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Why are some carbs “bad?” Of course, carbs can make it all too easy to consume unneeded extra calories. But according to nutritionist Lauren Manaker M.S., RDN, LD, CLEC, some of the carbs we think of ...

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More complex carbohydrates can be a healthy way to bring in real nutrition to your diet. These foods represent some of the ...

Dear Doctors: I’m fuzzy on the idea of “good” and “bad” carbs. I know candy and soda and junk food are bad carbs, but I’m not sure what makes them different from good carbs. I’d like to understand ...

Of the three macronutrients, carbohydrates now receive most of the negative press. The last two issues of this column concerned fats and protein. For many years, fats were the bad boy of the three.