With the holiday season a high-risk period for packing on unwanted pounds, the American Chemical Society (ACS) today posted a new video that may lend perspective on this year's battle of the bulge.

A sugar replacement called erythritol — used to add bulk or sweeten stevia, monk-fruit, and keto reduced-sugar products — has been linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death, according ...

There was a very funny series of physics-y diagrams by Christoph Niemann at the NY Times. I would like to look at one of these in particular. The zero-cal ice cream: The basic idea here is that if you ...

If you’ve vowed to cut back on sugar, you are in good company. A survey of US consumers by the research firm Label Insight found 47% planned to eat less sugar or buy more no-sugar-added foods in 2018.

Calorie density is a measure of the calorie content of food relative to its weight or volume. It is also called energy density and is usually measured as calories per 3.5 ounces (100 grams) of food.

If you've been following a low-calorie diet and splurged one day, you may be surprised to find that you didn't gain any weight. Some dieters do this on purpose. This is often called calorie cycling or ...

A person can create a calorie deficit by reducing the number of calories they eat, increasing their activity levels, or both. There are several ways to determine how many calories a person typically ...

A calorie is a unit of energy. In nutrition, calories refer to the energy people get from the food and drinks they consume and the energy they use in physical activity. Calories are in the nutritional ...