Julie Lichty Balay, M.S., R.D.

The human body needs both to function properly, and indeed, human taste buds are programmed to seek out salty food. Consuming too much sodium, however, can contribute to numerous health problems…

The term glycemic index was coined by researchers more than 30 years ago, and it offered a new way of classifying foods containing carbohydrate according to their effect on blood glucose level following a meal…

If you’ve read a newspaper in the past 40 years, you’re probably already aware that not all fat is created equal. There are three major categories of fat in the diet: unsaturated fat, saturated fat, and trans fat. Unsaturated fats are considered…