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Fawke Em

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2. Nothing about changing the high amount of carbohydrates it currently advises?

Reply to ND-Dem (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2015, 08:55 PM

Feb 2015

Unless you're a kid, an athlete or work with your body in some fashion, eating the amount of carbohydrates - even the "good" kind - when you get passed the age of about 30 increases your chances of packing on weight and getting diabetes.

The sedentary human body - which most of us are now - simply doesn't need that much carbohydrate.

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Why the Government's New Dietary Guidelines Could Set Off a Food Fight [View all] ND-Dem Feb 2015 OP

LOL.... BronxBoy Feb 2015 #1

Nothing about changing the high amount of carbohydrates it currently advises? Fawke Em Feb 2015 #2

The government's recommendations are not good for diabetics meow2u3 Feb 2015 #3