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Re:The American Heart Association Bravely Admits They’ve Bee... by ddoran on Friday June 23, 2017 @03:17PM (#14621954)
> "His definition of “low carb” was 35% of calories. If you’re consuming 2000 calories per day, that’s 175 carbs per day. "

What's a "carb per day"? 175 of them?

I think he's trying to say: "That's 700 calories of carbs per day". If he is, his writing is really sloppy. Pass.

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Re:The American Heart Association Bravely Admits They’ve Bee... by scyber on Friday June 23, 2017 @04:26PM (#14622483)
175 grams of carbs. Each gram of carbs has 4 calories. 175 grams of carbs = 700 calories.
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