FLORIDA: Some dieters may be confused about whether they should be incorporating carbohydrates into their meals. Nutrition experts have been saying that not all carbohydrates are the same. Dr. Arthur Agatston, creator of the South Beach Diet explains carbohydrates are an important part of our diet because they provide the body with energy. He points out there is a difference between healthy carbohydrates and bad ones. So what type of carbohydrates should we stay away from? He says white bread, donuts, baked potatoes and certainly all the sugary soft drinks are probably all the worst. Agatston says consuming too many bad carbohydrates can lead to obesity and raise the risk for certain diseases. The bad carbohydrates will absorb very rapidly and will exacerbate swings in blood sugar. What are some of the good carbohydrates we shou...
Rapidly warming climate is likely to seriously alter crop yields in the tropics and subtropics by the end of this century and, without adaptation, will leave half the world's population facing serious food shortages, new research shows. To compound matters, the population of this equatorial belt - from about 35 degrees north latitude to 35 degrees south latitude - is among the poorest on Earth and is growing faster than anywhere else. "The stresses on global food production from temperature alone are going to be huge, and that doesn't take into account water supplies stressed by the higher temperatures," said David Battisti, a University of Washington atmospheric sciences professor. Battisti is lead author of the study in the Jan. 9 edition of Science. He collaborated with Rosamond Naylor, director of Stanford University's ...
