COLUMBIA - A food index often used by people with diabetes and popularized by the South Beach Diet is not an effective measure of how different foods will affect a person's body, according to a new study from the University of South Carolina.

Arthur Agatston, the Miami cardiologist who created the popular low-carb South Beach Diet, is no stranger to chocolate.

Low-carbohydrate diets, the embattled alternative to low-fat eating, have gotten a new boost: a new study has found low-carb diets help people shed pounds more quickly than low-fat regimes.

Women who have problems getting pregnant often face a long, expensive ordeal, but for some, the solution could be as easy as a change in diet.

It is not my imagination. Whole-wheat pasta tastes much better than it did 10 years ago. If consumers partook in a blind taste test today, most would be hard pressed to tell the difference between a dish of the best brands of whole-wheat pasta and those made with white flour.