Tag: Carbohydrates

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    Eating more during the holidays? Don’t mistake Oreo calories for olive calories.

    David Ludwig discusses the drivers of the country’s obesity crisis and how more people can maintain a healthy weight.

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    Zeroing in on long-term weight loss

    The types of calories consumed may influence how likely you are to keep that weight off for the long term, according to a Harvard study.

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    Butter’s benefits melt away

    Harvard researchers take a 2014 paper to task and find that butter isn’t one of the good guys. Get your fats from nuts and vegetable oils instead.

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    Too sweet for our own good

    Even the “healthy” fruit drinks that Americans sip are packed with the amount of sugar contained in six cookies. That love affair is making us sick.

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    Muffin makeover

    Nutrition experts at HSPH and chefs and dietitians at the Culinary Institute of America have developed five muffin recipes that incorporate healthy fats and whole grains, and use a lighter hand on the salt and sugar.

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    Fuel efficiency for marathoners

    Inspired by his experience in the 2005 New York Marathon, an M.D./Ph.D. student has taken a rigorous approach to calculating just how much carbohydrate a runner needs to fuel himself or herself through 26.2 miles, and what pace that runner can reasonably expect to sustain.