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...
Jan 17, 2021 | Carbs, Desserts, Diet Tips, Fiber, insoluble fiber, Nutrition, Recipes, Research, Science, soluble fiber, Weight Loss
Dietary fiber: A ‘magic bullet’ for healthy weight management If I had to name one single food constituent that is most helpful for weight management, it would be dietary fiber. It just has so many benefits and strangely has been researched much less for its weight...
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...
Jul 28, 2020 | Carbs, Diet Tips, In the Media, Nutrition, Public Health, Research, Science, Weight Loss
Learning from the data on COVID weight gain Some recent data reveal insights into COVID-19 weight gain. It’s not everyone, and it’s not always 19 pounds, but it is real 🙂 And there are things you can do about it, if you fail into that category. Many of us have had to...
Oct 18, 2018 | Carbs, Diabetes, Exercise, fasting, Fiber, In the Media, insoluble fiber, Nutrition, Research, Science, soluble fiber, Uncategorized, Video
Dr. Roberts Lecture: Weight loss that works without gimmicks Weight loss without gimmicks, or Weight loss that works! Obesity today is a problem that’s completely out of our control. This is an enhanced transcript of the talk that Dr. Roberts gave in Boston at the...
Sep 4, 2018 | Carbs, Cardiovascular Health, Desserts, Diet Tips, Fiber, In the Media, Legumes, Nutrition, Research, Science, Weight Loss
Moderation in all things. Did your grandmother ever tell you this? A recently-published meta-analysis says she was right. A new large-scale study Researchers who pooled the results of eight large studies covering more than 430,000 people have found that eating a...