Food and Inflammation Series: Is Dairy Inflammatory?
March 10, 2022
What we eat has long been known to impact our health, and a wealth of research suggests that our eating patterns impact our risk for diet-related chronic diseases. More recently,…
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A Background on Carbohydrates and Sugars
December 3, 2021
This article provides an overview of how carbohydrates and sugars are classified, common types that are found in foods, their impact on health and what the latest dietary guidance recommends…
Nutrition 101 Video Series: Understanding Carbs and Sugars
April 4, 2018
This is the third installment of a new video series in partnership with Osmosis, a group that focuses on health science education, highlighting the basics of several nutrition topics. Click…
Fast Take: Stop Pitting Macronutrients Against Each Other
August 30, 2017
Low-fat, high-carb: new data from the PURE cohort study The internets are abuzz with a new study from the journal Lancet surrounding an age-old controversy in the nutrition community: low-fat…
Pasta: Vote for Enriched Energy [INFOGRAPHIC]
September 23, 2016
This election season, vote for pasta, a versatile and delicious base for any meal.
Try It Tuesday: Low-Carb, Lower Weight?
August 9, 2016
Let me start by saying that I am not a dietitian, nor am I a scientist, so none of what I am about to tell you should necessarily be taken…
Spotlight on Eat & Run: Current Carb Controversy
March 15, 2016
Ever wondered about the different types of carbohydrates and how these carbohydrates can contribute to overall health? Confused about the differences between whole grains and enriched refined grains? Then this…
Fast Take: Do Carbs Give You Lung Cancer? Here’s What Folks Are Missing About the Latest Study
March 9, 2016
This week, a new single-study is taking over the airwaves. Everywhere from the Today Show to Glamour magazine is featuring headlines touting serious panic, saying that carbs like white bread,…
Five Effective Nutrition Tips: Take Your Fitness to the Next Level
January 27, 2016
What many people don’t know is that your fitness performance and what you eat are connected. Your diet can have a huge effect on your exercise. Professional athletes have dietitians…
The 10 Best Partnered Blog Posts of 2015
December 7, 2015
This year IFIC partnered with a variety of health and wellness focused sites, like Azumio, The Muse, Lifehack, Runtastic, and MyFitnessPal, to author more than 25 articles. Many of these sites also possess an app feature. See below…