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Re:Low-protein high-carb diet shows promise for healthy brai... by shlant on Thursday November 22, 2018 @08:39AM (#18509904)
the most nutritionally dense foods in the world are carbs. I know people love to oversimplify and demonize entire macronutrients, but not all carbs/proteins/fats are good/bad. Many carbs are bad due to heavy processing and added sugars/fats, many are good such as fruits and vegetables.
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Re:Low-protein high-carb diet shows promise for healthy brai... by s9w on Thursday November 22, 2018 @09:45AM (#18510239)
Uhm that isn't right isn't it? Not sure what you mean by nutritionally dense, but fat as more calories per gram
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Re:Low-protein high-carb diet shows promise for healthy brai... by shlant on Friday November 23, 2018 @12:32AM (#18514569)
Nutrition Density, not Calorie Density

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrient_density

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Re:Low-protein high-carb diet shows promise for healthy brai... by consp on Thursday November 22, 2018 @09:19AM (#18510099)
Refining is usually done to exclude other parts or to make a single issue product. Not bad on its own but bad if added in huge quantities. e.g. Refined sugar is usually the same a cane- or beet sugar only the source is different which generally makes it cheaper.

> "Many carbs are bad due to heavy processing and added sugars/fats, many are good such as fruits and vegetables."

Counter example: adding apple syrup is good? (Hint no to an extend: as it is mostly fructose and glucose, even if some nutrients remain)

In my opinion you fall into the oversimplification trap yourself.

And as with everything food related, moderation is good.

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Re:Low-protein high-carb diet shows promise for healthy brai... by shlant on Friday November 23, 2018 @12:51AM (#18514629)
apple syrup is a processed and concentrated product, so no, I wouldn't say it's that "good". It has been shown[1] that whole fruits/vegetables are not the same as fruit juice/fruit sugar.

I didn't mean to imply that if it's processed that automatically = bad and if it isn't that automatically = good, although it's a pretty good rule of thumb. I was just using it to illustrate that there are vastly different types of carbs in terms of nutrition.

1. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/08/reduce-type-2...

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