immune system are tightly linked? Your microbiota are vital for extracting nutrition from your food, maintaining your metabolism, boosting pathogen resistance and immune...
Oct 9, 2017 | Desserts, Diet Tips, Fiber, Recipes, sweeteners, Video, Weight Loss
How to avoid weight gain during the holidays As we leave the relative quiet of summer behind, we enter the fall/winter holiday period, which brings many food challenges. It starts with Halloween, which could be called the “festival of candy”, then rolls into...
Jan 5, 2015 | Diabetes, In the Media, Research, sweeteners
Previously, the focus on artificial sweeteners was on safety. Now the discussion has broadened to include effects on gut bacteria.You may be aware that there has been a flurry of media articles about a new study on the safety of artificial sweeteners recently — and...